Special Report

• Union Budget 2019-20 – Low priority for human capital development

Eyewitness 

• Study destination Gold Coast

Career Focus

• University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Letter from the Editor

• Letter from the Editor

Editorial

• Heavy price of diplomatic ineptitude
• Intelligence agencies need to deliver

Mailbox

• Teacher retention lacuna

Education News

• Delhi: Poor children admission fracas
• Karnataka: OOS children outcry
• Maharashtra: Poor rich MCGM schools
• Tamil Nadu: Unwarranted teachers strike
• They said it in February
• Uttar Pradesh: Long hot summer forecast
• West Bengal: Campus election politics

Education Notes

• Sikkim: Government – Microsoft agreement

Education Briefs

• Diplomathon UAE 2019

Young Achiever

• Apurva Chauhan
• Bhavya Raninga & Nihar Shah

Expert Comment

• No idea of building knowledge society

Institution Profile

• University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Venkateshwar International School, Delhi

International News

• China: Rising wave of foreign students
• Hong Kong: China proximity benefits
• Letter from London: Constrained by obsolete traditions
• United States: Early childhood education boom
• Venezuela: Academics invite UN intervention
• Zimbabwe: Hard days ahead for academy

Teacher-2-teacher

• Preparing for the all-important job interview

Books

• China’s new Chairman Mao: Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping
• Nelson’s eye memoir

Postscript

• Curious contradictions
• Fradulent hero
• Ugly face