Unique natural wonders of OrissaBittu SahgalA brisk wind anointed me with a mist of sea spray as I stood gazing outward at the lake that stretched to the distant horizon. Overhead a flock of cotton teal made their way towards the water, landing splashily less than 30 metres from where I stood. A host of […]
I read with interest and sadness your special report, “Science education on slippery path” (EW September). It’s unfortunate that today’s youngsters are not interested in science and there are only 157 people per million pursuing research in India. It’s no wonder that despite giant strides in the information technology and related sectors, India by far […]
In its final phase at the time of writing this dispatch, the election campaigns of aspirants to positions of pelf and power within the Lucknow University Students Union (LUSU) —polling is tentatively scheduled for end September — are hotting up. But some of the more cocky candidates are likely to […]
Confused comrade commissarsThough India‚s communist parties unexpectedly notched up unprecedented gains in the May 2004 general election (68 Lok Sabha seats) and as a consequence have acquired a stranglehold over the Congress-led UPA government in New Delhi, it‚s hardly surprising that despite overwhelmingly illiterate, poverty-stricken India being fertile soil for sentimental Marxist mumbo-jumbo, India‚s Left […]
In the Shadow of Kirinyaga by Sophia Mustafa; Tsar Publications; Price: Rs.850; 238 pp
The general consensus is that people of the Indian subcontinent attach little value to history. A put-down commonly employed in drawing room arguments across Indian society with telling effect, is ‘don’t talk about the past’. Yet contrary to popular global belief that the past […]
Assam: Gateway to the OrientNurtured by the tempestuous Brahmaputra, terraced with tea gardens, home to the endangered one-horned rhino and dotted with undulating hills,Assam offers a rich mix of natural and cultural beauty-Nurtured by the tempestuous Brahmaputra, terraced with tea gardens, home to the endangered one-horned rhino and dotted with undulating hills and cosy hamlets, […]
A ten medal tally predicted for India by the London-based Price- Waterhouse Coopers prior to the commencement of the Athens Olympiad 2004 is a realistic target for Beijing 2008. India has the demography, talent and resources to realise this modest goal four years hence. The decks need to be cleared right now for a coordinated […]
Thirty years ago I spent six months in Jakarta, Indonesia, after writing my final school exam. It was the first long break from 13 years of schooling and I allowed myself to be thoroughly spoilt by my aunt, uncle and their three sons who never having had a sister more than ensured that I had a […]
Vital seed principleSudheendra SavanurIn previous contributions to this page, I described learning expeditions, design principles, building blocks of high quality learning expeditions, school structures required; and the benefits of expeditionary learning. In this conclusive part, let‚s examine how expeditionary learning can be practised daily and discuss experiences of schools that have made it work.When we […]
After a very damp summer in Blighty, students and professors are getting ready for the new academic year which begins in early October. This autumn, universities will be welcoming students following a year of record-breaking A level results in which the overall pass rate was an impressive 96 percent — the 22nd […]
With 20 years experience of spearheading educational initiatives in several countries across the world, Ken Jarman, is the newly-appointed (March 2004) principal of the Ecole Mondiale World School (EMWS) — one of Mumbai’s two international schools offering International Baccalaureate (IB) as well as the IGCSE study syllabuses. Promoted in 2003 by businessmen Pradeep Sadia and V.D. […]
Your Counsellor RepliesAfter completing my B.Sc I would like to enroll in a recognised institute offering the MCA (Master of computer applications) programme. Please provide details about eligibility requirements.Nalini Tandon, New DelhiAny graduate who has studied maths upto class XII is usually eligible for admission into the three-year MCA programme offered by several institutions across […]
With political, economic and common criminality on the upswing, this ill wind is blowing well for the new genre of private detectives whose number is multiplying across the country
Though crime detection and unmasking of the ungodly as a career fitted the legendary fictional detective Sherlock Holmes as naturally as his cape and deer-stalker cap, like Holmes, the contemporary […]
Helping others by helping ourselvesDilip P PatelIn my first contribution to this page in EducationWorld I introduced the subject of life skills education from the student‚s point of view. In the second contribution (September) from the vantage point of parents and teachers. Now let‚s examine what‚s in it for society as a whole. Every global […]
Facilitators not monarchsBrendon MacCarthaighAt the moment of writingI am seething. A counselling client of mine has recently been suffering severe, indeed life-threatening, pressure on the home front, physical abuse included. It was hard for her to work up enough interest to enroll for her M.Com, but she drew on inner reserves and set off for […]
here is widespread apprehension that the United Nations’ Education For All goal by the year 2015 — translated into the former NDA government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan — cannot be attained without eliminating a dozen pernicious corrupt practices which bedevil Indian education. Dilip Thakore reports
Eleven-year old P. Ramesh (name changed) is a class V student of a primary […]
This is one lady whose career is “on the rocks” and she isn’t unhappy about it. Meet feisty Manju Sharma Chitnis, one of the few women mountaineering and rock climbing trainers in India, who teaches rock climbing in Mumbai. “My father died when I was in school in 1990 and being the eldest, the responsibility of […]
An education institution does not become ‘elite’ because it charges the highest tuition fees, or if its students study in air-conditioned premises or if every student has a laptop or personal computer. A truly elite institution teaches its students to understand reality and to appreciate the world around them. It imparts not mere information or knowledge […]
Situated in the heart of London, SOAS has acquired a global reputation for the high quality Asia, Africa and Middle East programmes it offers to over 3,000 students from 110 countries
Situated in Russell Square, in the heart of London, over the past 88 years the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has acquired a global […]
The world’s largest single-city private school has taken extra-curricular education to an entirely new plane and in the process has acquired a global reputation for the high-quality academic experience it offers
A citation in Guinness World Records for the largest number of student enrollments in a private school operational in a single city is just one of the […]
The Bangalore-based Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College’s Center for Management Studies (CMS) staged a first-of-its-kind academic coup by organising a seminar featuring Jack Trout, widely acknowledged as the world’s foremost authority on marketing strategy. The workshop/ strategy summit was held in Bangalore on September 30. According to a CMS spokesperson, this is the first time […]
They said it in September”For sustained economic development, all information that has been generated should be used to improve the skills of students and help them embark on a life-long mission of learning.” President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, speaking at the inauguration of the silver jubilee celebrations of Gulbarga University on September 21″Indian science and technology […]
The prolonged disruption of the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha by recently elected MPs which resulted in the President’s address to both houses of Parliament and the government’s Rs.477,000 crore Union budget 2004-05 being passed without any debate, marks a new low in independent India’s history. Though some of the blame for this unprecedented […]
The path-breaking cover story of this issue has been brewing within EducationWorld’s head office in Bangalore for quite some time. While every issue of this first-of-its-kind publication for the past four years and more has focussed a searchlight on areas of darkness within the nation’s vitally important education system, there’s been some dissatisfaction that the searchlight provided […]
Twenty-five students from The Heritage School, Kolkata, had the opportunity to attend the Conclave on Mental Health at the Raj Bhavan, Kolkata on 20th January. .....Read More
The Jharkhand cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has approved the introduction of computer-based education in government middle schools under the Gyanodya scheme, along .....Read More
