Swaroopa students to attempt for Limca records

Mangalore, November 3: Students of Swaroopa Adhyayana Kendra sing popular Hindi and English songs to learn theorems and their teacher used a secret sign language to teach them how to memorise.

On November 7, some of them will attempt to set a memory record with the Limca Book of Records.

Addressing the media in the school along with his students, Director of the Kendra Gopadkar said the attempt to set a record would be part of a 50-day Education Awareness Campaign organised by the kendra.

The course attempts to set a record by memorising 1,000 items, including mobile numbers.

It will showcase an exhibition of paintings based on SSLC textbooks, learning subjects-through-songs, learning subjects-through-dance, and emotional intelligence. He said students learnt four subjects simultaneously by “multi-tasking” – using the hands, legs, mind, and mouth – to learn four separate subjects.

The students will stage “bombeyata” called “I don't understand, I don't understand” during the 50-day event.

Mr. Gopadkar said it was best when children themselves realised that they had learned something, rather than memorise for examinations without really understanding it. He said his method would enable children to learn quickly without any effort at memorising and remember what they had learnt throughout their lives.

Calling the system of schooling as “bonsai education” that just lasts for a specific period of time, he said he believed in letting children freely learn. His students enjoyed themselves a lot while they learnt with him, he said.

Mr. Gopadkar made his students demonstrate for journalists how they learnt theorems. A group of students sang the Hindi song Haule haule se hawa from the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi . They sang the Pythogoras theorem to the tune of the song Bahot pyar karte hai from the 90s film Saajan. By making gestures with the arms and often using the body to signal something, Mr. Gopadkar conveyed to students the telephone numbers of two journalists. Immediately after Mr. Gopadkar finished, the students shouted out the telephone numbers as easily as if it were their own.