Autar Nehru

Journalist in education media space. Working for Curriculum magazine as editor and Education World as delhi sr correspondent. + Producer at Sheen Communications

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After P. V. Narasimha Rao, perhaps only Prakash Javadekar had the makings of an ideal Edu Minister—grounded, scholarly, and possessed of a calm temperament. Shashi Tharoor, not allowed to bloom, despite serving only as a Jr minister and having limited time, he still left a mark.

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Elon Musk thinks the entire education system is built on a broken assumption.

That every student should learn the same thing. At the same speed. In the same order. At the same time.

Musk: “Everyone goes through from like 5th grade to 6th grade to 7th grade like it’s an assembly line. But people are not objects on an assembly line.”

The model was designed for a factory economy. Standardized inputs. Predictable outputs.

That economy is gone. The assembly line is gone.

But the education system still runs on its logic.

A student who masters algebra in two weeks sits through eight more weeks because the calendar says so. A student who struggles gets dragged forward because the schedule doesn’t wait.

Neither is being served. Both are being processed.

Musk: “Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject.”

AI doesn’t teach a classroom. It teaches a student.

One at a time. Every time.

It skips what a student already knows. It finds where they’re stuck and approaches it from a different angle.

It adjusts in real time. Not at the end of a semester when the damage is already done.

A student obsessed with basketball learns fractions through shooting percentages. A student who builds in Minecraft learns geometry through architecture.

The subject doesn’t change. The entry point does.

No teacher with thirty students can do this. Not because they lack skill.

Because the math doesn’t work.

AI doesn’t have that constraint.

Musk: “You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day. So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling.”

The brain isn’t broken. The format is.

Kids learn complex systems and strategic thinking for hours voluntarily. Then walk into a classroom and can’t focus for twenty minutes.

That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a design problem.

Musk: “A university education is often unnecessary. You probably learn the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates.”

Four years. Six figures of debt.

And the real value comes from the people sitting next to you. Not the institution charging you.

The degree doesn’t certify knowledge. It certifies endurance.

Musk: “If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.”

The system was built to train employees. If you’re not trying to be one, it has nothing left to offer you.

Every lecture. Every textbook. Every curriculum. Now available instantly. Personalized to any learner. Adapted to any pace.

The question isn’t whether the old model survives.

It’s how long we keep forcing students through it while the replacement already exists.

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@vineetkaul Spotlight on Dr Razdan must also be an opportunity to inquire from the likes of him if eating of walnuts, a common food habit prevalent in the valley particularly among villagers was studied in the enhanced brain health of Kashmiris.

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This needs a policy fix.

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When it could have led as a model for others, it looks, the complacency and operational preparedness is robbing of its potential. Wonder if they functional SMCs?

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Several KVS schools seem to be ill-prepared for GRAP. Despite hybrid and online being a ‘must’ now in Delhi NCR pollution season, the largest central govt school chain, perhaps couldn’t switch over on Dec 16, wasting school days for children. Fallacy of ovr centralization @kvs_hq

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@mirmehak895 A lot of comments on her extraordinary achievement (being a BB contestant itself is huge) on SM are of fear, hate and jealousy. It's time to celebrate girl power & not knock her down

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@BMTheEquityDesk True for many people. Steep fall in journalistic standards and stature of these outlets that once set gold standards.

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Adv Ashok Agarwal has been one of the most accessible education activists in Delhi  for people like me and stories around his cases over the years part of work journey. Giving back, read about him contesting the Delhi Assembly election:https://t.co/RUrIfNgQFw

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@Akshat_World We must take a cue from Australia and deter children from getting addicted to social media. Then DIETs have be become super active to work on teachers. Creating a class of assistant teachers for support & non-academic tasks is a reform to go for. Finally, schools be celebrated.

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@airnewsalerts @MinistryWCD the name list of winners is not given. Even PIB release is missing it, so is your bland website.

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Tara Chand Bhat 'Bulbul' who became popular as Pandit Kashyap Bandhu in Kashmir was a tallest leader of 20th century Kashmir. Today is his 39th death anniversary. Know more about the man and his eventful life:
https://t.co/wQPpn6zaCI

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@panditaAPMCC63 Game changer! Good luck!!

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@panditaAPMCC63 Certainly not this one. A past generation of activists like you have fought against this attire. There is a need to find a symbolic heritage design. Also, with spate of snatchings on Delhi roads, even dejjhoor's future appears dim

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@panditaAPMCC63 @SMAltafBukhari Best wishes to Yogi ji! He has earned this nomination with his tireless political and social work, upright attitude and down to earth persona. Should be a likely winner.

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@panditaAPMCC63 This man had a tanacity and all of us got to know him from the long sit-in protest he organized for relief enhancement. Though he had dozens of critics and trolls, yet he refused to fade away. A community asset meets a sad end. Om Shanti

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Just spotted this headline. 🤣

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@PTI_News She is a great choice. Dependable, very popular and now lot more experienced, she will be face to watch for in Delhi politics.

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@lal_shiban @svaradarajan @Apoorvanand__ Congress-sympathetic ecosystem is actually helping in polticizing the Shri Ram Temple inauguration and then will blame defeat on the issue. Prior to 2014 it did same for Modi, who is now almost a global statesman