Anand Mahindra Shares Unique Idea To ‘Embed Cleanliness And Tidiness’ In Kids

Public places in India often get a bad reputation for being unclean, thanks to the lack of civic sense by the locals. Known for sharing insightful posts, Industrialist Anand Mahindra recently came up with a solution for this. On Sunday, he shared an undated video in which a teacher deliberately turns her classroom upside down by throwing things on the floor and disorganising the furniture. She then brings her young students to tidy it up. While sharing this video, Mahindra wrote, “What an idea…This is how to embed cleanliness & tidiness & collaboration in our basic nature. Can we make this practice a standard part of pre and elementary schools??”

This post has so far over 13,000 likes, with many people highlighting the need to instill civic sense in Indian kids at a young age. Commenting on Mahindra’s post, an X user wrote, “This is urgently needed and It certainly will build a sense of responsibility among future generations towards their surroundings, whether it is their home or the public spaces. Ironically the sense of responsibility for public spaces is missing in the current generation.”

Another commented, “Good idea, must be done in every school. Indians lack civic sense and it’s visible in our streets. All these bashing we are facing atm in SM is because of our own lack of empathy towards our surroundings. Let’s learn and change.”

However, not all were impressed with this idea as a few thought it was a bit over the top. Poking fun at Mahindra’s suggestion, an X user asserted, “Can We Make Crashing Cars Before Giving License? Life Will Be Saved.” Another argued, “No matter how much is taught in school unless it is practiced in real it won’t make a difference. We are taught to walk on the left of the road but when a child sees the roads ppl are walking all over. Japanese schools are a great example of what kids learn at school and see the same practice.”

In December 2022, IAS officer Awanish Sharan shared a similar video in which a group of kids were taught to offer seats to the old and needy in public transport. As per Sharan this ‘courtesy lesson’ was part of the Japanese elementary school education.

The undated video showed a group of young kids pretending as if they were in a public bus. Soon a kid, who acts like an old man, hypothetically enters the bus and immediately another kid offers him a seat and gets up.