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Raising a child is a tough\n job. The job has two major components, parenting and teaching. It is an\n onerous task and the two communities in the forefront of it are the parents\n and teachers. The efforts of the two groups run complementary to each other,\n as both are well-wishers of children and share a common objective.There is,\n therefore, need for a strong partnership between the two communities.They\n have to share each other’s stories and concerns about the child. Let Them Fly\n has 25 stories, each based on true-life experiences about raising a child and\n attending to its psychological and academic needs in the contemporary social\n and scholastic milieu.The book contains no abstract theories but actual case\n studies.This makes it a unique presentation.The stories are drawn from a\n diverse set of geographies and social strata.The experiences shared in this\n book are from sleepy rural centres, as also from boisterous metros.Yet,\n typical of a parent or teacher from any background, their concerns could be\n the same.The stories are written in simple and easy language.The book does\n not nit-pick either the teachers or parents, but brings out the sensitivity\n on issues about growing up. Each story ends with a conclusion, suggesting a\n more appropriate alternate course.\n
Dr Nisha Peshin, a well-known school educator, has more than 35 years of experience in scholastic education, course module planning and child development. She has an MA, B.Ed., MPhil and a PhD in Education. She started her career as a lecturer in a B.Ed. College and then joined the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES-India) in Mumbai, leading their School Improvement Programmes in India, a subset of an international programme launched in seven countries. During this period, she travelled to several developing countries in Africa and Asia. She has been a member of the India?Sri Lanka taskforce on correlation between education and employability in Sri Lanka. Dr Nisha has been with the DAV College Managing Committee (DAVCMC), the largest non-profit organisation in school education in India, since 1992. Over the years, she has been in different roles, all related to school education. Presently, she serves in multiple roles as Director (Public Schools & Academics), Director (Centre for Academic Excellence?CAE) and Dean (DAV United Foundation?DAVUF). In her current role, she is in direct administrative control of DAV schools across different states in India. Besides, it puts her in a leadership role in conceiving and implementing policy initiatives, including academic audits, teacher training programmes and IT implementation for the entire DAV group. She heads the DAV United Foundation, a non-profit association aimed at bringing the current students and alumni of DAV institutions together for common good, through a series of social and cultural activities, and a knowledge hub. She is the editor of the DAV United Magazine, a bi-monthly publication having an impressive circulation of 15, per run. Dr Nisha Peshin was born in Mumbai in a traditional Kashmiri Pandit family. She is presently settled in Delhi with her husband, an ex-banker from the State Bank Group. She has two children, a daughter and a son, both married and settled abroad.
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