We are living in times that are fundamentally reorienting the approach each one of us have had towards life. COVID-19 has altered the way we approach education and life in general, especially for the children who are having to cope with the travails of online mode of education. In such a scenario, it is imperative we create a cocoon around our children in a manner they find it easy to prepare for the vagaries of an uncertain future. A reimagined education they will receive now will be crucial to not only their growth but also help them fuel imaginations in a way they are able to design a better tomorrow.

So what are skills needed in our children to brace for this new world? As a young girl, I was inspired by my paternal aunt, a headmistress herself, working in the remote village of Deogarh Madaria, where she toiled for the upliftment of rural students. My lessons even in those restricting confines were that children already had an innate sense of curiosity and capacity to learn even when chips were down for them in this far-flung school. These lessons have stood the test of the time even now but just need some reimagining from all us. This to only help show our children a way forward.

Mrs. Alka Sharma,
Chairperson, CPS