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Inspiring role models

The cover story on gender equality was a wonderful read (PW March). The real-life success story of girl mountaineers Tashi and Nungshi Malik, who became the world’s first twins to scale Mt. Everest, was truly inspiring. My two girls went on to read more about them on the Internet, and were very motivated by their […]

West Bengal: Govt adopts policy to improve reading habits of school students

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Teen stories request

I am a parent of a teen constantly trying to keep up with her mixed emotions. I would like to read more stories on how parents can deal with the many challenges adolescents are facing in the Google age.

Pornography, substance addiction, sexual abuse, bullying, body shaming, etc make us fear for our teens.

Rima Sen
Hyderabad

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Red tape chokehold

The cover feature ‘The Shirpur Rural Regeneration Model’ was informative and enlightening (EW March). Engineering this one-of-its-kind success story in the rural hinterland is a truly remarkable achievement of Amrish Patel. His development model combining education, water management and conservation, employment generation and environment sustainability is the magic formula for transforming India’s 600,000 villages into […]

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Excessive regulation bane

Congratulations to EducationWorld on your 16th anniversary. I have been following the magazine through the years and I compliment you and your team for doing a great job of highlighting the formidable challenges confronting Indian education.

Your 16th anniversary cover story ‘10 quick-fix solutions to mend Indian education’ (EW November) is excellent for its sweep, focusing […]

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Encouraging account

The cover story ‘Edupreneurs empowering small town India’ (EW July) is an encouraging account of how entrepreneurs in small towns starved of quality education, are coming forward to provide quality academic options to parents.

It’s commendable that despite official discouragement and harassment, progressive educationists are stepping up to promote nationally benchmarked private schools at affordable prices […]

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Heartless middle class

Your cover story ‘Ugly truths about young India’ (EW March) brilliantly reveals shocking truths about the country’s ‘educated’ youth.

That 74 percent of class IX and first year college students don’t know that legislatures enact laws, and 53 percent want military rule in the country is a telling indictment of India’s ossified education system which has […]

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Destructive interference

Thank you for the brilliant bumper 15th anniversary issue of EducationWorld. The cover story ‘Wasted years: An abridged history of Indian education’ is extraordinary, succinctly summing up the landmark education developments between 1999-2014.

The past 15 years were much ado about nothing. Lots of promises were made but achievements were few, if any.

The 15-year history of […]

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Model worth emulating

I READ YOUR LETTER FROM the editor and cover story ‘Public education: PPP blueprint’ (EW July) with interest and completely agree with you.

There’s something fundamentally wrong with the philosophy of the RTE Act, 2009. Rather than focusing on upgrading government schools, the government is bent on passing the buck to educate India’s children to private […]

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Common core curriculum

YOUR COVER STORY ‘India’s premier school boards league’ made interesting reading (EW March). India is perhaps the only country worldwide which has 34 school examination boards, each prescribing education of varying quality. Though college managements are required to give equal weightage to grades of all exam boards, it’s well known they accord greater premium to […]

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Reassuring news

I WAS WHOLLY unaware of the impact of India’s best schools around the world (EW January). It’s reassuring to know that our premier schools are comparable with the best worldwide. It’s also encouraging to learn of the role Afairs Media & Exhibitions plays in showcasing them across India and abroad. The success of Indian schools […]

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Unsung heroes

Congratulations for your 14th anniversary. The EducationWorld team must be commended for relentlessly highlighting the challenges and problems confronting India’s education system.

I enjoyed reading your anniversary cover story ‘51 New Millennium Edupreneurs’ (EW November). The selection of education entrepreneurs and their brief profiles was well done. Their passion for education and struggles they overcame to […]

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Off-putting invitation

Your cover story ‘Few takers for grudging invitation’ (EW October) has accurately anal-ysed why foreign university managements are not jumping with joy, following the HRD ministry’s ordinance allowing foreign education institutions to establish campuses in India. The slothful bureaucracy, corruption, and archaic rules and regulations are so cumber-some to navigate that the best-intentioned foreign varsities […]

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Diluted survey

With reference to your EducationWorld India School Rankings 2013 (EW September), the creation of so many sub-categories within categories has diluted the impact of the annual survey. In my opinion the three categories of day, boarding and international schools of your earlier surveys were far better, and well defined. Whether a school is all-boys, all-girls or co-ed, […]

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Expand non-IIT rankings!

Congratulations on your out-of-the-box ranking of India’s best engineering colleges, not including the IITs (EW June). Your logic of excluding IITs makes perfect sense. An estimated 500,000 students write the IIT-JEE exam every year, of whom a mere 10,000 are admitted into them. For the large majority of Plus Two students, getting admission into an IIT […]

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Criminal discrimination

Thanks for your insightful cover story ‘RTE Act, 2009: Confusion confounded’ (EW May). Three years on, there’s no doubt the well-intentioned RTE Act will do more harm than good to Indian education.

It’s quite obvious the main targets of the RTE Act are the country’s private budget schools which have sprung up as alternatives to underperforming government […]

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Name and shame!

It’s naïve to believe the newly passed Criminal Amendment Bill, 2013 will prevent and deter crimes against women (EW April cover story). As the authors observe, despite the outpouring of public anger little has changed. The police and judiciary continue to be indifferent, callous and inefficient when dealing with gender crimes. That’s why women should […]

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Thanks to think tanks

Thanks for your informative cover story ‘India’s top think tanks’ (EW March). It was an eye-opener that India hosts 292 think tanks — the third largest number after the US and China, and that six of them have been rated in U Penn’s Global Go-To Think Tank league table. The encouraging take-away from your story […]

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Inappropriate education danger

Thanks for your cover story on the EW Early Childhood Education Global Conference 2013 (EW February). The keynote addresses of Rabiatul Adawiah and Dr. S. Anandalakshmy were excellent as were reports on the panel discussions.

In particular I’m pleased you chose to beam focus on the ‘Dangers of age-inappropriate ECE’. This is a big problem in preschools […]

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Big dreams

I read your cover story on the Manipal Education & Medical Group’s ambitious plans to go global (EW January) with great interest. This is the first time I’ve heard of an Indian education ‘exporter’ with established campuses in Dubai, Malaysia, Nepal and Antigua.

Of course, the parent Manipal University in Udupi enjoys an excellent reputation across the […]

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Credibility problem

We — Bamboola Play School, Chennai — have been in business for the past ten years now, much before magazines such as EducationWorld started ranking and covering schools in this segment (EW India Preschool Rankings 2012, December). For the past two-three years our school’s ranking has been consistent in your magazine, but this year, I find it […]

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Heavy government hand

Congratulations on your 13th anniversary issue (EW November)! The EducationWorld team must be commended for throwing a much-needed spotlight on education trends, issues, and policies. I have been a regular reader of the magazine and compliment you for continuous improvement in content, design and overall quality.

The comprehensive cover story ‘India’s top-ranked versus Best in West’ is […]

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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 […]

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Rare gratitude

I wish to express my gratitude for publishing the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2012 (September).

Your commentary on the changing expectations of parents about school education is insightful and encouraging for the teachers community. The prominence given to views of eminent school and education leaders will definitely help to influence the future direction of primary-secondary education. I […]

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Road to hell

I read both your letter from the editor and cover story ‘Private schools on the warpath’ (EW August) with great delight. You have systematically demolished and laid bare the flimsy premises upon which the Central and state governments have proposed to load India’s beleaguered private schools with what in essence, is their responsibility. Truly, the road […]

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Let go the IITs!

The malaise of persistent government interference in India’s elite IITs has been brilliantly highlighted in your cover story (EW July). The recent attempt of Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to abolish the time-tested and rigorous IIT-JEE in favour of a common entrance test was a bad idea as it would have dumbed down academic standards in […]

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Divinely inspired educationists

Congratulations on the informative cover story featuring 50 leaders from different walks of life working relentlessly towards changing Indian education (EW June). Their biographies are an inspiration for all principals and teachers.

I am especially pleased that you have included our dynamic chairman Dr. Augustine Pinto, and managing director Mme Grace Pinto in your list of education […]

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Voluntarism option

Compliments for your in-depth analytical cover story on the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Right to Education Act (EW May). Now I have no doubt in my mind that what ails our education system, specially at the primary and secondary levels, is too much government control which the recent Supreme Court’s majority judgement has sanctified. The […]

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Inspirational story

What an inspiring cover story (‘Ingenious tribal children development model’ EW April)! It defies belief that Dr. Achyuta Samanta has been able to establish the world’s largest residential free school for neglected tribal children in the backward state of Odisha.

I was especially struck by your observation that none of the children in KISS is tall because of […]

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Historic tour

Thank you for your excellent cover story on the Howard Gardner India Tour 2012 (‘Multiple intelligences guru’s wake-up call’, EW March). I would like to express iDiscoveri’s sincere thanks for your role in making this historic tour a success. Your support made it possible to bring Prof. Gardner’s ideas to thousands of educators, thinkers and policy-makers across […]

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Commendable commitment

As chairman, on behalf of Bhoomi Education Trust and Bhoomi Public School, I’d like to comment on your lead features in the May issue. The cover story (‘Azim Premji University: Exemplary gift to Indian education’) and special report (‘RTE Act, 2009: First anniversary status report’) were timely and well-presented. Both stories should serve as eye […]

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In your India’s most preferred pre-schools survey 2010 (EW May), we are ranked among the top ten early childhood education institutions in Chennai. We are pleasantly surprised at the close conver-gence of your views and ours on what constitutes a good kindergarten/primary school.

For the past half century and more, we have been working hard on each […]

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Deja vu promises

As recounted in your cover story, the new HRD minister Kapil Sibal has big plans for India’s education system (EW July). For the sake of every young Indian, I hope he makes good these plans. It’s important to remember that India has a history of high-profile HRD ministers promi-sing to enact drastic reforms, and little has […]

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Caveats for Manipal Group

I was pleased to learn that the Manipal Group has ventured into school education (cover story, EW April). Given their long experience of providing high-quality medical and engineering education, I’m sure they will do a good job. However your story is not clear on how they will promote 50-100 schools within the next five years. I hope […]

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Constitutional complexities

The March issue of EW made interesting reading. I was particularly fascinated by the cover story about the proposed XavierUniversity. My compliments to the Jesuit Conference of India for their vision.

While I don’t hold a brief for the Union HRD ministry, I would like to mention that Union HRD minister Arjun Singh and D. Purandeshwari, minister of state, have […]

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Technology pitfalls

I enjoyed reading your cover story ‘Everonn unveils Educating India Plan’ (EW January). P. Kishore and the Everonn team are doing the country valuable service by spreading computer education and literacy in government schools. In particular, I’m impressed with their unique Vsat learning model using satellite technology to beam high-quality educational content into schools and colleges […]

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Intel’s commendable focus

I read with interest your cover story on Intel India’s education initiatives (EW October). The country needs a host of such initiatives to be able to cover up the lacunae in its education system.

It is commendable that Intel is trying to bridge the digital divide by focusing its education programmes on government school teachers. Hopefully the […]

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Criminal subsidisation

Your cover story ‘Fees freeze destroying Indian academia’ (EW July) was an eye opener. It’s incredible that tuition fees in some of India’s top colleges such as St. Stephen’s, Delhi and Presidency, Kolkata are as minimal as Rs.30 per month. But the real shocker is Delhi University where the tuition fee of Rs.18 per month has […]

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Teacher training deficit

I read your cover story ‘Blueprint of a supplementary budget for primary education’ (EW April) with avid interest. Dilip Thakore and Prof. A.S. Seetharamu deserve the thanks of the nation for formulating a supplementary budget for revolutionising primary education. In his election-eve Budget 2008-09, finance minister P. Chidambaram was too pre-occupied with sops for the […]

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Politically inspired rot

I read your cover story ‘Reviving the sick child of Indian education’ (EW December) with consuming interest. EducationWorld deserves the gratitude of the nation for its comprehensive analyses of vital issues in education month after month. It’s only a matter of time before you achieve your ambition of making education the premier item on the national agenda.

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