Directly from the Writing Classroom!
As you set out to write: Switch from one platform to another. Make your preliminary notes and outline in a piece of paper. This is the productive phase. Expand your…
Chaos, New Session and Old Mentality
Despite series of negotiations, there are chances of chaos at the KU gate again. The talks between KU and the locals have reached a deadlock and partially failed in that…
Acting As Educated
One quality that separates educated people from the uneducated is the degree of tolerance they apply in judging things. The same quality sometimes puts them in disadvantage when they deem…
Teaching New Courses
Teaching new courses is both exciting and challenging. The excitement lies in being free to define syllabus goals and choosing topics and relevant texts. The challenge is that there may…
Exam Ironies
The whole year is an exam period these days. Whatever the board or university conducting the exams, students are seen panicking for next day’s papers. Naturally, there is hardly any…
Kathmandu University and the Locality
Kathmandu University (KU) has a good name in Nepal and a respectable place in Kavre district. Many people here take it as a landmark establishment and a destination for higher…
Being an Examiner
Being an ExaminerPublished in The Kathmandu Post To those who have never been in teaching and examination, it sounds easy to be an examiner. You just have a pile of…
Some Ignored Issues
Recently, there was an article in a weekly about exploitation of parents and students by different boarding schools. The article concentrates on the unnecessary fees, physical and mental burden on…