“Indians have become fire-fighters. We respond from crisis to crisis, blunder from scandal to scandal. As a result there is no sense of leadership, no vision for the future. On malnutrition, sanitation, quality of education, we are a scandal where even parts of Africa would be embarrassed.”
Social scientist Shivram Vishwanathan (Deccan Chronicle, January 1)
The Delhi office of the Calgary (Canada)-based Smart Technologies, the well-known provider of new technologies-driven education, business and government solutions, announced a no-charge upgrade enabling four-touch interactivity on its education line of the SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard and the SMART Board 8070i interactive display, on January 16. For use with SMART Notebook collaborative […]
Over the past half century since the first of Indias 15 and especially six vintage IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) was promoted in 1950, they have established a global reputation for excellent engineering and technology education. Therefore its come as no surprise to me that IIT-Bombay is the highest ranked Indian ‘university in the Times […]
Direct employment creation• Since 1984 direct employment for 20,000-plus people.
• Between 2001-2009, 2,000-plus artisans (blacksmiths, carpenters, weavers and women making handicrafts) from 50 neighbouring villages earned $100,000 (Rs.51 lakh) as wages.
• Sales revenue (2000-09): $600,000 (Rs.3 crore)
• 289 barefoot solar engineers electrified 12,000 homes in 600 villages in eight states.
Primary & […]
An initiative of Barefoot College (BC), Tilonia which has perhaps won more international goodwill and appreciation for India in the third world — where Indian diplomats have a reputation for sanctimonious lecturing about ways and means to further the cause of international peace, justice and development, while unmindful of their own shabby front and backyards […]
Im in the first year of my mechanical engineering degree programme. What are the job opportunities in India and abroad?Ravi Nair, Chennai
Mechanical engineers can work in production, maintenance, management as well as research and development. Some provide engineer-ing services as consultants in research, design or testing of technologies. There are numerous employment opportunities in […]
When our children enter the world of youth sports, none of us is prepared for what lies ahead. Basically, most of us start from ground zero and feel our way along an uncertain path, depending upon common sense to help us provide support to our kids.Essentially, all parents have common objectives. We want to be […]
A highly respected teacher and researcher, A. Thillai Rajan, associate professor of finance, department of management studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, believes in constantly changing the departments business management curriculum to connect it with industry. A senior Fulbright fellow at the Centre for Business and Govern-ment at Harvard University (January-June 2010) […]
In India, the formal education system as it exists today, was established during British rule (1757-1947). Standardised school education — pre-primary, primary and secondary — structured by Lord Macaulay, came into existence during this period and over the past two centuries, formal, British-style school and higher education has become the norm, certainly in urban India. […]
Under its science without borders programme, the Brazilian government will provide 75,000 scholarships for promising students to study overseas during the next four years. The first 1,500 students have already been selected, and the next round is for a further 12,500 scholarships. Successful students will take up their fully funded places at universities in the […]
On November 10 last year, South Korea went silent. Aircraft were grounded. Offices opened late. Commuters stayed off roads. The police stood by to deal with emergencies among students who were taking their university entrance exams that day.Every year the country comes to a halt on the day of the exams, for it is the […]
A report from the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) has found that the amount spent on fees, goods and services by foreign students in Oz dropped to A$15.8 billion (Rs.83,740 crore) in 2010-11 from A$18.5 billion (Rs.98,050 crore) in the previous year. According to figures taken from Australian Bureau of Statistics data, the states […]
The Quality Education Study (QES), conducted by the Bangalore-based IT major Wipro and Educational Initiatives, Ahmedabad surveyed 23,000 students, 790 teachers and 54 principals from 89 private schools (including 66 affiliated with CBSE and CISCE) in the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore. The study assessed the competence of class IV, VI […]
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