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21st Century Skills: A Journey to Achievement

21st Century Skills: A Journey to Achievement

Embark on an enlightening journey towards achievement with our guide on essential skills for your future. Navigate the dynamic landscape of success as we delve into a comprehensive exploration of skills that pave the way to personal and professional triumph. From communication prowess to critical thinking, adaptability to leadership, our insights empower you to shape a fulfilling and impactful path forward. Prepare to unlock your potential, enhance your capabilities, and chart a course towards a future marked by accomplishment and fulfillment.

Everyone is Unique, Enjoy Your Uniqueness!

Everyone is Unique, Enjoy Your Uniqueness!

The Camel desiring to have horns lost even his ears… Everyone in us wants to be a leader, wants to lead millions and billions of people, wish to be obeyed, to be respected. But listen— become a leader of yourself first, lead yourself. Control yourself, control your thoughts and behaviours. In the universe, everyone is unique Every individual in this world is unique — everyone has their own world, their own definitions of words, and their own mannerisms. So, don’t imitate anyone; you are…

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Who Hate You, Are Equally Important as the People Who Love You!

Who Hate You, Are Equally Important as the People Who Love You!

Don’t be afraid of strong winds, O Eagle, It moves to make you fly high. Dr. Allam Muhammad Iqbal This is the famous verse of Allam Muhammad Iqbal and I wholeheartedly agree with it. Your haters are the real motivations behind your elevation. Headwinds are necessary for those who want to fly higher in the sky. If you have no opposition to your actions, believe me, you will never cross the line of success. Haters think they’re pulling you back,…

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Do Underdeveloped Countries Persist with Outdated 1.0 Model in School Education?

Do Underdeveloped Countries Persist with Outdated 1.0 Model in School Education?

Education 1.0 to 4.0: let’s traverse the path. Education 1.0 is the first generation of education as web 1.0 is the first stage of the internet. At the end of the 18th century, Education 1.0 commenced where students were passive in classrooms and teachers were the centre of education. The blackboard and pens were used as teaching aids. These were simple knowledge transfer classrooms, where notes were made and only information was transferred from teachers to students. Education 1.0 consisted of…

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What Do I Look for in a Response Letter as a Reviewer? Introducing Response Letter

What Do I Look for in a Response Letter as a Reviewer? Introducing Response Letter

A step-by-step guide for structuring the reviewer’s response letter The research article submitted to the journal goes through several phases. In the first, the editorials evaluate it for different types of queries, for example, the novelty of the idea, the structure of the article and in particular the language of the article. If all goes well, it is decided to review it. However, on the editorial side usually, half of the articles are rejected by reputable journals and half of them…

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When I Decided to Become an Animal: Towards Normal Life

When I Decided to Become an Animal: Towards Normal Life

When I came back to a ‘normal’ life, people started calling me ‘abnormal’ Jun Jundai is a resident of Thailand. His TEDx lecture caught my attention. I heard a few phrases he uttered, the Thai-English sentences were so catchy that I couldn’t stop myself to listen to him. Life, according to John Jundai, is simple, but humans have made it difficult. They’ve made things so difficult for themselves that they don’t have time to sit with their families. He adds,…

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Communication Skills: Do Digitization is Putting an End

Communication Skills: Do Digitization is Putting an End

The biggest issue with communication skills, in my opinion, is that it requires constant practice. Perhaps not more than two years ago, I had the opportunity to hear from an elder at a public gathering. Not only did I know communication skills well at the time, but I was also further working on them. This old man was an illiterate seventy-year-old, who had hardly ever touched a pen in his life. Listening to him, I felt that this elder seemed to…

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Approach to Children’s Engagement: My Impactful Approaches and Results

Approach to Children’s Engagement: My Impactful Approaches and Results

Although recent technologies have revolutionized other fields, however, they are not yet fully integrated into education for Children’s Engagement. Children’s Engagement has been a hot topic since the origin of teaching and learning and is developing rapidly with time and technology. With the recent advances in Information and Communication Technology (e.g, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 5G), it is a need of the hour to revive its smart use in academia. In underdeveloped countries, parents are offended by financial…

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21st Century Learning Design (21st CLD): the Role of EduTech

21st Century Learning Design (21st CLD): the Role of EduTech

The leading technologies companies are working on EduTech (Educational Technologies) however, Microsoft is leading over the world Though the COVID-19 pandemic had unfortunate consequences for the world, it also brought some new trends (i.e, EduTech), the changes which were expected years late. The months and years-long lockdown changed the classroom environment to virtual, comprising lectures, assignments, activities, examinations and meetings etc. Along with the learning style, digitization also changed institutional management. Though the COVID-19 pandemic had unfortunate consequences for the world,…

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Child-Labor Is the Cause of School Dropout in Developing Countries

Child-Labor Is the Cause of School Dropout in Developing Countries

Child-Labor is cruelty, which is considered right There are many reasons why children are not interested in education and drop out of school but running a home system (child-labour) by making children work hard is one of the reasons that speaks loudly. I have noticed in the underdeveloped countries’ education system that this is one of the main reasons why children are not interested in studies, remain absent and eventually leave the school. There may be many reasons of out…

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