The Power of Curiosity: In and Beyond Classrooms

This work of fiction is about the new and unorthodox ways of learning and the role that curiosity plays in it. Cuebee, the protagonist, represents the quintessential child, while Frontal, the archetypal classroom, is the storyteller. Like many other children, Cuebee has an insatiable thirst for knowledge and inquisitiveness that surpasses the boundaries of the curriculum.

The authors of the book explore the idea that children like Cuebee can often learn more through unconventional means, beyond textbooks, curricula, and classrooms. Can a car ever become a part of the learning ecosystem? Can research be undertaken by eight-year-olds? Frontal is waiting to take you on an unusual but joyful journey of teaching and learning.

Anita Karwal, an Indian Administrative Service officer from the batch of 1988, retired in November 2022, as Secretary, Department of School Education, in the Ministry of Education of Government of India. She was deeply and closely involved with the preparation and implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational stage, 2022. She has spent several years leading, administering and reforming the school education sector of India and has acquired rich experience at the grassroots, state and national levels.

Rashi Sharma is an Indian Postal Service officer and worked in Department of School Education and literacy, Ministry of Education for almost seven years. She was involved in formulation of National Education Policy 2020 and the implementation thereafter, NIPUN Bharat mission that focuses on foundational learning and revamping of Samagra Shiksha, a centrally sponsored scheme for school education. She has also worked in the area of teacher education, teacher training, out of school children and foundational learning study among many others.

Rajnish Kumar worked with the Ministry of Education, Government of India, on deputation from Indian Railways. He is a Mechanical Engineer by profession. He was involved in the framing of the National Curriculum Framework based on the National Education Policy 2020. He also worked on all the Digital Education initiatives of School Education.