Being a mother of two young kids gives me enough opportunity to get multiple views on kids’ related issues. The current and very hot topic these days is traditional system of schooling vs.playway / modern system.
Pro traditional group has got a point that after completing their plus two ,would these kids be able to compete with the time tested traditional syllabus which no doubt helps them in sailing through the competitive exams like medical and engg? According to this group the ultimate goal of achieving success in these two career streams is possible only through traditional system of studies. One of weird reason I have heard from this group is that our kids have so much of energy that it becomes difficult to handle them if they are sitting idle, it’s good that they give so much home work that kids don’t get time to mess around!
Schools following playway method of teaching, give emphasis to experiential learning. They prepare a kid to face the real challenges of life. With their USP being low teachers to student ratio (sometimes as low as 12 kids: 1 teacher) they are able to pay individual attention to all the kids. In PTMs parents feel as if teachers know their wards better then them. Yes price tag attached with these schools is supposedly high but if we compare on the basis of quality of experience, and the satisfaction (that our child is not just gulping down the facts and figures rather he is learning with joy) the deal is absolutely fantastic. When Life Skills as a subject was introduced in my son’s class (grade 1) I just danced with joy; did we ever imagine in our student life that our teacher will take over as agony aunt one day? It’s a tremendous joy to send him to the garden every evening to play with his friends, without worrying for the loads and loads of home-work to be done. I know for sure that by the time he will complete his plus two he will be clear and confident about his career choices and he will have respect for his schooling system that’d made him compatible enough to sail through stream of life. I also know that by that time more and more career options would have opened up for him which will not test only his mugging up capacity.
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The "Playway" method may be theoretically better ... but does not prepare the kids for higher studies at least in India.
You mention that after +2 your kids will have a clear idea of what they want to do ... thats great.
Imagine if they want to get an engineering degree where of course IITs are the obvious choice ... there is no way the "Playway" method will gear them up to tackle the IIT JEE exams.
So to be safe you need to go the "Traditional" way right from the start ... I dont believe one can start with "Playway" method initially and suddenly decide to swith to the "Playway" method later.
Nice topic though ... I have a toddler myself so have been thinking about this myself :-)
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