Even as the Union HRD ministry is drawing up ambitious plans to increase the GER (gross enrolment ratio) in higher education from the current 13 percent to 30 percent by 2020, little attention is being paid to training and developing faculty required to attain this objective. And with the passage of time, faculty shortages in […]
Student enrolment in Karnatakas government schools is consistently — and dramatically — falling. This phenomenon is admitted in a September 24, 2011 circular of the states department of public instruction. According to the circular, over 3,000 government primary (classes I-IV) and upper primary (classes V-VIII) schools spread across all 34 districts of the state have […]
Madhya PradeshBhagavad Gita stand-off
Madhya pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stirred a hornets nest by announcing that Bhagavad Gita will be taught in all schools in the state. The opposition Congress party has described the proposal as an attempt to saffronise school education.
Teaching the Gita is no crime and the government will […]
The scope and possibilities of the emerging science of robotics are vast, spanning space exploration, surgery, automotive industry and the defence servicesWith blockbuster movies Robot and Ra-One having fired the imagination of Indian youth already hooked on computer games in a big way, robotics is emerging as a glamorous and popular career option.
The science […]
Robert F. Bruner, dean of the University of Virginias Darden School of Business (DSB) — ranked among the worlds Top 5 B-schools by The Economist (see p.62) — was on his seventh visit to India recently (September), to connect with alumni, prospective students, business, government and academic leaders. In India, DSB boasts a vibrant alumni […]
In a small room of his home, Pune-based Murlidhar Kabra has brought the heavens to earth. Passionate about astronomy since childhood, Kabra has converted the room into a mini planetarium that can accommodate 20 school children at a time, to gaze at a dome that covers the ceiling and study the celestial system. This transformation […]
In late 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stood in the modest gymnasium of what had once been the tiny teaching college he attended in Texas and announced a programme to promote education. It was an initiative that exemplified the ‘Great Society agenda of his administration: social advancement financed by a little hard cash, lots of leverage […]
Ian Weller got more than he bargained for when he decided last year to take time off from Drake University in the US and study abroad, not in London or Dublin, but in Egypt. A third-year student, used to life in the Midwestern state of Iowa, Weller merely wanted to practise his Arabic for an […]
The scene is familiar enough: a student-recruitment fair featuring stalls and banners from 15 universities — all hoping to tempt the prospective undergraduates milling around. But this is not the usual overseas operation by British or US universities. The first such event was recently staged in the UK by Chinese institutions, a sign of their […]
At the base of the modern state there is the professor, not the executioner, writes Nurit Peled-Elhanan at the end of her new book, for the monopoly of legitimate education is more important than the monopoly of legitimate violence. A professor of education and linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who also works at […]
Delhi University (DU) plans to introduce a PhD programme in Hindu Studies starting the 2025-26 academic session, as recommended by the Governing Body of the .....Read More
Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Uday Pratap Singh admitted publicly that he was aware of at least 500 school teachers who skip work and hire .....Read More
