Since the Labour Party came to power in 1997 proclaiming education its priority, one grand policy after another has foundered. Schools were told to run themselves — but forbidden to do the things that matter most, such as paying good teachers more. Parents were encouraged to choose schools — but with too few attractive ones […]
With the Indian media and entertainment industry comprising film, television, radio, music and the evolving gaming and animation industries witnessing explosive growth, theres a commen-surate demand upsurge for skilled professionals capable of developing content for new age digital media.Anticipating this demand and lacuna in quality media education in India, Chennai-based entrepreneur Rathish Babu promoted Access […]
The decade 1999-2009, since Education World was promoted (1999) with the mission of “building the pressure of public opinion to make education the No.1 item on the national agenda”, has witnessed the once back-burner subject of education and development of the nation’s abundant human resources, steadily moving towards the centre of the national development debate.
The world is entering an era of mass access to higher education, with immense implications for societies and university systems. The eras advent was heralded by Philip Altbach, director of the Centre for International Higher Education at Boston College in the US, in the wake of a report published in September by the Organisation for […]
Three academics who were sacked by a Japanese university on charges of academic harassment have claimed that they were ousted for attempting to teach an indigenous language. The professors of educational linguistics, who asked not to be named, are bringing legal action against Hokkaido University of Education after being fired by the institution in February. […]
For the past year the pupils of Escuela 95, a school in a poor neighbourhood of Montevideo (pop 1.3 million), have had a new learning tool. Each has been issued a laptop computer. This has been of particular help to the 30 or so children with severe learning difficulties, says Elias Portugal, a special-needs teacher […]
For all its grand central squares and lively cultural scene, the Belgian port of Antwerp is not always a happy town. Flemish old-timers share its gritty streets with Arabs, Africans, Asians and, in the diamond district, Hasidic Jews. Race relations are not easy: in the latest local elections, a third of the vote went to […]
Between classes at Fenger High School, on the far south side of Chicago, hundreds of students churn through the halls. Elizabeth Dozier, the new principal, keeps a watchful eye. She wears a two-way radio to deal with problems the minute they arise. One is small: the girls toilets have no paper towels. One is bigger: […]
There must be few people in the world who didnt feel a sense of loss on June 25 when pop icon Michael Jackson (1958-2009) died. Emotions ranged from great sadness to anger about a ‘life less lived and wasted talent. I dont want to focus on the controversy that surrounded his life and death, but […]
Long before the idea of a computerised unique identity number for all Indians dawned upon the Union government, Asias first DNA Bank promoted by IQRA Biotech Services had been set up in Lucknows Biotech Park in June 2008, with the objective of providing every Indian with a DNA identification tag.Saeed Ahmed, Lucknow-based director of the […]
When exactly ten years ago we hesitantly ventured forth into the uncharted territory of education journalism to attain the lofty mission of building the pressure of public opinion to make education the No.1 item on the national agenda, I had no inkling how difficult an objective it would be. Somewhat naively, I assumed that the […]
After completing my BE (electronics and communication) degree programme next year, I would like to study for an MBA. What specialisation should I choose? Would you recommend an MBA in operations?Nikhil Raghavan, Chennai
As an engineering graduate you are eligible for admission into the MBA programme of any B-school country-wide. Specialisations offered include marketing, human […]
The Indian IT hardware industry is booming and projected to hit an aggregate revenue of $62 billion (Rs.287,700 crore) next year — 12 times its existing revenue, says a MAIT-Ernst & Young study. An industry that is open to everybody — secondary and higher secondary school leavers, diploma holders and graduates — is computer hardware […]
– Rajiv Desai is president of Comma Consulting and a well-known Delhi-based columnist.
One often reads bits and pieces about the revolutionary education policy of the Congress-led UPA-2 government which was returned to power in the general election held last summer. But the media has yet to cotton on that fundamental reforms that could change the […]
Kinga Malec (21) has been learning North Indias classical kathak dance form under the tutelage of Lucknow-based Pandit Arjun Misra since August. A student of various dance forms since the age of six, Kinga taught dance for a whole year in Warsaw to save funds to come to India. This is my first visit but […]
Amid controversy over higher secondary mid-term question papers being set by pro-Left academic councils of teachers’ unions, the Kerala govern-ment has proscribed this arrangement. Addressing media personnel on October 28, state education minister M.A. Baby said henceforth the directorate of higher secondary education will prepare question papers for all higher secondary […]
In Indias 300 plus Central and state government universities characterised by poor infrastructure, negligible research activity and heavily subsidised students marking time until they enter the job market, theres always an under-current of resentment and violence. This is particularly true of universities in the Hindi belt states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where intensive political […]
After exhibiting considerable reluctance in the past, the government of India has finally decided to participate in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial test developed in 1997, which has been comparatively testing secondary school children around the world since 2000. The Union ministry of human resource develop-ment, which will coordinate the programme […]
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Rajiv Desai: Quiet revolution in Indian education
– Rajiv Desai is president of Comma Consulting and a well-known Delhi-based columnist.
One often reads bits and pieces about the revolutionary education policy of the Congress-led UPA-2 government which was returned to power in the general election held last summer. But the media has yet to cotton on that fundamental reforms that could change the […]