Calling himself – a ‘Learning Revolutionary’, Mukerjea on Tuesday arrived in Shillong to start the “Brain-Dancing” movement. He will be imparting a three days training on “brain dancing” at the St Edmund’s School from July 18 – 20.
“The use of play to accelerate learning besides speed reading will be incorporated during the training to teach the students and teachers to learn how to learn and apply it,” Mukerjea told reporters during an interaction with journalists.
Mukherjea said, “When we have only academics without play, naturally the child will be bored and becomes dull.” According to him, insight learning is more powerful than the usual way of learning through lectures.
Mukherjea said, “Learning should be fun but not mugging and forced students to learn,” adding “Learning should have three components comprising of Information, Communication and Entertainment.”
Mukherjea, however, said the present system of education lacks the entertainment part which is also important. He said, “There is no education at all but there is increased mugging or it is either force fed or rather it is more into commercialization.”
So far as Meghalaya is concerned, Mukherjea said, “There is high amount of depression,” adding “Students’ end up being pressurize by board exams and that is it.”
Mukerjea further stated that the education system is grooming students to be unemployable. According to him, what they learn does not really translated into skills.
The training Mukherjea be conducting will be attended by the teachers and students of class IX and X of St Edmunds School.- By Our Reporter
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