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Life skills are important for a fulfilling life

Are our children equipped with life skills when they leave school to face the world outside? Recent industry surveys are increasingly suggesting that there is a worrying life skills shortage in the workforce. “…graduates are leaving education with inspiring theoretical knowledge, but lack of practical job-related skills. There is a huge soft skills gap developing,” as explained by Ian Gomes, Chairman, KPMG, New and Emerging Markets. Are we educators working […]

Dear students, do you have these life skills?

Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and preparing oneself or others intellectually for life. In India, a majority of schools and colleges still evaluate students based on methods that encourage memorising and recall. When a student graduates, there’s much more an employer seeks to find in him or her than just memorising. In order to maintain consistent […]