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The New Indian Express Anantapur
|June 29, 2025
At 2 pm on a school day, we walked into a large room filled with uniformed children. Indolent eyes greeted us as we explained that we were conducting a workshop on hands-on education.
The crown jewel of our repertoire was a box of paper airplanes. Although their curiosity was piqued by the paper models, the 13-year-olds portioned their enthusiasm rather parsimoniously. We ended the afternoon unsure whether there was any value in hands-on learning. It was 1999 and with the advent of cable TV, Hollywood films, and imported toys, perhaps these private city-school kids needed more to rouse their excitement.
This story is from the June 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Anantapur.
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