Although several of Indias showpiece Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have made it into the league table of the worlds top 100 specialist universities compiled by the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), and released on September 5, none of the countrys 533 multidisciplinary universities figure in the master Top 200 league table. Indias highest ranked institution […]
Bharat (10), a class v student and one of two children of Vinayak Dongre, a Pune-based scrap seller (annual income: Rs.90,000) residing in the citys Parvati slums, has been attending a Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) school for the past six years. However, ask him to complete a simple sum, especially subtraction, and he is all […]
Tamil Nadus declining education sector has become a favourite playing field for political parties to trample upon and ride roughshod over. Deep-seated antagonisms beyond the boundaries of democratic discourse between the DMK and AIADMK parties, which supplant each other in Fort St. George every five years, has wreaked havoc on the school and higher education […]
According to the uninspiring official records of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities of the government of Karnataka (pop.61 million), the number of physically challenged children in the age group four-16 statewide is a mere 279,523. Even if this patent underestimate is correct, the commissioner admits there are just 30 class I-X special schools […]
“Schools and colleges are seen as transit camps in the workplace, instead of incubators for transformation of the individual. This has resulted in a closing not only of the human mind but more significantly, a closing of the human heart…. An education that ignores moral and spiritual values cannot qualify as a quality education.”
Lata […]
OrissaDual language in higher ed proposal
According to Badri Narayan Patra, higher education minister of Orissa (pop. 50 million), Oriya should be the medium of teaching together with English in tertiary education for better under-standing of subjects by students in the state. The minister expressed this opinion while inaugurating a college teachers workshop in Berhampur […]
Following the example of Tamil Nadu, many states in the country are experimenting with Activity Based Learning (ABL) in primary education. Education administrators in Tamil Nadu, encouraged by admiration of their programme, nationally and internationally, have expanded ABL to middle schools. This effort and attention to improve education quality needs to be encouraged and applauded.However, […]
Are residential schools still relevant in this day and age? This question has lingered in my mind for a long time against the backdrop of drift and decay in contemporary society. The plethora of scams exposed almost daily; the near indifference of government and Parliament to combating corruption unless pushed by the Supreme Court; general […]
AJEY KUMAR, CEO, South Asia, GEMS Education Where would you place education on your national list of priorities?
Education is on the number one spot for me. It forms the backbone of a nation and is one of the key indicators of a countrys growth and development.
Thinker/philosopher you admire most.
Mahatma Gandhi.
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