Department of Elementary Education Lady Shri Ram College for Women
The Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for women organized their Annual academic meet: Sehar on March 25, 2022. It was organized in collaboration with the internal quality assurance cell (IQAC). The theme for Sehar, 2022 was NEP, 2020: Tagore’s Vision on Education.The event was graced by the presence of Dr. Prof. Suman Sharma and Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty, Vice chancellor of Vishva Bharati university, Santiniketan was the keynote speaker of the event.
He gave us deep insights into the philosophy of Tagore for education. Most of the policies on education in our country have drawn inspiration from the ideas of Rabindranath Tagore and NEP 2020 is no exception. The significance of mother tongue education in the education policy and three-language formula are interconnected to Tagore’s philosophy of mother tongue as medium of instruction, multilingualism and the power of language. NEP 2020 focuses on integrated and holistic learning with no clear demarcations between subjects and Shantiniketan can be seen as a practical application of this idea where an integrated approach to science, arts and music is practised.
Tagore stood for the development of a free mind, free knowledge and free nation and its corollary is the development of critical thinkers that NEP 2020 outlines. Tagore’s emphasis on learning by exploration of nature to make education a symphony between one’s life and the outside is interconnected to the experiential that NEP 2020 envisions. Rabindranath Tagore was a visionary who tried revolutionising the Indian Education System.
Shantiniketan and Vishwa Bharti are both based on his educational principles. “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information, but makes our life in harmony with all existence”. This quote by Rabindranath Tagore sums up his educational philosophy.
The keynote address was followed by three students’ activities. Students from across the eight colleges with B.El.Ed department in university of Delhi participated in the activities. The activities started with a symposium where the participants to present (presented) a paper on their views on the topic ” Understanding NEP 2020: Vision, Recommendations and Implications for School Education.” The participants from the B.El.Ed Departments of various colleges across DU participated enthusiastically in the event, presenting their understanding of various themes of National Education Policy 2020 ranging from ECCE to School Education and Teacher Training. It was fascinating and deeply engrossing for all the participants, attendees as well as the judges who praised all the presentations in their concluding notes. Then an online quiz on NEP, 2020. There were two rounds to the quiz.
First was a treasure hunt in the form of coded PDFs. Second round was of a live rapid fire with the help of a PowerPoint presentation. There was also an online poster making competition. The entries were submitted beforehand and we’re (were) judged on the day of this annual academic meet. Posters were made on the theme: Deconstructing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with Sub – Themes like NEP: The Road Ahead for Assessment and Evaluation; NEP: The School Curricula and Pedagogy; NEP: Re-imagining Teacher Education; NEP: Online and Digital Education; NEP: Envisaging Equitable and Inclusive Education and NEP: Goals of Sustainable Development. The academic meet was concluded with valedictory session and vote of thanks for everyone who was engaged and participated in the event to make it a success
