An Insightful Conversation on Educational Evolution, Challenges, and Future Directions with Mr Subir Shukla

The Learning Circle

Join us for a thought provoking conversation and a learning experience with Mr Subir Shukla, Principal Coordinator of Group Ignus and a true visionary in the field of education. Mr Shukla shares his educational journey and sheds light on challenges in Teacher Development, Education System and how to overcome them to build a transformative school of the future.

About Mr Subir Shukla:

Subir Shukla is Principal Coordinator of Group Ignus. He works on improving the quality of education systems, beginning in 1986 when he lived in a tribal village for 7 years while working on primary education with Eklavya, MP. He was then the founding Editor at National Centre for Children’s Literature, NBT-India (1993-95), tasked with promoting reading in the country. Subsequently, he worked extensively with government systems, as Chief Consultant (DPEP, 1995-98) and Educational Quality Advisor (SSA) to MHRD (2009-11), and led the development of the Quality Framework for the RTE.

He has consulted for over 30 state/UT governments in India and 12 national governments in Asia and Africa. Team Ignus works on curriculum, textbooks, teacher training and quality improvement processes in various states, especially on large scale. Subir has been a member of Planning Commission’s working groups, and in expert advisory committees of the NCERT and NITI Aayog. His children’s books have been published by the NBT, Tulika, Eklavya and Ektara, with some of them now in their 20th edition. He is also the co-author of Child Development and Education in the Twenty-First Century, Springer, Singapore, 2019.

Key Takeaways-

• Empowering Teachers and giving them freedom to teach their way,
• Bringing change in mindset of society and people in power with respect to access of education by all and prejudices they carry against the poor.
• Changing the approach towards Teacher Development Programs in which instead of lecturing Teachers on what to do, ask them questions and listen to their problems, visions and try to support them.
• Understanding the roles of Enabling Conditions in bringing out results from competent teachers.
• Attaining Clarity in roles of the teacher and finding a way to fulfill them in their own way.
• Accessing children’s Fund of Knowledge to interact and engage them in activities.
• Bringing a Change in Hierarchical Education System and making the Schools more Democratic by including students in decision making.
• Looking at technology as a tool and using them in a value adding manner to education and assisting the Teaching process
• Allowing Children to make mistake and encouraging them to take up wider range of topics.