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Mohan Dhall

Academic leader, M2K Education and Advisory and CEO of Australian Tutoring Association and Global Tutoring Association.

Learning lost during lockdowns

  There has been a bit of educational debate on learning loss during the extended periods of lockdown. Whilst debate is useful, the focus should...

COVID vaccines: You cannot inoculate against irrational

  Rational thinking reveals that freedom is always contextual. Freedom should always be understood in the context in which it is sought. From an educational...

Why university for school leavers should be free in 2022

  University education in Australia should be free for school leavers in 2022. This is particularly important given several factors that have made it harder...

Our students need reassurance, and they are getting none

  The current Covid surge and lockdowns in NSW and Victoria, with national State-border closures is having a huge impact on students. Coming later in the...

Developing critical thinking skills in your kids

  It is extremely important in the current world to help our children to think critically. Towards this end, there is a lot that parents...

Why vaccine patents should not be allowed at this time

  There has been much discussion about the vaccine rollout across economically advanced countries and across the developing world. There are only 39 economically advanced...

Australia’s India travel ban: Hard to find it not racist

  Australian citizens have been banned from Australia. It would be interesting to conduct a global poll about why citizens would be refused entry into their...

Net Promoter Score: New statistic to measure school effectiveness

  The tiresome gloating by schools about the proportion of their students who get top ATAR bands, can easily be remedied by having schools publicly...

How to engage with your child’s school

  After nearly a year of restrictions placed on parents, schools have finally re-opened. Parents can drop little ones off to Year 1, they can...