Senior officials from the education department said though they have no plans to do away with homework, they plan to turn written homework into activity-based learning. “Apart from the assigned days, we do try to give them at least two or three mathematical problems to solve because it requires regular practice,” she said. Ganga Natarajan, principal of SAN Academy, agreed. “We feel that this method has instilled organisational skills in students as they now plan and prepare well in the prescribed time,” she said. It is a rule,” said C Bharati Lakshmi, principal of Vael’s. “Students do not get any other subject homework during these days. But a few like Vael’s have days assigned for each subject, like Mondays for science and Tuesdays for social, and when there is no homework for the days subject, children go home with no assignments. And we do not encourage it, and help them learn and grow at their own pace.” But there are other educators who believe that homework is important because it reinforces learning.
“For some reason, parents believe that burdening the children with homework will help them score more. She said parents were often the ones who insist that children be given extra work and enrol them in private tuitions. They are free to take home the books they need,” said Revathy Parameshwaran, the school’s principal. “We do not believe in overloading our children with assignments. At PS, children can complete their assignments at school and take home the ones they want to pay more attention to.
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