Can Shillong Be The Learning Capital Of India- An Address To The Educational Fraternity
Date: Mon Jul 29, 2013 - Mon Jul 29, 2013
Location: Asian Confluence Centre, Shillong , Hosts: Asian Confluence
Location: Asian Confluence Centre, Shillong , Hosts: Asian Confluence
Asian Confluence hosted Dilip Mukerjea, owner and managing director of ‘Braindancing International’, to address a select audience from a cross section of society on the current education system of India and the prospects of Shillong as the learning capital. The discussion was arranged at the behest of the Principal Secretary, Community & Rural Development, K. N. Kumar. The purpose of the event was to provide an open space for intellectual exchange and stimulate a fruitful discussion.
Dilip Mukerjea is a bestselling writer and CEO of Brainssance Corp (Singapore). His ‘Braindancing International’ is specifically dedicated to advancing human performance across multiple domains. It focuses on developing Intellectual & Emotional Capital for the Learning economy via strategies encompassing Creative Problem Solving, Mind Mapping, Speed Reading, Memory Enhancement, and Lifescaping.
Mukerjea talked about the impediments to learning among children and how the current educational system is more detrimental to young minds. He dismissed the idea of learning disability among children and believes that there is only teaching disability by teachers. He reckons that Shillong has the potential to become the epicentre of a learning revolution in India because of the eagerness of the teachers, students, parents and school administrators to learn. He pointed out that the education system should act as a catalyst for building brain power and in the current scenario it is miserably failing in doing so. “The mad quest for degrees will burn our students. India presently has the worst education system even though Indians are brilliant. Education is a human right gone horribly wrong,” Mukerjea said.
The discussion looked to thoroughly analyse the current scenario of the education system in India and raise voice for the much needed reformation in the education sector of the country. Speaking of the essence of education, Mukerjea said the best learning is to “Try, Fail, Learn, Win”. He said the human brain works better in a pressure free environment and that can be created in an environment of hope and happiness because that is where thinking and learning flourishes. He further added that in the present education system children are deluged by information and have become de-ingenioused by maniacal teachers and education is killing instead of skilling children. He emphasised on the need of a pressure free environment for a human brain to work better which can only be created in an environment of hope and happiness because that is where thinking and learning flourishes.
In his closing remarks he pointed out the imperative need for remediation of the education system that has become toxic over the years. “Time is running out and wasted time cannot be recycled,” he concluded. It was an eye-opening interactive session for the audience as they went back with plenty of thought provoking questions to ponder over.
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