CHANDIGARH: To improve computational skills of schoolchildren, Punjab’s State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is resorting to the rote. While directing all government schools to ...

Sitting on a headmaster’s chair was something that 11-year-old S Janani of class V had only dreamed about. But on Wednesday, she was not only occupying the chair for an hour but was also functioning ...

The idea of rote memorization is bound to tick some people off, which makes for nice discussion and debate. In all the very legitimate conversation about critical thinking, problem-solving, analysis, ...

Teachers may be forced to abandon traditional methods of teaching primary school mathematics, where pupils’ learning progress is measured by ability to recite multiplication tables and memorise other ...

LUCKNOW: Chiragh, a student of grade 8 has set a new record of reciting multiplication table of up to 20 crore. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, the child is known as the ‘wonder kid’ ...

It was in second grade when we were taught to multiply numbers. Memorizing the multiplication table was like being forced to swallow a spoonful of bitter paracetamol syrup that our parents forced into ...