VOLUME XI – CHAPTER 3 THE TRENDSETTER Knowing, Doing and Being are three important aspects of Principalship – you should know your work well – what you should and what you should not- know the job’s alphabet A to Z. This you can acquire by extensive reading and...
VOLUME XI – CHAPTER 1 EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE, AND EXECUTE On the first day of joining the duty, a principal convened a staff meeting in the afternoon and his opening remark was:- ‘’I have heard enough of your school. I have come to set it right’’. With just two...
Obeisance SSSIE Family offers its sincere homage to Prof. N.Shanmugam, the chosen instrument of God and the author of e-articles on Education Management, who left everyone of us and merged at the Divine Lotus Feet of Bhagawan on 19th July 2023. He is not physically...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 16 KNOW THE JARGON Every subject has its special usages which are known as Jargon. A single word will compress a lot of meaning- In any conference you will find this use of Jargon by specialists. In Economics we have words like ‘quid pro quo’ or...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 14 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Career festivals and vocational education Address delivered by Prof. N. Shanmugam Education Officer, KV Sangathan, in July 1980 at the vocational education seminar organised by the apprenticeship board, ministry of...
VOLUME XII – CHAPTER 12 Can the Head Enter the Heaven (Article published in “SANGAM”—KVs House Magazine) You will be educate what any one you inspire others to do There is a story relating to Pitt the Younger, a former distinguished Prime Minister of England. It says...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 10 THE ASIAD SPIRIT AND KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN Published in “Sangam” - KVS House Magazine Greatest reward – smile on their faces Yesterday evening we all saw the closing ceremony of the Asiad ’82 on the T.V. At one point they...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 9 MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES - LEARNING FROM GREAT PERSONALITIES You can sit on opposite sides, but still can be friendly Learning can be from four sources – from books, from the lives of great persons, from experience and from interaction...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 7 DOES YOUR HEAD DESERVE THE CROWN Are you ‘yudhistra’ or ‘YUDHISTRA’? Many go after the crown. For some the crown comes seeking them. Lal Bahadur Shasthri was the only politician who belongs to the second noble category. Among Educationists...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 6 MEANING OF POWER Display Power Thinking It is said powers flows from the barrel – if your ammunition is dry. This is the power of brute force – might of the brawn. It is also said power flows from the ballot if the people know...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 4 AMBIGUITY – THE SPRING BOARD OF LEADERSHIP Be not a designation Principal A routine day at the school. After the morning assembly the Principal calls the Vice Principal and tells him about those who are on leave so that he can prepare the...
VOLUME X – CHAPTER 3 FACING CHALLENGES Get roasted Can you face challenges head on. The art lies in recognizing that challenges need to be addressed, not run away from. You have to recognize that mistakes may have been made in the past but that decisive...