India already had Guru Purnima. So why did we need Teachers’ Day? Maybe because the two are asking us to do two different things. Guru Purnima reminds us to honour the guru. Teachers’ Day should perhaps make us reflect on the teacher. And that reflection is more important today than ever. Once, the teacher was […]
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It happened during one of my recent teacher training sessions.We were discussing classroom challenges when a teacher at the back raised her hand and said something that made everyone pause: “Ma’am, sometimes it feels like we need to teach parents more than children.” A ripple of quiet laughter went around the room—but behind that laughter
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When Google gave us information, teachers adapted. They started helping students connect dots, turning scattered facts into knowledge. Then came ChatGPT and Gemini, able to mimic that very process — linking, summarising, explaining. So the big question many ask is: what’s left for teachers? The answer: everything that makes learning human. Experience as Wisdom A
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