— Firoz Batliwala

Mumbai

Watch them blossom

• The educational reforms proposed by Kapil Sibal are long overdue. As it is, current exam procedures are only a memory test. Ironically enough our educational institutions focus on preparing students for answering exam questions; there’s no attempt to develop their intellectual abilities. The need of the hour is to reform the teaching process so as to redesign the educational system to facilitate each student’s development of her native talents.

— K. Gopakumar Menon

Pune

Hold on

• One hopes Kapil Sibal will not back down. Sibal’s proposals may not be perfect, but they are admirable and revolutionary. But these must be thought through, analysed and dissociated from the “100-day” rhetoric. Sibal should stand his ground but not rush in. There’s also the danger of over-centralisation (single board) and education for those who can afford (privatisation) he should consider.

— Vitull K. Gupta

Bhatinda