CISCE'S new directive on books: Boon or bane for authors and children?
Should CISCE(Council for Indian school examination) encourage books of popular foreign and dead authors instead of promoting home grown children authors as a part of their syllabus? (Reference article: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=Now-study-Amar-Chitra-Katha-Tintin-Potter-in-24112016009050# ) Kahani Takbak asked a few people for their views. Picture courtesy : www.pixabay.com Asha Narayanan,Principal, Lodha World School, Navi Mumbai : “The CISCE has always had the freedom to pick references from the wide variety of relevant and age appropriate material around us. Now it has gone one step further in spelling out a few of these. The idea is to stimulate the reader's imagination. The move is welcome. And since this variety is from their vocabulary of books, students will take to it like a fish to water.” Paro Anand, Author of upcoming book Two (Scholastic India ): I think it is a wonderful initiative to get bet...