In the end it all boils down to the amount of time that an adult can spend with a child. It does not matter whether the adult is a parent or a teacher but what is the relationship between the two. The lines of Khalil Gibran epitomize the feeling that the adult should have towards children. To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame on the seasons for their inconsistency.
Education is an infrastructure at least as basic as a nation s roads, electricity and telecom.
It plays a fundamental role in determining the prosperity and well-being of its citizens. Progressive nations have strategically invested heavily on education on a long term basis. The Dialogues on School Education are meant to be a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas on various issues related to school education, with an objective of bringing about significant, positive change in the system. This paper has been researched and published under the aegis of Eklavya Education Foundation whose mission is to revolutionize school education in India through a professional, innovative and creative approach and by working with others jointly to help create conditions that will again attract the best minds to the field of education. Eklavya Education Foundation, 1997.