Contradictheory: The question is, 'Is the child learning?'


Malaysian students Nurul Maizatul Akma Rozi (right) and Siti Nurfarah Syuhada Zahari revising work while waiting for the TV Pendidikan (Education TV) programme for SPM students to begin. - Bernama

“It can be said that the current generation of schoolgoers is being ignored”. This was an observation made by academician Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram during a recent online forum (translated from Bahasa Malaysia).

As with many things Jomo (as he’s known) says, he’s not wrong. Yes, technology enables people to work and learn as never before, to the point that companies are now beginning to call “remote working”, just “working”.

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