As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, schools across the world were forced to shut down, and students had to stay at home. In Ladakh, where most of the students come from disadvantaged backgrounds, there was a significant risk of learning to stop altogether. But Mr Jabir, a Presidential Award-Winning government school teacher from Ladakh was not […]
Ms Shruti was an experienced teacher who had been teaching for over ten years at the same school. Although she loved teaching, she had been struggling to engage and motivate her students in recent times. Despite her best efforts, her students seemed disinterested in the classroom, and their grades were suffering. Ms Shruti tried different […]
Ms Ankita, a long-time math tuition teacher, noticed that her high school students were often disengaged during her lessons. In an effort to make her classes more interactive, she discovered the Kahoot app, which allowed her to create entertaining quizzes that could be played on her students’ smartphones or laptops. When she introduced the app […]
A fresher teacher started with her first Maths class and expected the first day to go smoothly. But to her surprise, she found herself facing one new challenge after the other in a one-hour long classroom. She could not keep students engaged in the advanced topic that she took up for the first day. Moreover, […]
A high-school teacher was dealing with a mischievous student in the classroom. After multiple failed efforts, the teacher decided to call the parents of the said student. Two minutes into the discussion the discussion with the parents got heated up. The teacher realised that the apple did not fall far from the tree. But despite […]
A 7-year-old student was struggling with reading and writing. His busy working parents didn’t have the time to properly communicate with the teachers about his concerns, so the teacher was unable to provide extra help as she was unaware of the student’s struggle. As a result, the student fell behind and becomes disengaged, leading to […]
A high school science teacher faced some issues in the classroom. Her school did not have enough teaching resources to provide her with the materials she needed to effectively teach her students. She did not have access to the lab equipment she needed to conduct experiments, and she had a limited number of textbooks. She […]
A high school organised a professional development week for the teachers to upskill and become 21st-century educators. The teachers were divided into two groups. The first group opined that traditional methods work better for them and they were reluctant to learn new ways to improve their teaching. While the second group was open to learning […]
A seventh-grade teacher was struggling to adapt to remote teaching. She had always been a traditional, in-person instructor, and found it difficult to engage her students through the computer screen. One of the main reasons for her struggles was her lack of experience in creating effective lesson plans for a remote classroom. Her lesson plans […]
A high school science teacher had always been a traditional instructor, relying heavily on lectures and textbook readings to deliver information to his students. He had heard of inquiry-based learning but never fully embraced it in his classroom. As a result, his students struggled to make connections between the information they were learning and the […]
