01 Oct Delhi: RTE Act imbroglio With an education budget of Rs.10,690 crore in fiscal 2016-17, the highest ever allocated by... Continue reading
01 Oct Revise distance education policy The fashionable new buzzword in contemporary education is ‘inclusive education’. The Right of Children to... Continue reading
01 Oct Maharashtra: TISS troubles A row has broken out between the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS, estb.1936),... Continue reading
01 Oct US/UK: Charter schools: mixed results As the new school year approaches, most pupils in Detroit and New Orleans are preparing... Continue reading
01 Oct Tamil Nadu: Quotas and complications A May 24 ordinance of the union government which granted aspiring medical students the option... Continue reading
01 Oct United Kingdom: Grammar schools revival? Nearly half of prime minister Theresa May’s cabinet went to comprehensive (i.e, non-selective) state schools;... Continue reading
01 Oct West Bengal: Bhadralok relief After storming to power for a second consecutive term in 2016, the Trinamool Congress Party... Continue reading
01 Oct Netherlands: English medium controversy The Netherlands’ university association has defended the growth of English-language courses at Dutch institutions, claiming... Continue reading
01 Oct Karnataka: Case for RTE review Six years after it became law on April 1, 2010, the Right of Children to... Continue reading
01 Oct Pakistan: Islam learning export boom Work never stops at Jamia Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem, a madrassa in a rundown part of Rawalpindi in... Continue reading