Lucknow:
Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan now find a mention in school text books. Students in Lucknow are learning Sanskrit the Bollywood way.
No it's not a lesson on Bollywood that one would find children learning loudly at a school in Lucknow. It is Sanskrit being taught to students in Uttar Pradesh. But it's teaching Sanskrit with a twist.
Film stars are being used as illustrations in text books to help students learn alphabets. For the children, it's a welcome break.
Q: Do you know Hrithik Roshan?
A: Yes
Q: Aishwarya Rai?
A: Yes
Q: Which movie of her's have you seen?
A: Umrao Jaan
Q: How is she to look at?
A: Very Pretty!
Perhaps it is this familiarity with the stars that teachers hope to use to their advantage. But the credit for this unique method of learning goes to two DPS teachers who wrote this book; however educationists are against mixing learning with Bollywood.
"We have to think whether we want students to remember national heroes or film stars," said Professor Rooprekha Verma, Former VC, Lucknow University.
In UP, Bollywood and learning go hand in hand. First Mulayam Singh dedicated a school to Amitabh Bacchan, and last year, Amar Singh opened another school in Aishwarya's name in Barabanki. Now Bollywood stars have made their debut in text books.
No it's not a lesson on Bollywood that one would find children learning loudly at a school in Lucknow. It is Sanskrit being taught to students in Uttar Pradesh. But it's teaching Sanskrit with a twist.
Film stars are being used as illustrations in text books to help students learn alphabets. For the children, it's a welcome break.
Q: Do you know Hrithik Roshan?
A: Yes
Q: Aishwarya Rai?
A: Yes
Q: Which movie of her's have you seen?
A: Umrao Jaan
Q: How is she to look at?
A: Very Pretty!
Perhaps it is this familiarity with the stars that teachers hope to use to their advantage. But the credit for this unique method of learning goes to two DPS teachers who wrote this book; however educationists are against mixing learning with Bollywood.
"We have to think whether we want students to remember national heroes or film stars," said Professor Rooprekha Verma, Former VC, Lucknow University.
In UP, Bollywood and learning go hand in hand. First Mulayam Singh dedicated a school to Amitabh Bacchan, and last year, Amar Singh opened another school in Aishwarya's name in Barabanki. Now Bollywood stars have made their debut in text books.
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