Redefining Success Movement
A movement making sustained attempts at creating inroads towards deeper reflections on ideas of success and whether a single focused definition of success from education works for all young people.
Young people, parents, teachers, school leaders, social sector leaders, artists, employers, policymakers among others, have shared their narratives of success. Have a look at what they have to say.
INTERVIEWS WITH CHANGEMAKERS & LEADERS
Dr. Karen thinks that the skills to treat each other with respect and kindness while being able to navigate a new environment have to be demonstrated by the school system and families for children to imbibe them.
“The National Education Policy 2020 has the potential to remove stress from education.”
In Conversation with Dr. Avinav Kumar, State Quality In-charge - Jharkhand Education Jharkhand Project Council (JEPC)
Dr. Avinav Kumar has been part of the education system since 1996 and reminisces over the vast changes in increasing access to education for children in Jharkhand. He speaks about how the purpose of education can be redefined to meet the needs and unique potential of young people towards the betterment of society.
“I wanted to build a school where children can learn with an open mind and decide what to learn.”
In Conversation with Dr. Shashi Rao, Founder - Ananya Trust
Dr. Shashi Rao started the Ananya Trust in 1998 in Bangalore to provide a unique learning space for children who were not accepted in mainstream schools. She shares her approach to education which is shaped by children’s needs, is non-hierarchical, organic and engaging. She feels that education has to allow children to think independently and critically. Change will happen when systems believe in the child’s ability to decide for themselves.
“Education is not only to gain employment, but to prepare students for their whole life.”
In Conversation with B P Mandoli, Staff Officer - Samagra Shiksha Uttarakhand
Mr. B P Mandoli has been working in the education space since 1991 and he shares why Emotional Quotient, EQ, is more important than IQ in a student’s life. While we focus majorly on academic development, emotional development takes a backseat and takes a toll on students. He speaks about what the purpose of education should be.
“In the first 10 years of education in India, one does things without knowing why one is doing them.”
In Conversation with Jerry Pinto, Poet and Author
Jerry Pinto shares about the limited choices available to him at school. He shares how as a student, Sociology helped him connect education to the outer world and how it changed his approach to learning. He shares how the markers of success within the education system measure skills which are irrelevant in the outside world.
“All children are capable of anything.”
In Conversation with Harini Nagendra, Director - Research Center & Centre of Climate Change and Sustainability, Azim Premji University
Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology at Azim Premji University, and a well-known public speaker, writer on issues of nature, sustainability and a crime fiction novelist. She shares how she entered the field of Ecology without any formal training. For her, success is to learn lifelong while enjoying the process of learning. Her vast experience in education makes her feel that helping students to Innovate and adapt while having fun is how the system should approach education.
“I started the school to make education accessible to children in the neighbourhood.”
Mr Ashok Reddy, Principal, Sacred Heart Public School and Ms Nirmala, Principal, Stella Mary School, Thriving School partners
In a conversation with Pavithra KL of Dream a Dream, the educators share their journey from being a student to starting schools for young people growing up with adversity. Mr. Ashok Reddy shares how his school is preparing students for the future; while Ms Nirmala reiterated that children’s minds shouldn’t be filled with bookish knowledge but should prepare them for the real world.
What is Success?
