01 Feb Delhi: ASER 2016 survey The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2016 of the Mumbai-based Pratham Education Foundation (estb.1994)... Continue reading
01 Feb South Africa: SADTU perpetuated sickness In a league table of education systems drawn up in 2015 by the OECD club... Continue reading
01 Feb Maharashtra: Unfulfilled Promise When the BJP-Shiv Sena was swept to power in Maharashtra (pop. 114 million) — India’s... Continue reading
01 Feb Iran: Academic freedom ruminations Homa Hoodfar completed her Ph D almost 30 years ago. But it was only earlier... Continue reading
01 Feb Uttar Pradesh: Low priority Judging by the space given to education in election manifestos of the major political parties... Continue reading
01 Feb Sweden: Quality research funding drive Sweden (pop.10 million) is often cited as one of the world’s leading higher education nations.... Continue reading
01 Feb West Bengal: Glory days mirage Kolkata’s showpiece presidency University — established in 1817 as the Hindoo College by a group... Continue reading
01 Feb Egypt: Knowledge bank initiative The Egyptian president’s senior education adviser believes Egypt is in a good position for a... Continue reading
01 Feb Tamil Nadu: Messy negligence Four years after the supreme Court passed orders directing India’s 29 state governments and seven... Continue reading
01 Feb Invest in relationships building Children need to develop relationships-building skills future workers need such as being able to motivate,... Continue reading