In the Spirit of Things

As many of us get ready for the half-yearly exams, we are also wondering with trepidation whether we will be able to instill a sense of seriousness in our wards, anxious about completing board syllabi, and possibly, recovering from a Read More …

Lessons to Learn

On a recent trek I came across an old fallen log covered with moss, ferns sprouting out of its various nooks and crannies, its hollow occupied by a variety of wildlife small, tiny and conceivably, microscopic. My more knowledgeable companion Read More …

Beyond Tokenism

Ho-hum. Another Teachers’ Day has come…and gone. In some schools, children perhaps dress up in adult clothes and pretend to take charge of classes for a day. In others, the children entertain their teachers with song, dance and drama. There Read More …

Just Do It!

Having attended a surfeit of meetings over the past few months, I am completely amazed at the confidence with which many people are able to articulate opinions that are–to put it kindly–not particularly original nor well thought out. Restatements of Read More …

Do We Need More Training?

The school year is well under way and our calendars are already set, with the build-up toward unit tests and examinations, school days and sports events. And in the middle of all this are those debatable things called training programmes. Read More …

A New Phase

This issue marks a sort of rebirth for Teacher Plus – the taking on of a new visual identity that is in some ways more contemporary. The “look and feel” of the magazine is different, fitting in more closely with Read More …