Inspiring story

The rags-to-riches cover story of Satya Narayanan R, who has grown Career Launcher from a one-room coaching centre into a full services education company in the short span of 18 years, is inspiring (EW October). His team must be congratulated for helping thousands of students prepare for competitive examinations, particularly CAT. The company’s diversification into K-12 schools is also commendable. Schools propounding new pedagogies and ideas are in great demand with parents looking for holistic education delivery. I wish the company the best for the future. Surendra Saxena Delhi Brilliant path-breaker Thanks for a highly perceptive special report ‘India’s new genre sports educators’ (EW October). Brilliantly researched and presented — and possibly the first true look at this industry of sports outsourcing in schools. Venkat Mandalam EduSports, Bangalore Post secondary focus need I read your insightful special feature on outsourcing of sports education by private schools (EW October). It’s a great idea to infuse professionalism into traditional school sports programmes which currently comprise monotonous drills and mindless exercises. Contemporary research-based sports curriculums are the need of the hour if we are to create a fitter and healthier generation next. However, I’m doubtful whether professional sports training in schools will eventually lead to India winning Olympic medals. Though interesting and fun-filled sports experiences will stimulate and attract children towards sports, the coaching and infrastructure required to train Olympic-level sports-persons is conspicuously lacking in India. Huge amounts of money and resources have to be invested in creating modern sports training facilities in post secondary education institutions to transform talented school-leavers into Olympics podium finishers.  Dhananjay Kumar Chennai Improper survey I would like to contend the EW India School Rankings published in your September issue. I doubt if a proper survey was conducted at all. My daughter secured admission in class V in La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow from Loreto Convent where she studied till class IV. My son was a student of La Martiniere Boys, so I can safely compare these schools. The change for the positive in my daughter after she joined La Martiniere Girls’ was immense and I never regretted having pulled her out of her previous school. She is now a successful executive in the US. However your survey ranks Loreto Convent above La Martiniere Girls’ in Uttar Pradesh. It would be highly appreciated if you could conduct a thorough survey before deciding to publish it in magazines which have a national readership. I do believe your magazine follows the principle of responsible journalism. Dr. Shalini Chopra on e-mail Centre Point omission This is with reference to the September issue of EducationWorld which features the EW India School Rankings 2012. With specific reference to the Nagpur city rankings, we were shocked to see your list. Ours is a 25-year-old institution with three branches across Nagpur with an aggregate student enrolment of 9,500. It is undoubtedly the leading group of schools in the city, yet there is no mention of Centre Point Schools anywhere in the rankings. If you did a real survey involving parents with school-going…