In an economy experiencing the pains of double-digit industrial growth in terms of an acute shortage of skilled manpower, industry professionals ready, willing and able to lend a helping hand to academia by volunteering to assume the additional responsibilities of visiting faculty are more than welcome. Alekhya Talapatra, director sales (government and public sector) of […]
It is arguable that one of the major causes of the abysmal learning outcomes which is a defining characteristic of Indian education is the low self-esteem and poor social standing of the teachers’ community. Uninspiring teacher training curriculums, grudging pay packages, overcrowded classrooms and unsupportive environments apart, the country’s 5.5 million academics tend to be islands […]
When Grace Pinto,managingdirector of the countrywide Ryan Group of education institutions and director of the St. Xavier’s and Ryan Group of Schools (XRGS) took to education as a vocation in 1976, one of her driving objectives was to introduce innovations in primary and secondary school systems. Today 30 years later, her philosophy is that […]
William Bickerdike is thenewregional manager (south Asia) of the Cambridge International Exami-nations (CIE), the Cambridge (UK)-based transnational examinations board which offers its IGCSE (class X) and A level (class XII) syllabuses and school-leaving exams and certification. Billed as the world’s largest provider of international qualifications for children in the age group 14-19, CIE also […]
Starting with a tiny schooland an enrollment of seven primary students in suburban Mumbai in 1963, it’s been a journey of achievements for Dr. R. Varadarajan promoter-chairman of National Education Society (NES) and Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan trusts. On April 14, the NES and SVB trusts celebrated the promotion and operationalisation of 43 of their […]
About a dozen years ago, schools salesman Sanjeev Bolia, then 21 and academically equipped with a modest B.Com degree from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata took a momentous decision. He decided to stop hunting for a job. “I faced a problem that frustrates millions of youth in this country and decided to start doing my own […]
Food 4 Thought Foundation collaborated with Cyient Foundation, the CSR arm of Cyient Ltd. (a global Intelligent Engineering services company), Monocept Consulting and Emesco Books .....Read More
In a significant move aimed at improving the educational system, the Odisha government has announced that the minimum age for enrolling in Class-1 will be .....Read More
