EducationWorld March 12

Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat; Rupa Publications; Price: Rs.195; 296 ppUndoubtedly Indian society owes a debt to IIT graduate and former banker turned acclaimed novelist, Chetan Bhagat whose books have attracted countrywide attention. During the past decade, he has written four novels on contemporary themes, which have resonated with the public, particularly the countrys estimated […]

Science Centre, Kuppam• A 172-acre state-of-the-art science education hub in Gudivanka, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, equipped with separate labs for physics, chemistry, robotics, maths, ecology, biology experiments and demonstrations is operational. The Kuppam campus also includes an arts centre, illusion rooms, medicinal gardens, playground and a 15,000 sq.ft Discovery Centre with jumbo size interactive science models

Jawad Khan (15), spends most of his day at home in his village in the remote Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province (KP), sometimes glancing at a magazine, or occasionally helping his mother shell peas or cut up potatoes. His three younger siblings spend their day in school, and Jawad, a top student in his […]

The recent easing of Australias visa restrictions on overseas students could usher in a third wave of international education in the nations universities having established government support for the sector via an affirming message that resonated abroad, says the outgoing chief executive of Universities Australia. But for many in the sector, the question is whether […]

The French government has made a u-turn on its post-study visa rules for overseas students following an outcry from the countrys leading higher education institutions. In changes described by Pierre Tapie, president of ESSEC Business School, as a radical shift from the governments initial position (that) answers 90 percent of our concerns, in mid-January the […]

As soon as it got devolved (self) government in 1999 within the framework of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (aka UK), Wales set out on a distinctive path of school reform — or lack thereof. League tables of exam results were abolished in 2001. Wales strong trade unions opposed the creation […]

In an election year, it came as no surprise that President Barack Obamas State of the Union (SoU) address contained the now-familiar soaring rhetoric, as well as announcements designed to please students and recent graduates — voters who proved vital to his victory in 2008. However, with the power of the executive office to enact […]

Its highly unlikely that any of the estimated 8,000 individuals who attended one or more lectures delivered by Dr. Howard Gardner — globally-renowned professor of education and developmental psychology at Harvard University and author of 25 intensively researched and insightful books including Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983); Multiple Intelligences, New Horizons […]

Mumbai-based Aditya Seth wears several hats and has been associated with almost every genre of Indian media since 1986. As an academic, he lectures at well-known media training institutions including Mumbais St. Xaviers Institute of Communication, Whistling Woods International, and the Emdi Institute of Media and Communi-cations. As a telefilms producer and director, he has […]

Im a Plus Two (science) student. I want to know how I can qualify for the Indian Police Service. Ashok Wadhwa, New Delhi
You have to be over 21 years of age and a graduate before you can write the Civil Services Examination (CSE) for entry into all-India services such as IAS, IPS, etc. After […]

While the pet healthcare and food industries are growing steadily behind the scenes, pet grooming salons or parlours have become increasingly visible in the countrys metropolitan cities For the countrys growing number of animal rights activists and household pet lovers, new opportunities have emerged to combine their pleasure — love of pet animals — with […]

These are times when no education system can afford to shun global comparisons in terms of quality and canvas of learner attainments. Education systems the world over are under severe pressure to accept new and innovative techniques and technologies that could well dominate emerging pedagogies as also measure what students are gaining in terms of […]

Well-known educationist and managing director of the Ryan International Group of Institutions which includes 120 K-12 schools countrywide, Mme. Grace Pinto was conferred the Kelvinator GR8! Women of Spirit Award 2012 on February 15 for her outstanding contribution to education and social work. Bollywood actors Dikshita and Manisha Khadwady presented the award to Mme. Pinto […]

GoaMedium of instruction divide
The election manifesto of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) — Goas oldest regional political party — released on February 24, promises to retain Konkani and Marathi as media of instruction in primary schools, if it is elected to office in the state assembly elections scheduled for March 3. The mediums of […]

Inevitably, the countrys dysfunctional legal system characterised by chaos and humungous delays, and a tradition of chronic neglect of children of the socio-economically disadvantaged, has converged to weigh upon young offenders lodged in government-run observation homes, meant for the temporary reception of children in conflict with the law. According to the Child Rights Trust, Bangalore […]

The gruesome murder of school teacher R. Uma Maheshwari (41), who taught science and Hindi at St. Marys Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School (a government-aided school established in 1845) in Chennai, by a 15-year-old class IX student of the school on February 9, has shocked and stunned the academic community, parents […]