Our three phases of
education i.e Primary Secondary and Higher Education are all reformed and
supported by the national policies for educational development. Whether it’s
Right to Education or District Education Realization Program or the Sarv
Shiksha Abhiyan, all have created tremendous impact and extended the reach of
education since independence.
In midst of all the
reforms, policies and acts we have missed something i.e induction of innovation
and creativity in our student stratum. Education system has modified itself
into more of a target education rather then achievement education. We are
educated in such a way that value of scores and grades have been increased and
thought of intellectualism, Innovation and Creativity is lost in due course.
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence includes:
- Spastic
- Linguistic
- Logical
- Bodily-Kinesthetic
- Musical intelligence
- Interpersonal
- Intrapersonal
- Naturalistic
However we judge a
student on two criteria only i.e. Linguistic and Mathematical. While we are
focusing on ‘Intelligent’ student’s and are busy in categorising student’s on
the basis of traditional learn,write and
number method,what we have failed to realize is the true potential of a
student.
There is no doubt that
Creativity is the most important human resource of all, without Creativity there
would be no progress and we would be forever repeating the same pattern.
National Creativity Olympiad is a step to realize the new dimension of a
student i.e implication of creativity in education. NCO helps in identifying
the child’s talent by rewarding the creativity of a student. NCO promotes
creativity and logical based thinking rather then textbook based education. NCO
breaks the barrier of categorizing a student on the basis of numbers which has
led to appraisal of few and negligence to many.
WHY CREATIVITY
Unlike other Olympiads,
NCO is based on the concept of future in education i.e. Creative and Achievement
Motivation. India is the third largest country in higher education after china
and United States, the irony is that we are still stuck with rote learning in
our primary and secondary education. NCO will create a perfect assessment for
the student which helps in initiating creative problem solving technique. NCO will
not only motivate the child by identifying the strength but also provide
remedies for the weak areas by providing a detailed analysis over the
performance of a student.
As said by Benjamin Franklin, "Well done is better then well said", therefore NCO is a
beginning towards nurturing innovative and creative thinking. Yet Olympiads have taken the same text book
route which is not useful in practical life, how many times we have used Pythagoras Theorem in practical life or the Newton’s law of inertia but we can create the
possibility of creating a new avenue for the student where he/she is able to
apply knowledge in practical usage.
As the researchers
suggest, success depends on:
- Hard work
- Problem solving skills
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Leadership
We believe that there
is a very clear correlation between these factors and success in life. NCO will
sensitize the students as well as the teachers, the importance of these factors
and also provides with the resources to develop creative thinking and enhance
achievement motivation. The primary object of NCO is to empower the child and
nurture the competitive spirit to make an achiever of the child. We believe,
once we overcome the traditonal thinking, we can get on with creating the
future.
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