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PhDs are not required to deal with most of our daily life problems which can be easily solved with high school science, according to Sonam Wangchuk, founder-director of an experimental school in Ladakh. He said the prevalent model of school education was becoming increasingly irrelevant as it does not connect students to real-life issues. He also advocated schooling in mother tongue to connect students to their local environment. "The school our children have built themselves ensures that the night temperature remains 15 degrees Celcius even as the outside temperature in -15 degrees Celcius," he said. He said the teachers and the society were blaming the students for the high rate of failure..