Daily English Vocab
PDF 1st Nov 2016
Government is quite right to target learning outcomes
The government’s new focus on learning outcomes is welcome. The battle to get all children to
attend school has been won, with enrolments (नामाांकन) at nearly 100%; the attention must now turn
to what children learn at school. But this must not become a rush to amend (सश
ां ोधन करना) the Right
to Education Act, a law that had support from across the political spectrum. For several years now,
assessments (आकलन/मूल्ाांकन) conducted by non-governmental and autonomous government
organisations have revealed poor learning outcomes at government and private schools across the
country.
But much of the blame lies outside the. Restoring Class 10 board examinations, reintroducing
detention (the punishment of being kept in school after hours.) (अवरोध/रुकावट) in elementary
classes and doing away with the system of continuous evaluation will not fix the problem. The
bulk of the country’s schoolgoing population comprises first-generation learners and those whose
parents speak only their mother tongue or dialect (प्ाांती् भाषा). For this reason, teachers play an
outsized role in the education of a child. The best way to improve learning is to ensure that teachers
are enabled and empowered to go beyond the confines (सीमा) of the textbook in their classrooms.
Teachers need to be able to design the learning experience to suit the needs of the classroom such
as using the language spoken by the students at home to teach, encouraging peer (समकक्ष/समान पदस्थ)
learning. A crucial (महत्वपर्
ू ण) intervention (व््वधान) is in the early years, both as improved
nutritional intake and learning initiatives that will help improve cognitive (ज्ञान-सबां ांधी) skills central
to improving learning outcomes. Changing demands of the economy, increased globalization,
disruptive (हाननकारक) practices and technologies make it imperative (अननवा्ण) for the government
to ensure that school education system empowers children so that they are not left behind.
(Courtesy: The Economic Times)
1. Amend (verb): Make changes for improvement. (सशां ोधन करना)
 Synonyms: Modify, Rectify, Elevate, Reform.
 Antonyms: Worsen, Harm, Lower, Ruin.
Example: The juvenile told the judge that he would amend his ways and contribute to the
betterment of society.
Verb forms: Amend, Amended, Amended.
Related words:
 Amendment (noun): (संशोधन)

Amendable (adjective) - संशोधन योग्य
2. Assessment (noun): The action of assessing/evaluating someone or something.
(आकलन/मूल्ाांकन)
 Synonyms: Evaluation, Judgment, Gauging, Rating, Estimation.
Example: Wanting an assessment of her health, the woman contacted her doctor for an
appointment.
Verb forms: Assess, Assessed, Assessed.
Related words:
 Assess (verb) – आंकना
3. Detention (noun): The punishment of being kept in school after hours. The action of detaining
someone or the state of being detained in official custody. (अवरोध/रुकावट)
 Synonyms: Confinement, Internment, Captivity, Restraint.
 Antonyms: Liberation, Assistance, Freedom, Aid.
Example: everyone should be enough liberal to make his choices irrespective of detentions.
Related words:

Detent (noun) - रोधक
4. Dialect (noun)- A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social
group. (प्ाांती् भाषा)

Synonyms: Regional Language, Local Language, Local Tongue, Local Speech, Local
Parlance.
 Antonyms: Standard Language.
Example: To improve the standard of Dialects Assembly works should be done in these
languages.
Related words:
 Dialectal (adjective) - बोली का

Dialectology (noun) - भाषिका षिज्ञान
5. Confine (verb): Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of. (सीनमत करना)
 Synonyms: Limit, Restrict, Restrain, Confine, Bound, Circumscribe.
 Antonyms: Free, Release, Unbound, Liberate.
Example: A medical team has successfully confined the disease to one village.
Verb forms: Confine, Confined, Confined.
Related words:
 Confinement (verb) - बंधन
6. Peer (noun): One that is of equal standing with another. (समकक्ष/समान पदस्थ)
 Synonyms: Companion, Coequal, Match.
 Antonyms: Inferior, Superior.
Example: Peer education with time is required to lift the level of students in Indian schools.
Verb Forms: peer, peered, peered.
Related Words:
 Peer(verb): बराबर होना

Peerless(adjective): अषितीय
7. Crucial (adjective) - Of great importance. (महत्वपूर्ण)
 Synonyms: Important, Vital, Deciding, Decisive, Key, Major.
 Antonyms: Trivial, Minor, Secondary, Of Less Importance.
Example: If you want to conquer the game of golf, it is crucial that you master the art of the
stroke.
Related words:
 Crucially (adverb) - महत्िपर्ू ण रूप से
8. Intervention (noun) : The action or process of intervening/interfering. (व््वधान)
 Synonyms: Interruption, Interference, Obstruction, Hindrance.
 Antonyms: Aid, Assistance.
Example: In mythological tales, the divine intervention of the gods is what usually changes a
person’s fate.
Verb forms: Intervene, Intervened, Intervened.
Related words:
 Intervene (verb): हस्तक्षेप करना
9. Cognitive (adjective) : Relating to cognition/knowledge. (ज्ञान-सबां धां ी)
 Synonyms: Perceptional, Intellectual, Cerebral.
 Antonyms: Non cognitive, Physical.
Example: The goal of the program is to help students improve their cognition by developing new
practices to help them acquire knowledge easier.
Related words:
 Cognizant (noun) - संज्ञाता

Cognition (noun) - ज्ञान
10. Disruptive (adjective): Causing or tending to cause disruption or troublesome.
(हाननकारक/बाधाकारी)
 Synonyms: Troublemaking, Troublesome, Disorderly, Undisciplined, Turbulent.
 Antonyms: Calmed, Soothed, Disciplined.
Example: The Disruptions in the current educational structure is to maintain what has been
announced at the time of elections.
Verb Forms: Disrupt, Disrupted, Disrupted.
Related Words:
 Disrupt (verb) – बाषधत करना

Disruptions (noun) – षिघटन
11. Imperative (adjective): Of vital importance; crucial. (अननवा्ण/आत््ावश््क)
 Synonyms: Vital, Crucial, Critical, Essential.
 Antonyms: Inessential, Insignificant, Trivial, Uncritical.
Example: This spiritual dimension addresses the imperative for compassion among all peoples.
Related Words:
 Imperative(noun): अषनिायणता
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