“This is a victory for the people of Bihar. The people had a clear choice: do they want development or do they want Bihar to return to its old days… The people have decided… we want development. Development has won in Bihar.”
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after the JD(U)-BJP alliance won a landslide victory […]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 of 200 universities featured six varsities from mainland China, two from Turkey and none from India. The easiest defence for India is to attack the ranking methodology, but this league table is yet another reminder of the ugly truth of Indian higher education: quality is simply not […]
Following recommendations of three expert committees, Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal has given in-principle approval to the country’s show-piece IIMs — hitherto closely tied to the apron strings of theministry — to rationalise their boards of governors, improve faculty pay scales, and establish formal fundraising offices to augment their incomes. Dilip Thakore reports
Ill never forget my first day as coach. There I was, faced with a dozen kids looking to me for direction and instruction. I remember thinking: What do I do now? How did I get myself into this? I know a lot about sports, but Ive never coached.These sentiments are likely to flash through the […]
Farah, the schools star athlete was devastated. This class VIII student had been assessed a below-average performer and placed on academic probation. She had been barred from sports and directed to dedicate all her time to the pursuit of academic excellence. She felt inadequate for failing to measure up to her schools perception of intelligence.Challenging […]
All 21 tenured faculty members at florida state University who had been told that their positions were being eliminated will get to keep their jobs. That was an arbitrators ruling on November 5 — and the universitys response to it. The arbitrator found that the universitys decision to eliminate the jobs of 12 tenured professors […]
The Noida-based National Institute of Open Schooling bills itself as the worlds largest open/distance education school offering secondary and senior secondary education, vocational education and training, life enrichment and life skills programmes through 2,144 accredited institutions and 1,138 accredited vocational institutes to 1.90 million students in India and four countries worldwide. A snapshot profile:Programmes. Secondary […]
Anant National University, India’s premier design institution, is set to conduct the Anant Design Entrance and Proficiency Test (ADEPT) in 10 languages on January 26, .....Read More
Mita Mukherjee After announcing 2025 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) said that the new year .....Read More
