EW March 2013

Editorial

• Children First Party of India debut

Letter from the Editor

• Letter from the Editor

Mailbox

• Inappropriate education danger

Education News

• Delhi: Preschool admissions verdict
• Gujarat: Persistent plaintiff
• Karnataka: Suspicious timing
• Maharashtra: Continuous neglect
• Tamil Nadu: Damning indictment
• They said it in February
• West Bengal: Depoliticisation politics

Education Notes

Young Achiever

• Md Abbas Khaleeli and Vibish Sivakumar
• Oxy-Con inventors

Books

• Brilliant essays

Postscript

• Strange phenomenon

Teacher-2-teacher

Expert Comment

• Social engineering lesson from America

Institution Profile

• Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Higher Secondary School, Chennai
• Queen’s University Belfast, UK

International News

• China: One-child policy fallout
• France: Professional education row
• Global Review: Pearson presents learning curve
• Italy: Gelato University’s soft sell
• Mali: French intervention blessing
• Thailand: Islamic militants target teachers
• United States: Computer-crime laws reform call

Special Report

• “We have a long way to go”
• Idealism is not dead: TFI takes wing
• TFA success story
• TFI voices

People

• Advantage Gaurav Natekar
• Child wellness missionary: Dr Namrata Bagaria
• Corporate leadership savant: Dr Scott Churchill
• Darts pioneers: Venu Pillai and S. Saravanaraj
• WSC mastermind: Daniel Berdichevky

Special Essay

Spotlight Feature