TEACHING CHILDREN IS a big responsibility and far from an easy task. There are no shortcuts and there is no golden rule to ensure good results.
In fact, educating the next generation will become even more complex, because the new era of learning is phasing out rote learning and strict adherence to the syllabus.
The focus is now on critical and exploratory thinking, and encouraging creativity and communication skills.
Cramming for examinations tunnel-vision style is a thing of the past. The future lies in preparing the individual for a lifetime of learning.
The new system appears to have many benefits, but the road ahead will not be smooth for those supporting this process of change.
Among those in the front line facing the new education challenge are the textbook publishers.
Since 1998, they have been adapting to education reforms by supporting mother tongue teaching, revised curricula and, more recently, the restructured secondary school education programme of six, rather than seven, years.
