“Nearly 90 per cent of teacher training institutes are now in the private sector. A new kind of post-liberalisation inspector raj governs them, with rampant corruption. There’s pervasive commercialisation in this sector and little room for quality concerns.”
Dr. Krishna Kumar, professor of education, Delhi University on the crisis in teacher eductation (Hindustan Times, September 4)
“The BJP may be trapped by its inflated claims and ideological leanings. But the sheer self-destructive pettiness and parochialism of the other parties is making it likely that the BJP’s failings will not be challenged by a credible Opposition, but by an outbreak of infantilism, where each alternative leader seems to get smaller by the day.”
Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president of Centre for Policy Research, on the lack of a strong opposition to the BJP (The Indian Express, September 15)
“We will support good universities by giving autonomy and reducing regulation, while universities that are not performing well would be heavily regulated.”
Prakash Javadekar, Union HRD minister, on the Centre’s plans to support universities that encourage innovation (The Economic Times, September 26)
“The kind of plan that Donald has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again. In fact, it would be the most extreme version, the biggest tax cuts for the top percent of the people in this country than we’ve ever had. I call it trumped up trickle-down.”
Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party presidential nominee, criticising Donald Trump’s proposed tax reforms in the US presidential debate (firstpost.com, September 27)
“We are in a federal structure and in a democracy like India, no State can say it will not obey the Supreme Court’s order. You cannot pick up a fight with everyone.”
Supreme Court Bench on the Karnataka government’s refusal to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu (The New Indian Express, September 28)
