“We revise through repetition in class, not through worksheets,” says Hasti Gada, who heads the Chembur franchise.
This replaces the tedious process of filling up pages with words as revision. Numbers and letters are traced on semolina, sand or flour at home after they are taught in class. This helps them apply what they learnt at school in daily life.” Getting autographs from the watchman, milkman and house help is one such activity to understand community workers. “What we have is home play, where children do projects or play a game. “The word ‘work’ traditionally denotes something heavy and laborious,” says Vats, who has been running the school for 21 years. It involves paying minute attention even to terms, and seeing them from the point of view of children. Kiducation, as Podar Jumbo Kids calls it, is applied to students up to the age of six. “Learning seeps in through this self-elected work, which is not a burden.” mid-day looks at how some city schools are restricting studying to the classroom. “Though there is no homework for the lower grades, parents say that their children automatically turn to studying in their free time,” says Bijal Singh, head of grade school at Bodhi Vidyalaya in Mulund. The idea is to motivate the child to pick up something and start working on it on their own, but not grudgingly. Without exception, all of them stressed that if it had to be assigned, it should be in a form and scale that does not need parental help. Many city schools have been following the no-homework policy before it was brought up in the state education ministry. The 2021 study further stated that as homework increases, so does the collective stress of the family. In the Effects of Homework on Student Academic Achievement: A Descriptive Study, Heba Chaya also wrote that most teachers complain about the absence or irregularity of parental support for home assignments. A study by a PhD candidate at the British University in Dubai found that most grievances shared by parents are either regarding the amount of homework or its difficulty level. “It’s posing a challenge for teachers, but sometimes a hard proposal is required for us to change.” She also believes that it’s the parents who will need to change their mindset since it’s they who request for homework.Īlready, research has shown that homework is a great source of stress to everyone involved. “The National Education Policy 2020 focuses on experiential learning by linking everyday activities,” Vats says.
Swati Popat Vats, founder and director of Podar Jumbo Kids and Podar Prep, believes in learning through play, projects and activities.
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