Rahul Mehra is UNESCO Chair for Global Health & Education and Chairman, Tarang Health Alliance
Unfortunately no action has been taken by the Union government to address the issue of children’s mental health since 2007. Recent studies report that 30-40 percent of students in India suffer serious mental health issues
Raymond Ravaglia is former director of pre-collegiate studies, Stanford University
International students often bedazzled by the prospect of enroling in American universities are likely to make sub-optimal choices leading to dashed hopes for life after graduation
More harmful than not knowing, is believing something false to be true. Higher education, with its mix […]
India will have to make a strenuous effort to make sure its youth are healthy, educated and capable. A delay will mean they will not transform into the demographic dividend they could become
India recently overtook China to become the most populous country of the world. Ostensibly, this was due to India’s population growing at a […]
India’s biggest problem is bridging the skills gap for job creation at scale. The country’s GDP can grow to Rs.400 lakh crore, if its working-age population is employed
With a GDP of Rs.300 lakh crore and 6.5 percent growth forecast — making the country the fastest growing economy globally — India is adding 12 million youth […]
The early months of 2022 have highlighted several distressing world events. From the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, protests against vaccine mandates and Covid restrictions, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — there has been a lot to weigh on the hearts and minds of individuals and families around the world.
Industrial licensing killed indigenous development. Despite government funding and import protection policies, scientific research in India rarely resulted in saleable products, writes Ramjee Chandran.
We blew past India’s National Science Day on February 28 — so named to celebrate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Nobel laureate, Sir C.V. Raman. Deservedly, we must acknowledge and […]
With some belt-tightening, resources can be found for substantial investment in digital technologies and other interventions which would improve children’s learning outcomes
-Geeta Kingdon
The feel-good factor of the 11.86 percent increase in the outlay for education in Union Budget 2022-23 presented to Parliament and nation on February 1 is an optical illusion. Sure, the allocation of […]
Ellen Amatea, professor of education, University of Florida
Many parents and educators view homework as an important indicator of classroom rigour. The Back-to-Basics movement, which emphasizes the need for schools to teach basic academic skills in particular, has increased the emphasis on homework as a measure of a school’s success.
Parental alienation – defined as when one parent’s relationship with her child is harmed by the other parent – can have devastating consequences.
Parental alienation — defined as when one parent’s relationship with his or her child is harmed by the other parent – can have devastating consequences.
Legal professionals and psychologists have known about parental alienation […]
Children are the most affected by any calamity, be it man-made or natural and it is always their inner strength that is put to test. History has proven, however, that children […]
Prof. (Dr.) Upasana Mahanta Dean, Admissions and Outreach O.P. Jindal Global University
Like it or not, the pandemic has forced us to look at the world from new prisms as it turns our conventional wisdom of dealing with diseases upside down. At the time the world came to know of Sars-Cov-2 last year, a large number […]
– Professor Arjya B. Majumdar, Dean, Admissions & Outreach, O.P. Jindal Global University
More than a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, nearly half of the students worldwide remain affected by intermittent school closures, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The pandemic has severely disrupted lives of university teachers and […]
Putting months of speculations to rest, the Indian government has finally decided to scrap the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examinations, giving some sense of direction in the lives of 14 lakh students who had registered to write the […]
The deadly new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that is ravaging India has brought us face-to-face with the dangers of not paying enough attention to building robust healthcare infrastructure. As images of people scrambling to get a hospital bed or an oxygen […]
Suchindra Kumar is the country director-India of Wizenoze, and former partner with Ernst & Young (India) leading the firm’s education practice
The overwhelming majority of school children — especially private school children — are digital natives. The internet is their go-to medium for information, socialising, entertainment and just about everything else. In the interest of their […]
– Professor Arjya B. Majumdar, Dean, Admissions & Outreach, O.P. Jindal Global University
It is often at the cusp of different perspectives that the greatest discoveries, innovations and solutions are found. The brilliant Leonardo da Vinci was an epic exemplar of the capability of the human mind to transcend boundaries in […]
The preschool education sector is on the brink of extensive changes in regulatory framework as early childhood care and education is integrated with formal K-12 education
– Rajat Mukherjee and Monika Srivastava are partners at Khaitan & Co, LLP. Views are personal
5+3+3+4 will replace 10+2. This isn’t math magic but a change in the framework of […]
– Dr. A.S. Seetharamu is former professor of education, Institute of Social & Economic change, Bengaluru
My association with EducationWorld which celebrates its 21st anniversary this month, precedes the birth of this news magazine which has positively impacted Indian education across the spectrum, and has aroused national awareness about the critical importance of human capital development. […]
Many educationally advanced, especially OECD countries, rank schools on the basis of average marks of students in school-leaving board examinations. In India, neither national (CBSE and CISCE) nor state exam boards do so.
There are two major arguments in favour of publishing academic school rankings. First, the information will enable parents to make better-informed school choices […]
– Professor Arjya B. Majumdar; Dean, Admissions & Outreach; O.P. Jindal Global University
We are witness to the widespread consequences of a dynamic, unpredictable world. The pandemic has dealt devastating blows to the global economy, even touted to be worse than the financial crisis of 2008-09. In this backdrop, it becomes imperative to train future entrepreneurs […]
It is no exaggeration that accounting and finance will be hugely disrupted by technology. The existing financial system is unsuited for technological advancement in business and finance
– Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj and Dr. Anand Mishra are the dean and vice dean, respectively, of the Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat
Contemporary primary-secondary students first need to understand and identify with their own cultures and then become curious about other cultures. Interaction can be enabled by emergent new technologies.
– Ravi Hutheesing is a US-based keynote speaker and the author of a forthcoming book, Pivot: Empowering Students Today to Succeed in an Unpredictable Tomorrow
– Professor Arjya B. Majumdar, Dean, Admissions & Outreach, O.P. Jindal Global University
The deep impact of human psychology has become more relevant during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, as people count the days in lockdown abiding by social distancing norms, the signs of struggle are telling on mental health and wellbeing. As we adapt to the […]
– Rahul Singh, a former editor of Reader’s Digest, is a member of the Delhi Public Schools Society
EducationWorld will doubtless be covering the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in all its facets. This column, however, is about one aspect of education, which has come to the fore recently with the physical closure of all schools: […]
UNESCO had declared in its World Social Science Report 2013, “The Social Sciences have a critical contribution to make, in helping us understand, imagine, and craft a more sustainable future for all.” That future is upon us, and the need for equitable and sustainable development is greater than ever before. Social scientists […]
The environment crisis is sweeping the planet. Rising temperatures to loss of biodiversity, increasing pollution to impending population displacement, smoggy skies to sinking coastlines—the effects are devastating.
A small group of voices has been screaming climate change for a long time. Yet there is a need for climate action with a refreshed perspective—and it is coming. […]
Perhaps the ultimate goal of education is to make the world a better place. Understanding society and impacting policy, is one way to do this. The ever-changing governance and policy environment demands new imaginations, new methodologies and even revitalised ethics—and that is exactly what O.P. Jindal Global University is set to nurture.
Boosted by multiple forces the higher education landscape is transforming rapidly with a major shift towards online education. For over a decade we have been hearing that the online learners’ community has matured and acceptance of online learning is growing in leaps and bounds. Over the past two months the national lockdown, which has forced […]
From Mahatma Gandhi to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, many of the nation’s leaders pursued law overseas. Historically, most legal education for Indians happened outside India. At the time of independence, the government’s investment in higher education was oriented towards setting up institutions of agriculture, medicine, and engineering. Good legal education institutions were […]
From Mahatma Gandhi to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, many of the nation’s leaders pursued law overseas. Historically, most legal education for Indians happened outside India. At the time of independence, the government’s investment in higher education was oriented towards setting up institutions of agriculture, medicine, and engineering. Good legal education institutions were […]
One of the great stories of higher education worldwide is the rise of China’s universities in global esteem. In 2004, only five mainland China universities were ranked in the Top 200 WUR (World University Rankings) when the London-based higher education rating and rankings agencies Quacquarelli Symonds and Times Higher Education published their first league table […]
EducationWorld in collaboration with the Boarding Schools Association of India (BSAI) hosted the second edition of Education Leadership Retreat 2024 at Sunbeam School, Varuna, Varanasi .....Read More
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