In a society grappling with issues of acceptance and inclusivity, a group of talented Grade 11 students of Rustomjee Cambridge International School has stepped forward to lead the charge for change. With their unwavering commitment to empathy and understanding, these young advocates are redefining societal norms, acknowledging and accepting gender diversity and gender neutrality, and […]
-Tanya Valecha, Principal, Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
The youth are often referred to as the hope for the future, and rightly so. They bring fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and unbridled enthusiasm to address pressing issues that impact society.
Sayuja Jejurkar and Dhan Shah, Grade 10 students of Rustomjee Cambridge International School, are prime examples […]
Girls at Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior (SKV) are encouraged to demonstrate integrity, honesty and moral fortitude. It is within this setting that they develop their own moral compass. To develop the sense of dignity of labour and to help them discharge their responsibilities towards the society, the girls are encouraged to undertake social service activities […]
Technology is evolving at such a rapid pace and the nature of its interconnectivity is bringing rapid change on a global level. As I sit here writing today, I am surrounded by physical and digital products that make my life easier, faster, varied, connected and […]
Anirudh A, a witty, lively and humorous boy, has always been known by his peers and teachers at Vista International School, as the boy with exceptional intelligence. Whether acing the exams conducted at school, or leaving a mark in the competitive exams, his academic aptitude has been indisputable. It has become quite a common occurrence […]
Learning that accords flexibility of time and place has a distinct appeal, especially for the professionals entrenched in hectic daily routines and the demands of work-life balance. This holds true particularly for teachers who, given the rapid advances in pedagogy and technology, have to continually upskill and reskill themselves without putting their daily commitments on […]
India’s tipping point S. Narendra Bloomsbury India Rs.699 Pages 212
In this biography, the author details how prime minister Narasimha Rao unshackled the Indian economy by stealth
During the past 76 years since India wrested freedom from almost 200 years of British rule, P.V. Narasimha Rao (PVNR, 1921-2004) was undoubtedly the greatest of India’s 14 prime ministers. […]
Revolutionary capital-intensive AI technologies and robots are spreading fear of lay-offs and part-time employment for workers tardy about re-skilling and upgrading their skills. The message is going out to all employees from executive suites downwards: upskill or else writes Dilip Thakore
Vocational education & training: substantial rewards for upskilling early movers
The looming closure of dozens of insolvent universities in South Korea will change the distribution of students across the country, potentially furthering inequalities between its regions and capital city, say scholars. Korea’s rapid demographic decline has already resulted in university closures countrywide — and it is expected to get […]
The moment when his chemistry master pulled out a pistol, declared it loaded and waved it in the air was “probably”, says Justin Webb, a broadcaster, the worst point of his boarding-school career. Winston Churchill would recall the floggings, done until pupils “bled freely” and screamed loudly. George Orwell […]
In a first, Taiwan’s ministry of education has approved a so-called merger between a public and private institution — a policy initiative that scholars say could be a useful model for other universities also on the brink of closure.
In late May, the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), a public institution, got the […]
Teheran’s past policies of allowing Iran’s higher education sector to “blindly develop” to absorb students facing a tough jobs market have exacerbated current high rates of graduate unemployment. According to figures recently released by the Statistical Center of Iran, roughly one million university graduates in the country are […]
Simulated model of Berkeley’s new data science college
The University of California at Berkeley is starting a new college of computer and data science, in what it expects might become a nationwide model for coping with the field’s surging and often unmet demand. UC Berkeley, like many US campuses, has been overpowered by the […]
Professor Dame Heather McGregor is Provost and Vice Principal of the vintage Heriot-Watt University (HWU, estb.1821), Edinburgh’s Dubai campus, which has 4,500 undergrad, postgrad and doctoral students on its muster rolls.
Newspeg. Prof. Heather was in Bengaluru on April 26-27 to further enhance this Scottish university’s profile and visibility among […]
Preeti Bhandary is co-founder of Learning Edge India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru. The company is franchisor of the 130-strong chain of Little Elly preschools in India and two overseas (Kathmandu, Seattle), which provide early childhood care and education (ECCE) to children aged six months-5-years.
Kochhar (left) & Chawla: top level global endorsement
Yogesh Kochhar, an arts and business management postgrad of Punjab University and the American Graduate University (Miami), and Harvansh Chawla, an alum of Delhi University and a Supreme Court lawyer of 25 years standing, are co-founders of the YOL (YourOneLife) Foundation, Dharamshala (YOLF, estb.2019). […]
Dr. Amrita Rajpal is founder of Edu Learrn Grow (ELG, estb.2019), a Mumbai-based education consultancy which provides well-researched curriculums, teacher development programmes, schools promotion and franchising solutions for the early childhood care and education (ECCE) sector. She is also co-founder of The ABCD Show, an online platform where […]
Schröder (centre) in EW Bangalore office: cutting-edge German technology offer
In the provision of education services and attracting students from abroad, the Federal Republic of Germany (pop. 85 million) — Europe’s wealthiest and most technologically advanced country — is an also-ran despite higher education being provided almost free of charge to all, […]
All school teachers must become familiar with Chat GPT as soon as possible. They should utilise its speedy capability to produce lesson plans, worksheets and assessments writes Lawrence Fray
Nations are vying for Artificial Intelligence (AI) supremacy, businesses are harnessing it for their own ends and educators need to come to terms with it. It’s clear […]
Although Prime Minister Modi gave a good account of himself in his recent state visit to the US and perhaps even charmed President Biden and the general populace, Modi bhakts should resist the temptation to interpret this bonhomie as blanket endorsement of BJP rule over India during the past decade. That the word ‘democracy’ was […]
The reason why India’s landmark economic liberalisation and deregulation initiative of 1991 has not delivered double digit rates of annual economic growth it should have during two decades past, is because closet commies and bolshies within the Academy are not yet convinced that capitalism aka free markets, is the best prescription for rapid economic growth. […]
News that HDFC Bank and HDFC (Housing Development Corporation) Holdings have merged to form HDFC Bank, the fourth largest lender in the world by market cap, is a great leap forward for an economy whose housing stock is arguably the worst worldwide. Over 80 percent of the country’s 260 million households live in dilapidated homes […]
Even as the government school system has proved a monumental failure with a steady exodus of children into private schools, in all 28 states and eight Union territories rents-seeking bureaucrats are tying up private school promoters and managements in red tape and nit-picking minutiae, writes Abhishree Choudhary, Bhavna Mundhra & Prisha Saxena
A class IX student of Prelude Public School, Agra, Akshar Mishra is the latest teen to join India’s league of young novelists. On April 8, this 14-year-old’s second novel The World of Magic Powers (Himanshu Publications) was released at Prelude School jointly by Dr. Prateep Philip (former DGP, Tamil Nadu & author), Salim […]
Team Udaan comprising Prisha Dubey, Anupriya Nayak and Vanalika Konwar — all class XII students of Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi — was adjudged winner of the inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Program of Samsung (India) — Solve for Tomorrow (SFT) 2022 National Innovation Competition, for developing […]
Sited on a green 80-acre campus in Montreal, the largest city of the Francophone province of Quebec, McGill is consistently ranked among the world’s Top 50 universities by THE and QS, writes Reshma Ravishanker
McGill University Downtown campus: interesting history
Founded in 1821, McGill University is one of Canada’s — and the world’s — most […]
Promoted in 1978, VS has earned a well-deserved reputation in the national capital for providing holistic, values-based, culturally-rooted education to its 4,600 students, writes autar nehru
VS: good reputation in national capital. Inset: Pradyumn Ahuja
Named after Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), India’s most influential philosopher-seer and social reformer, Vivekanand School, Delhi (VS, estb.1978) has earned a […]
Private universities are arguably the best in their countries. Despite challenges, private institutions have brought vitality to moribund higher education environments
In the past half-century and especially since the new millennium, there has been a quiet but extraordinary promotion of high quality non-profit private universities, especially in the Global South (Asia, Africa). These […]
“Education is the cornerstone of the bond between India and the United States. Students from both countries are learning and growing alongside each other, discovering the people that they want to become and building a better world together. Working side by side, our nations can create a safer, healthier, more prosperous future for everyone.”
Under provisions of the Constitution of India and well-established conventions, just as the President of India, the ceremonial Head of State, is obliged to act on the advice of the council of ministers, i.e, the Central government, similarly the Governors (appointed by the Central government) of India’s 28 […]
The newly elected congress government of Karnataka (pop.69 million), sworn in on May 19, is wasting no time in implementing its pricey election promises. The government has gone into overdrive to implement the Congress party’s five pre-election “guarantees” — 200 units of free power, 10 kg of rice […]
Even as the national council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) — the country’s largest school textbook publisher — is struggling with writing textbooks to implement the 623-page National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023 prescribed by a steering committee chaired by Dr. K. […]
India Today Best Colleges super portal
New delhi, june 23. The India Today Group has launched a brand-new online portal for its Best Colleges Survey — “the most credible and exhaustive ranking of institutions of higher learning in India for over a quarter century” — featuring six years of ranking data as well as a […]
Gujarat Model primary
Ahmedabad, june 6. A late 19th century government school operational until 2018 in Vadnagar, Mehsana district which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attended in young age, has been restored by the Archaeological Survey of India. Under Project Prerna (‘inspire’) — the vernacular school is being developed as a model for the country.
Absolute gems
Your cover story ‘America’s hidden gems private universities’ (EW June) was an absolute gem especially for school-leavers like me exploring higher education options beyond Ivy League universities
The 14 universities of the Michigan Colleges Alliance seem to offer excellent higher education with the added advantages of low teacher-pupil ratio, plus internship and placement opportunities […]
The prolonged stand-off between India’s international medal winning wrestlers and Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, chairman of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), over allegations of the latter having taken advantage of his position to sexually harass seven women wrestlers, highlights much that is wrong with Indian sports and the justice system which seems beyond redemption.
The warm bipartisan welcome accorded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by President Joe Biden and the American establishment on his latest visit to the United States is indicative of belated awareness in India and the US that the two countries are natural allies with common interests and objectives. That this awareness dawned on both countries […]
A great mistake the Congress party made after independence was to abandon the sub-continent’s ancient tradition of free enterprise and free markets and take a sharp Left ideological turn under the influence of Jawaharlal Nehru, free India’s first prime minister. Nehruvian socialism resulted in politically free India becoming an economically enslaved nation. All business, industrial […]
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Global private higher education revolution
PHILIP ALTBACH
Private universities are arguably the best in their countries. Despite challenges, private institutions have brought vitality to moribund higher education environments
In the past half-century and especially since the new millennium, there has been a quiet but extraordinary promotion of high quality non-profit private universities, especially in the Global South (Asia, Africa). These […]