Kolkata: There is no instant answer for the debate over the opening of the school campus in the middle of the Pandemi Covid-19, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said.
Speaking in online discussions organized by Pretic – an organization established with Nobel Endowmen to promote education and reduce poverty, sen on Sundays that children suffer a lot because schools are closed but their health concerns cannot be ignored if the campuses are reopened .
“In America, there is a debate that is ongoing between two groups on the same problem.
In India, there are different opinions.
But what might apply in the East Birbhum may not work in the West Bankura.
There may be readymade reply, instant reply at Hands, the situation is not so, “said Sen.
In the evaluation model in the current scenario, economists say acquiring and sharing more important knowledge.
“Even if we emphasize the evaluation we must remember it is not the last thing.
Obtaining and sharing knowledge takes precedence.
There are reasons to believe that this problem must be seen from various sides and perspectives,” he said.
“When we learn something for the first time, when we first understand the problem …
Is it related to the evaluation? We must see.
Evaluation will of course be used, but how many and in what ways? We must see if there is The relationship between evaluation and real education, “said Sen.
Asked about the threat to the environment, he said that both the world realized the problem and knew the solution but did not proceed on the right path or need to have a thin discussion to find instructions to resolve the crisis.
“The environment is an integral part of every job, every step taken by us,” reasoned.
SEN, which is currently professor of the University of Thomas W Lamont, and the economic professor and philosophy at Harvard University, also emphasizes to knock on alternative energy resources such as the Sun and nuclear to protect the environment.