Even as the government school system has proved a monumental failure with a steady exodus of children into private schools, in all 28 states and eight Union territories rents-seeking bureaucrats are tying up private school promoters and managements in red tape and nit-picking minutiae, writes Abhishree Choudhary, Bhavna Mundhra & Prisha Saxena
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, over 13,000 children & youth committed suicide in 2021 — a five-year high and a rise of 4.5 percent from the 12,526 deaths recorded in 2020 when a minor died by suicide every 42 minutes writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani, Mini P. & Cynthia John
The primary focus of Indian students tends to be on Ivy league and large universities on the East and West coasts. However, America’s 600 inland higher education institutions — many as good as the best — are unknown quantities to our school leavers and graduates, writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
Gandhiji’s advice that education must teach children to work with their heads, hearts and hands has been almost totally ignored by the omniscient framers of post-independence India’s education policies. However, it’s not too late to teach generation next to adopt a DIY (do-it-yourself) culture starting this summer vacation writes Khushboo Nehaal Jashnani, Mini P. & […]
The annual EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings provide comprehensive league tables ranking the country’s Top 500 arts, science and commerce colleges, Top 100 private engineering colleges, Top 300 government and private universities in 15 discrete categories, and Top 100 private B-schools. However, these are all-inclusive rankings rating the country’s most well-reputed higher ed institutions across […]
Since last year when government varsities were segregated according to their subject specialisations, the National Law Universities (NLUs) have dominated EW India Gov. Law & Humanities league table
NLSIU’s Dr. Krishnaswamy (centre right): “unparalled legal learning environment”
Even as India’s legal system is collapsing under the weight of pending caseload — a record 47 million […]
The 4,223 knowledgeable EW sample respondents have reconfirmed the new genre O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU, estb.2009) India’s #1 Liberal Arts and Humanities University. Sited on an 80-acre campus in Sonipat (Haryana), JGU is awarded top score on six of the ten parameters of higher education excellence including […]
Since the Central government-promoted IIMs admit a minuscule 2 percent of the 2.2 lakh graduates who write their annual CAT (Common Admission Test), in 2016 your editors took a considered decision to rank only non-government private B-schools which admit the vast majority of business management students, writes Dilip Thakore
The 2023-24 league table of India’s best private medical and health sciences (including health management) universities comprises 11 exclusive higher ed institutions conferred university status by the Centre/state governments for excellence in medical/health sciences teaching and research.
The reaction of vice chancellors of the topper universities.
“We are pleased to learn that Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher […]
In this issue we have rated and ranked 36 private engineering and technology universities which provide superior quality education and have been awarded deemed university status
BITS-Pilani’s Prof. Ramgopal Rao (centre): IITs parity
In all assessments about the growth and development potential of Indian industry and emergence of India as a superpower of the 21st […]
With the National Education Policy 2020 mandating the transformation of all colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions by 2035, they are the flavour of the season
Amity’s Dr. Atul Chauhan: brand building mastermind
Multidisciplinary universities are the flavour of the season. The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has mandated that all specialised or […]
Although they dominate this sector, government agriculture universities have not been able to sufficiently raise per hectare yields to best global levels
NAU VC Z.P. Patel (right): extension services pride
India’s government agriculture universities are one of the big disappointments of the post-independence national development effort. Although the apex-level Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), […]
It’s pertinent to note that India’s 657 government including 235 Central and 422 state government universities educate 73.1 percent of the total 41.3 million students in higher education
UoM’s Pro VC Prof. Ajay Bhambre (centre right): commitment proof
Although India’s fast multiplying new genre private universities constitute the glamour section of the annual EducationWorld […]
The EWIHER 2023-24 league tables ranking India’s best private and public universities are presented at a time of great flux in Indian education, especially higher education. NEP 2020 mandates that all colleges and universities gradually transform into multidisciplinary, autonomous higher education institutions, writes Dilip Thakore and Summiya Yasmeen
Almost imperceptibly, Indian education is experiencing a sea […]
Against the backdrop of Indian engineering education set to experience a revival and overdue contemporisation of curriculums, EducationWorld presents its EW India Private Engineering Institutes Rankings 2023-24, to enable higher secondary school-leavers to pick and choose the most aptitudinally suitable private colleges for undergrad engineering education , writes Summiya Yasmeen
A rash of new research studies indicate that natural, holistic therapies are especially suitable for reducing stress and improving the emotional resilience and self-esteem of children writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Mini P. & Cynthia John
A silver lining of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it brought the issue of children’s mental health and well-being into national focus. […]
An estimated 894 Arts, Science and Commerce (ASC) undergraduate colleges have been conferred autonomous status by the University Grants Commission. They have full freedom to introduce new courses and draw up their own syllabuses and curriculums
Under s.3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, UGC has the discretionary power to confer academic and administrative autonomy […]
Although several newspapers and magazines publish league tables ranking colleges and universities, these are general news publications with peripheral interest in education. Therefore the annual EWIHER, first introduced in 2013, are the best and most reliable rankings available to parents and school-leaving students, writes Dilip Thakore
Grading and ranking higher education institutions has come under a […]
Although the total scores of several non-autonomous Arts, Science and Commerce colleges exceed those of colleges granted autonomy, for mysterious reasons they have not been awarded autonomous status
St. Stephen’s, Delhi principal John Varghese (centre & inset): system stability musings
No one can blame readers for experiencing a sense of deja vu when they peruse […]
The small minority of 188 government colleges who have qualified for autonomous status have a special place of honour within the national higher education system
GDWC, Hyderabad’s Dr. Padmavathi: leapfrog to India #2
According to the latest All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released by the Union education ministry on January 29, […]
With the Covid-19 pandemic having ruined two consecutive summer holidays, parents and children are set to celebrate the first post-pandemic summer holiday with vengeance. We present some enjoyable, enriching and immersive summer activity options writes Cynthia John, Mini P. & Catharinal Silvia. M
With the summer holidays approaching, there’s a discernible buzz of excitement in […]
With a 13-member National Steering Committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan giving final touches to the NCFSE, EW invited several eminent school leaders to share their great and small expectations writes Summiya Yasmeen
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Although finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seems to have pleased India Inc with her Budget 2023-24 tax and spend proposals, following a long and negligent tradition of North Block, Delhi, she has paid scant attention to the education sector writes Dilip Thakore
Primary school children in Karnataka: scant attention
With World Sleep Day coming up on March 17, we highlight the importance of children getting sufficient, good quality sleep; common sleep disorders and ways and means to improve children’s nocturnal rest and rejuvenation writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Mini P. & Cynthia John
“Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing” — William Shakespeare, […]
Winds of change reminiscent of the 1991 Union budget that catalysed liberalisation and deregulation of industry, are gathering momentum in India’s moribund education sector mired in dead habit, rote learning and rock-bottom learning outcomes writes Dilip Thakore
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With children incrementally accessing the internet and venturing into the Dark Net, educating, enabling and guiding children — especially tweens and teens — to use the internet beneficially and safely has become an important parental obligation, writes Poornima Dilip, Cynthia John & Mini P.
The all-pervasive internet is a blessing which can transform into a curse […]
A spate of new genre private universities enabled by state government legislation and led by brilliant academics with excellent project management and leadership skills are generating overdue stir within the shady bowers of Indian academia, writes Dilip Thakore
IN THE LATEST (NOVEMBER) WORLD University Rankings (WUR) 2023 of the London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher […]
In this special year-end issue, we bring to you curated actionable advice from a panel of reputed psychologists, nutritionists, parenting and lifestyle coaches to develop seven habits and skills to improve family life, especially children’s health and well-being in the year ahead
With the death-raining Covid-19 pandemic cloud, which devastated the lives and livelihoods of thousands […]
Left academics and intellectuals excoriate them as profiteering enterprises exploiting the poor and gullible. Yet India’s unique budget private schools which provide low-priced education to children of aspirational lower middle and working class households have played a very important role in the half-hearted national development effort, writes Dilip Thakore
The objective of EWIPR 2022-23 is to enable young parents to choose suitable pre-primaries for their children, and introduce a spirit of healthy competition between preschools and stimulate their managements to improve under all parameters of pre-primary education excellence, writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
SUSTAINED NEGLECT OF EARLY childhood care and education (ECCE) has been […]
There is rising awareness within government, educators and parents about the importance of equipping India’s generation next with creativity and innovation skills to enable them to succeed in the 21st century VUCA world, writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Cynthia John & Mini P.
Even if belatedly, there is rising awareness within government, educators and parents about the importance […]
Against the backdrop of growing wealth inequality and hunger, a rising wave of philanthropy funding is gathering momentum around the world and in India. According to the Global Philanthropy Report 2021, the education sector is specially favoured by philanthropic foundations and high networth individuals, writes Dilip Thakore
Contrasting images of 21st century India: favourable […]
While it is the obligation of parents to discover and enable children’s multiple intelligences, they also have a duty of care to ensure that children don’t experience stress and anxiety while managing crammed schedules of co-curricular and sports activities, writes Ramiya Sakthivel, Cynthia John & Mini P.
The maximum learning loss that children experienced during the […]
It gives me great pleasure to learn that EducationWorld has made a distinct category of vintage legacy schools and we are proud that Mayo College is ranked India’s #1 boys boarding school in this new category. During the pandemic we evolved an SOP (standard operating procedure) which helped us to become an anticipatory, responsive and […]
It is a matter of great satisfaction that the contribution of this 156-year-old school to society has been recognised and acknowledged in EducationWorld’s latest 2022-23 survey. For over 150 years Auckland House has educated and nurtured young women, developing their values of head and heart. We take great pride in walking the extra mile to […]
We are delighted to learn that Lawrence, Sanawar is ranked India #1 in the survey’s new category of vintage legacy co-ed boarding schools. This is welldeserved because the Board of Governors and successive headmasters have taken great care to preserve our 175-year-old school’s rich heritage while simultaneously modernising curriculums, pedagogies and infrastructure. During the past […]
We are thrilled that GSIS is ranked India’s #1 international residential school. This is a testament to the vision and sustained hard work of my parents — Dr. P.C. and Elsamma Thomas, who founded the school 45 years ago. My late father’s vision to build an institution that provides not only academics, but a wide […]
We are delighted to be ranked India #1 in EducationWorld’s new category of vintage legacy international schools. These schools stood the test of time and continue to blend heritage and innovation to deliver educational excellence. It is an honour to be recognised as a leader among this illustrious group. We are especially delighted to be […]
Prior to enactment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, EducationWorld started rating and ranking the country’s most respected special needs schools to inform parents and encourage education institutions to pay greater attention to children with disability, writes Paromita Sengupta
Sankalp’s director and co-founder Dr. Sulata Ajit (right)
Consequent upon inclusion of schools promoted by defence services in the Central government day and boarding schools league tables, JNVs, which had hitherto dominated this league table, have had to cede rank, writes Paromita Sengupta and Reshma Ravishanker
SAV-J girl students
Since 2014, when EducationWorld editors took the decision to rank government schools — routinely […]
In the quarter ending March 2025, NIIT Foundation, a non-profit organisation, achieved remarkable success by certifying 5,28,468 students through their various initiatives. In addition to .....Read More
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