| curriculum. In this introductory piece, Ahmed writes about his motivation to initiate Mentor.
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“I believe the principals are doing a phenomenal job and that needs to be reinforced.”
More than a decade ago, when I started The Activity, it was because I thought that I would make a better trainer in communication than a chemical engineer which was what my education had been geared towards. The more I have worked with schools and students, the more I discovered that so much needs to be done. I believe that if you find something wrong somewhere, change it or leave it alone. We at The Activity believe we are a ‘change agent’; our efforts stem from a very strong belief that the present educational system is good, some lacunae needs to be addressed, but each one of us must do our bit to make a difference to the system instead of merely cribbing and consigning to doom-bay.
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to interact with several thousand schools from across India and institutions abroad too. I made a conscious effort to understand and analyze the needs of principals, their issues, problems and ground realities… the inputs from them led me to embark on a journey that ultimately led to MENTOR.
There has been too much of criticism directed at principals. Considering the number of difficult children and parents they have to handle, the lack of structure or support from boards and Government and all the other issues that they face, I believe the principals are doing a phenomenal job and that needs to be reinforced.
MENTOR is a positive, secular magazine which will strive to bring about a change in the way our schools, and the people running them, work. Principals are the primary focus but the vision involves teachers, parents, students, educationists, industry leaders and thinkers.
One of the strongest reasons for the conception and birth of this publication is that India is the largest educational market of the world. We have the largest number of students and English-speaking population in the world. Yet, in all my years of having traveled in more than 100 cities and towns of India, I have not come across one national magazine in India, which is involved with and concerned about school education. Not one? No, not one.
Enter MENTOR. Thy time has come.
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