Murari jha, PhD

लिखना, पढ़ना और पढ़ाना!

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

A thread
#ReadWithATeacher significantly challenged my notion that teachers don't read.

#DelhiGovtSchool teachers read and also promote the culture of reading.

Gratitude to @PbpandeyB sir and team education @Dir_Education!

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Information is not learning.

Learning begins when information is processed—through writing, discussion, questioning, reflection, and application.

Perhaps the problem with many classrooms is the lack of opportunities for learners to think.

#SundayDiaryy
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[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

The demand for leak-proof NEET exams is important, but it is still a last-minute solution. Real reform lies in making NEET a low-stakes exam by expanding medical seats and creating multiple pathways into the profession of medicine.

#SundayDiaryy
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[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

I am urgently looking for this book: Kaliash Chandra, Social development in India: Programmes and Problems (1974). If you have access to a copy, please let me know.

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Austerity measures may be temporary, but the systems they normalise often stay for generations. My latest #SundayDiaryy reflects on economic slowdown and the slow normalisation of online education. When schools become screens, inequality quietly deepens.

https://t.co/grKJ8VgaK1

[Vivek Ahuja @VAkrayon]

Central govt should intervene ! We have a right to charge! @PlugInIndia @TataEVClub @theEVtrip @Xroaders_001 @NexonEVOwnerClb @TeslaClubIN

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Haryana called citizens to adopt EVs. People trusted the vision, invested lakhs, and supported clean mobility. Today, the same EV owners are facing abrupt restrictions on home charging. This is unfair & deeply discouraging.
@NayabSainiBJP @MoRTHIndia
#GreenIndia

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

At a time of global fuel uncertainty & national energy concerns, discouraging EV adoption weakens India’s energy security and public confidence in clean mobility. Haryana must support, not punish, early EV adopters.
@PMOIndia @nitin_gadkari
#SaveEVHaryana #EVIndia

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Across many societies in Haryana, RWAs/CWs have started disconnecting EV chargers in the name of “fire safety.” Thousands of EVs are now stranded with dead batteries in basements, leaving families helpless.
@cmohry @DTCPHaryana
#SaveEVHaryana #EVRevolution

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

“One good teacher in a school will gradually expand their influence and positively impact other teachers.”

This belief shapes the work of many CSOs. But is good teaching alone enough to influence institutional culture?
#SundayDiaryy
https://t.co/6IeY6n740j

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

What looks “simple” in policy often becomes complex in classrooms.
What feels “easy” in one school becomes difficult at scale.
Between these two realities lies a persistent gap—
not of intent, but of perspective.

#SundayDiaryy #Education #PolicyVsPractice
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[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Books are quietly disappearing from children’s hands—yet the need to read has never been greater.

No breakthrough—only questions.

If print-rich homes no longer work, what will?

What Will Make Children Read Today?

https://t.co/p0hrv59zi3
#SundayDiaryy

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Certified, But Not Prepared: The Difficult Transition

Most young teachers are not rejected only because they lack skills. They are also filtered by language, class, and schooling backgrounds.

Competence—or structural exclusion?

#SundayDiaryy
https://t.co/bDJ20GXka1

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

The Anxious Generation Meets an Unprepared System

Post-COVID classrooms tell a clear story—children have changed, but teacher preparation hasn’t. We are asking teachers to handle a new reality with old tools.

https://t.co/cqlgmQcvsI
#SundayDiaryy

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

The Education Paradox: So Much Education, Yet Such Choices?
If education expands thinking, why do our choices sometimes feel so limited?
https://t.co/zL293VLc76
#SundayDiaryy

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

Ask a teacher what’s the most boring task they do.
Often the answer is almost always—evaluating answer sheets.
But what if the boredom is not in the task, but in how we’ve designed it?

https://t.co/xhBT3o7R0A

#SundayDiaryy

[Ritesh Banglani @banglani]

Recently my son asked me why he needs to do mental math when calculators exist. I told him if he doesn't, he will make irrational decisions throughout his life.

Let me explain. Say you see two packs of snacks. A 500g pack for ₹100, and a 200g pack for ₹45. Which one should you buy?

The math is not at all hard, but people who are scared of mental math will not do it. This is not such an important decision that you pull out a calculator for it. So you make the decision on vibes - say ₹100 "looks too high", or that the smaller pack costs "less than half of the biggest one" or some such.

The problem isn't that you made a poor decision on snacks. It is that if you do this repeatedly, you train your mind to make decisions on vibes. Over time your reasoning muscle atrophies - so you start relying even more on vibes.

Before you know it, you are taking even big decisions on vibes. Should I rent or buy a house? Let's decide based on "EMI affordability", not rental yield. Should I invest in this IPO? I have heard of the company's brand so I'm all in. It isn't only financial or quantitative decisions either - in my mind the math muscle and the logic muscle are closely correlated, so a decline in one certainly affects the other.

Like the Arab who let the camel's nose inside the tent, fear of math is the first step towards thoughtlessness, and needs to be nipped in the bud. Intellectual laziness starts with snack prices.

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

You can train teachers—but can you transform classrooms?

Teacher training doesn’t fail because of methods. It fails because we ignore who the teacher is becoming. Identity, belief, and system realities shape classrooms...

#SundayDiaryy
https://t.co/f4QnnDowMa

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

@vats_neel @ECAatState @USIEF @UMassLowell @Dir_Education @gupta_rekha @ashishsood_bjp @Gayatri1976 Many Many congratulations! Such a proud moment!

[Murari jha, PhD @Reflectivediary]

The Automation Paradox

A few days ago, while reading "Talking to My Daughter" About the Economy by the Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis, I came across an argument that made me pause.

Varoufakis writes…

https://t.co/pBZ82yOylb

#SundayDiaryy

[SCERT Delhi @SCERT2021]

SCERT Delhi launches MOOC on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on DIKSHA! Empowering educators with the knowledge of Patents, Copyrights, & Trademarks.
Official Circluar : https://t.co/9sSR0K7guj
Enrollment: March 13 – April 30, 2026