EW August 2021

Editorial

• Impressive only by Indian standards

Letter from the Editor

• Letter From the Editor

Mailbox

• Crime against children

Education News

• Delhi: Modest new hopes
• Karnataka: Urgency deficit
• Maharashtra: Unfortunate oversight
• Tamil Nadu: Confusing court order
• West Bengal: Brick Start

Education Notes

• Stringent punishment

Education Briefs

• IIT-G-Mizoram U concordat

Institution Profile

• Curtin University, Western Australia
• N.L. Dalmia High School

Expert Comment

• Towards a level playing field in K-12 education

Young Achievers

• Young Achiever: Abhijita Gupt
• Young Achiever: Kairav Sanghvi

Teacher-2-teacher

• Fluctuating trends in international education

International News

• China: Sword over coaching institutions
• Colombia: School reopening pains
• Germany: Research video row
• India: Headless varsities speculation
• OECD: Will schooling change?
• United Kingdom: Imminent exams reform

Interview

• “I believe Nehru’s greatest failure was to ignore primary education…”

Books

• Book Review of Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
• Egregious oversight: The Age of Pandemics

Special Essay

• Ushering in a New Era of Public Health Education in India

Spotlight Feature

• Deep dive into the world of research at Chitkara University
• Looking for an Early Years programme? Why you should choose Cambridge Early Years
• Sunbeam Colleges Educating Women for an Empowered Nation

Postscript

• Backstab House
• Bare knuckled capitalist
• Unlamented exit