Aim High “You should aim for lofty accomplishments” is a thought provoking article posted by Major Styles a few days back that really set me thinking. I usually write short comments almost immediately on the Major’s blog but this time… Read More ›
Nepal Education
Only the educated are free!: #3 The Meaning of Things
The Meaning of Things A selection of quotes from “The Meaning of Things” by British philosopher AC Grayling with some personal interpretations and anecdotes of our own experiences, especially in Nepal and our work to improve the primary education system…. Read More ›
Why nations fail and remain poor: Part II, Foreign Aid is part of the problem not the solution!
In Part I of this series we described the assertions about poverty and why nations fail from the excellent book by Acemoglu and Robinson, “Why Nations Fail”: With many examples they revealed a single and consistent factor as being the… Read More ›
The greatest leader on God’s earth! Part 2
Shackleton and Me! As an organisation psychologist I have many years experience of working in environments where leadership was an issue, in most cases this was in organisations undergoing planned transformation or experiencing forced change. Whole systems often needed to… Read More ›
Nepal: Children denied Quality Education for 10 years and MoE in denial!
Our three articles on Nepal’s education system and our efforts to help transform it have been read, circulated and shared ‘000s of times in the past week, yet the silence about them has been deafening apart from a couple of… Read More ›
Nepal: To make an omelette you gotta break some eggs, Part 3
NOTE: Please read Part 1 and Part 2 before commenting on this article and moderation for publishing You can’t make an omelette without first breaking some eggs, and no, the Buddha didn’t say that! In Part 2 of this series… Read More ›
Nepal:Ministry of Education puts the cart before the horse, Part 2
NOTE: Please read Part 1 of this series before commenting on this article for moderation and publishing. We ended Part 1 of this lengthy post by describing a meeting with Nepal’s Ministry of Education and how they seemed to be… Read More ›
