The science teaching and rationality India needs The novel coronavirus crisis has fully revealed the price to be paid in the neglect of education and health sping ei ASeiie Sie dinners tuo aida acon He wn ‘ego oy hese sng Pet i, ely hapcsabout iecnmience ni ae ocean athe tee toate, expec ate and Teun eared oa stmt at im, ba fevart contend a ea fips am atlen tigied heer anda tin erste a a sci ele var one ie ith hm nthe cng ew inane ped ih yo friction ‘Stans mar of Sst nt Shane, ri slog ae Seen ht pr Serie peal to eae tase acdc song tate ens happen a top, Tesoro ingaietarmichseiedng oa academic paste, hs ad otic ng en ri Sh etpesion tar ist Selene sl eames ‘Scola aren tier rang ee a salen cng epecity tage shes cain te aor titers log ar beped me Ile see ot argue gen n toronto dessa Uns an yp. When ces toma hetero ge or not depends or aby 0 ‘wodbaig bien ys mow, mosquitoes does prevent the ‘chances of being intcted by the pata that cases malaria, ca Fle by mosquitoes. Malaria mos tqtoes reed in stags water, fia that where the mperatve of ‘wokance begins. Logic of avoidance For many decades no; schoo: ‘hen havescnret aris bv B ing the correct answer tthe ques am, "ow can mosquitoes be Stopped fom breeding In ot neighbouronds? is a fare School thar ges children a task ot fine around noting stagnant Puddles formed during de rainy Season containing visble mosqut to larvae. The standard textbook line of ation to spread enone fm sfagant water. That Is what ‘municipal workers supssea do, and thats what stughein tees Son anthe sericesthat munkipa iis provide asthe pada calendar goes, once a lesson fas been delivered tnd the test based on it taken, there tno reason fo recall it om ent in the ltr part ofthe year excep forthe final eaminaton So, malar, dengue and chika sunya persist during the long at umn and winter months, is ne likely that teacher wil relate them othe Hesson taught eater fan mosqulto prevention. Thus, wile mosquitoes are woidabe, the diseases hey eats ake on an Inevitable character, gute die ent tom the estat that my butorickshaw driver was aaa ingvith an impending accent. Before the advent of ants, ‘yphoid fever and jaundice were life-threatening, anid espe In th case of chien. Doctors Kew thats possible to prevent oth these diseases by avoiding con taminated water And this could be done by boing drinking water But more ta, bling of water nly started after someone had teen diggnosed as utlering fom |gphoid, or fom jaundice. In any Vv cease, boiling was cumbersome land expensive Along with ant Bote, water purifying devices and bouled water have estanced us from the grim experiences asso ‘Gated with waterborne diseases prevalent here the 1970s, Com ton daria sta threat to the Wand health of babes stead of preventing itby ensuring te supply of ean water nal ge ‘graphical oatins India tm has ended up addressing the publ of drinking water by pop- “lrising personalised devices. No public ystems These of pub stems as proved ely faith andin ‘scat, The eachigat cence from the primary evs Wasa ma Jor poly atv taken i the fy eas of Independence through which the wellre sate hoped crest pea arenes ‘ruc mater dea pre ‘enon sd sth, but the teach Inge sence ne than talking hut scence and teling sets strc be done te ce ‘tbolg water or example har’ enough oy that high temperatures lt merbes 10 “ctv the el that factually ‘es, one needs to sce micros ‘ithe sem een Toran rershsining majo ‘of ehidren, or sytem of eda tht pend the hind ‘texperione eve tthe higher Secondy tee. The Wea at boii partes water ema 4 mate fig the correct as ¢ nthe examination, rather than 5 bale set on evidence sen through «microscope. This ean hardly be described a flare ot evlciton, because the seed of 3 ‘capable pubic system was never Sow, and, therfore, we could hardly expect harvest. The novel coronavirasctisis fully re ‘eal te rie that the neg of ‘education and healt ss wreaked covID compulsion [ttl ee | ad the opportu Ty totak toa city-based eke paler who bad booked a seat ina ate bus which would ake him to his mative village in Uttar Pra dhs When [asked him shy he ‘eas ol, heave me the ovis ser Thal expected, relering tothe sher inadequacy of income to sstaln himself Inthe ct. But then he mentioned another rea Son why he dt go urgent nd this had o do wih a wedling in the ile, had to atten Be Si oersise his relives wold Feetpeet th i. tc no ay ‘or conversation when Calhides tothe sk ot him comgacting the hovel coronavirus we ave Inatus and later tending a wee ding ceremony. Me wast particulary interest et in my concern that he must take every precaution, and espe ‘ally make sure thst he didnot ‘move his mask during the journey and during the weding eer ty. His response omy ender for his wellbeing reminded me of What the auterics deer had sal many yeas ago, namely that the inevitable cannot e aided In this case, the ineviable vas hry a ater of fata, ee the seeding that was inevitable and therefore avoidable, even if it posed theisk of geting sick. Wy interlocutor also sired. with me the fein that che pa Aemic is manly inthe big ees and that lags are fee of AP patel, despite being on Wha hppa not heard about the Surge currently being witnessed cross ral parts of northern I th, But the mos interesting pat fftis conversation ad todo with the mask. IF the mask, abi tke boiling water, prevents an invisible ‘mirobe from entering the human bry it sa matter of ath ors rene who has no Kea of the World ofits pathogens ‘The mask and the citizen ‘We may wonder wy several west fem countries, whee education i Supposedly etter, also fll to convince thelr liens to Wear ‘nad, This argument is based on 2 postive serotype ofthe West Using more closely at diterent antes that copie the West, tne nied sharp ifereniatd levels ofthe qualty ofthe school sefence, ver the shal cena, Senne ofthe richest eure have Slowed scence at school ta de line, Inds education sytem, Which was already impoverished, fulfered severe cutbacks under the repeated saves of lopsided economic reforms. New norms of puble sane have underined Sejenee teaching, robbing edn any chien of the intellect re Sources they mic have acquired Slringetliod. ut science teaching alone can not create mirces For scence to for science to acquire meaning Airing schoo fe, is impertant tac eilen gon! up ina ethos Where dissent and dete ate en courage. ts obvious thatthe be hes of science and ts teaching tdonoc accrue when the ders te order, andthe Inston on whieh i is based, are no in goed hea ‘etae Keer afer dra te tht Cone cont Ro