Now that the 34-year rule of the Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) over West Bengal (pop. 91 million), is fast becoming a bad memory, efforts are being made in right earnest to restore Kolkatas Presidency University (earlier Presidency College, estb. 1817) to its former status as West Bengals pre-eminent […]
Sixty days of uncertainty at the start of the new academic year of an estimated 12 million K-10 students enroled in Tamil Nadus 63,312 government, aided and private schools affiliated with the state, Matriculation, Anglo Indian and Oriental school examination boards over implementation of samacheer kalvi or common school curriculum legislated by the ousted DMK […]
“India is entering a phase of decline. We are going to a regime of controls. There is no sanctity of contracts; permissions granted can be overturned later. There is a climate of excessive government control.”
Economist Bibek Debroy on the dismal business environment (India Today, August 1)
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough […]
The state government of Orissa (pop.42 million) is all set to construct 1,480 new secondary schools and transform 344 high schools into model schools under the Central governments Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme. Announcing this in Bhuba-neswar on August 29 at the first meeting of the governing council of RMSA, chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]
The Bangalore-based Indus Trust which has promoted the Indus International Schools (IIS) in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune, launched its greenfield Indus School of Leadership (ISL), sited in the Yellagiri hills, Tamil Nadu on August 2. Apart from imparting mandatory six-days experiential leadership training to all IIS students annually, ISL also offers experiential leadership training programmes […]
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)Deep down, most of us know that character matters. But when we begin to talk about how to build character, we are vague, often preachy and usually ineffective. How does one explain this […]
Consultative needs analysis surveys conducted by the British Council over the past three years for in-service teacher education programmes in several states across India, illustrate that government school English language teachers are on the whole, aware of the key principles of English language teaching highlighted in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005.They generally agree that […]
Im in my final year B.Sc (statistics) and want to press on for an M.Stats or M.Sc (statistics) programme. Whats the difference between the two programmes and which one offers better career advancement prospects?Nalini Sawant, Pune
M.Sc (statistics) and m.stats are equivalent courses and both are equally job-oriented. After B.Sc (statistics), you could sign up […]
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