I’m in final year MA and would like to teach in a college after graduation. What qualifications are required for this job?
Shilpa Sule, Pune
After postgraduation you need to clear the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by UGC (www.ugc. ac.in) or the State Eligibility Test (SET) to be considered for a permanent lectureship. Postgraduates and M.Phil […]
The Karnataka high court in its judgement delivered on July 2 in KAMS vs. State of Karnataka & Ors (Writ Petition No. 14363/1994) struck down the state government’s 1994 language policy compelling primary school children to study in the Kannada medium or the mother tongue in unaided private schools, as unconstitutional. It recorded the following conclusions (verbatim):
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The strange case of Sampurna Lahiri (17), a student of Alipore Multipurpose Government Girls School for ten years, who was refused admission in the schools higher secondary study programme despite passing the class X school leaving exam in the first division, attracted many headlines in Kolkatas dailies last month (July). Lahiri was denied admission because […]
One of the several beneficial fallouts of the 30 million-strong (excluding Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh) Indian diaspora, is the knowledge and learning inflow into the mother country which is assuming impressive proportions. A good example of this ‘reverse brain drain is Singapore-based Global Indian Foundation (estb. 2002), which has promoted the Global Indian International […]
“An educated woman would ensure that the entire family becomes educated. Education has the power to transform womens position in the society.”
President Pratibha Patil in India Today (July 14)
“They (English medium schools) are free to teach German or French or any other language. But Marathi cannot be an optional language in Maharashtra. All English […]
For the past 11 years Lok Mitra, a Rae Bareilly-based NGO promoted in 1997 by the husband- wife team of Rajesh Kumar and Priya, graduates of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (Gujarat) and Patna University respectively, has been working to upgrade primary schools in Uttar Pradesh (literacy: 57.3 percent), and make them more accountable […]
Educational Initiatives Pvt. Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based company focused exclusively on assessment and learning outcomes measurement in school education, invites primary/secondary school teachers countrywide to enter its ASSET Question Making Competition, registration for which commenced on July 21. Educational Initiatives (EI) administers ASSET, Indias largest diagnostic assessment test taken by over 250,000 school students every year.Teachers […]
Its appropriate to write about water in the monsoon season. But although half the rainy season is over, apart from the initial ten-day downpour, its been dry and humid with no rain in the Mumbai-Alibaug belt where I plough my patch of earth. We dont know, as yet, what other calamities global warming is likely […]
Rajeev Business School (RBS), Pune, which bills itself as a premium, world-class business management school, invites admission applications for its first batch full-time MBA programme certified by Pune University.Promoted by the Gramodaya Trust which has over two decades of rich and varied experience in running successful education institutions in Maharashtra, including the Amrutvahini College of […]
Many US students may not be able to take up their university places this year, as banks clamp down on credit in the midst of the economic downturn. More than 80 US lenders, collectively responsible for 14 percent of all private student loans, have stopped such provision. Others have placed tighter restrictions on borrowing. The […]
Manipal Universitys International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS) has introduced a unique twinning programme for engineering students. The ICAS four-year engineering programme enables enrolled students to spend the first two years of the undergrad study programme in Manipal and the remaining two at a foreign university. After successful completion of the second year in Manipal, […]
The University of Oxford has topped its third league table of the year, beating the University of Cambridge into second place yet again. Oxford is ranked first in The Times Good University Guide, published in June — the seventh year in a row that Oxford has been ranked first by The Times. Its lead over […]
The Mumbai-based Graphiti School of Animation, a training institute founded by Ram Mohan (widely known as the father of Indian animation), has announced Indias first postgraduate course in animation for art graduates — the G CAT MASTER (Graphiti course in animation technology).This course has been designed specifically for art graduates who have completed their degree […]
An influx of Chinese and Indian students has made education one of Australias most successful exports of the past decade, a new study shows. A report by the Reserve Bank of Australia says that while earnings from resources, manufacturing and tourism have wilted over the past year, the countrys income from education has soared. In […]
Jagdeep Singh, president and chief executive of the Sunnyvale (USA) and Bangalore-based Infinera Inc, has been conferred the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award, 2008 for networking and communications in the Northern California program. Singh was selected by an independent panel of judges and presented the award at a gala event at San […]
A high court judgement delivered by a three-judge bench in Bangalore on July 2 striking down state government legislation making ‘mother tongue the compulsory medium of instruction in primary school could well have been influenced by a similar development in Hong Kong.On June 6 the China administered territorys education minister, Michael Suen Ming-yeung, lifted restrictions […]
Since it admitted its first batch of 73 students in 2004, Lotus Valley International School, Noida is a CBSE affiliated day boarding school, distinguished by its superb infrastructure, has attracted 1,550 students of ten nationalities
May 29, the day the Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) — the largest pan-India secondary school examinations board — […]
Big-state, social-democratic Sweden seems an odd place to look for a free-market revolution. Yet that is what is under way in the countrys schools. Reforms that came into force in 1994 allow pretty much anyone who satisfies basic standards to open a new school and take in children at the states expense. The local municipality […]
The distinguishing feature of Richmond, The American International University in London study programmes is its American-style four-year degree system which makes study of liberal arts compulsory for all students
The United Kingdoms only American university and somewhat curiously titled Richmond, The American International University in London (RTAIUL, estb.1972) offers 1,150 students from over 100 countries American-style […]
The children at Kulosaari Primary School, in a suburb of Helsinki, seem unfazed by the stream of foreign visitors wandering through their classrooms. The head teacher and her staff find it commonplace too — and no wonder. The world is beating a path to Finland to find out what makes this unostentatious Nordic country top […]
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an eagerly anticipated event in Americas education calendar, attracting thousands of school students across the US every year, particularly those of Indian origin who have displayed an uncanny ability of repeatedly winning the Spelling Bee. Though not yet as high-profile as its American counterpart, India has its own Spelling […]
On July 2, a three-judge bench of the Karnataka high court unanimously struck down a 1994 government order mandating Kannada or mother tongue as the medium of instruction in primary school as unconstitutional. For millions of children aspiring for English language fluency, it could be a life-changing verdict. Summiya Yasmeen reports Fourteen years on, 27 […]
Although hes not a teenager yet, Gumlee Ete (11), a class VII student of Dehra Duns SelaQui World School, is well on his way to becoming a literateur and writer. And thats certified by the Gurgaon-based Scholastic India Pvt Ltd, a company engaged in the business of publishing childrens books.A contestant in the Scholastic India […]
On April 29, 1994 the Karnataka state government issued an order stating that all private schools promoted after the date of the order should offer the mother tongue or Kannada as the medium of instruction in primary school (class I-IV). In 2003 primary school was redefined as class I-V.On July 2, 2008 in its judgement […]
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 […]
Teachers discharge a very important — but insufficiently acknowledged — role in the psychological, neurological and sociological development of their students. If we look carefully into what distinguishes well-balanced, successful individuals from the mass, its a passion for learning that transcends the structured classroom environment. Instead of limiting their education to formal schooling, they are […]
On July 2 in a well-argued judgement in KAMS Case (2008), a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph, Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice N. Kumar of the Karnataka high court held that a state government order issued in 1994 mandating Kannada or the mother tongue as the compulsory medium of instruction in all […]
In a shock announcement on July 10, a five-member sub-committee of the Bangalore University (BU) syndicate recommended revocation of autono-mous status granted to six of BUs most prestigious affiliated colleges — Christ College, Mount Carmel College, St. Josephs College of Comm-erce, St. Josephs Evening College, St. Josephs College of Arts and Science and Jyothi Nivas […]
Stephen Coveys advice to ‘begin with the end in mind plays well in our discussions about parents roles. If we want our kids to be competent, confident in their abilities, and able to display good judgement, we must give them opportunities to learn and test these areas as they grow. — Sue Blaney, author of […]
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh; Viking Penguin; Price: Rs.599; 512 pp
Undulating sea-waves crested with vivid red poppies on the cover of Amitav Ghoshs highly acclaimed new novel evocatively draw the reader into a startling history of trade and migration, imperial greed and colonial debasement. The vision of a tall-masted ship, at sail on […]
The triumph of the Congress-led UPA government in the historic parliamentary trust vote on July 22 gave additional impetus to the two-day education ministers conference held in Delhi on July 23-24. The conference was a useful forum for Union human resource development minister Arjun Singh to announce a National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) […]
With rapid urbanisation and the real estate and infrastructure sectors buzzing, the demand for civil engineers has skyrocketed with glamour returning to the professionIn the golden age of engineering (1960-70), civil engineering was one of the most popular specialisations of Indian youth. But with the onset of the IT (information technology) revolution of the 1990s, […]
What Teens Need But Cant Quite Say by Saurabh Saklani; Rupa & Co; Price: Rs. 95; 183 ppAfter reading Saurabh Saklanis What Teens Need But Cant Quite Say, I experienced an overwhelming urge to immediately write a review of this valuable book. I attribute this urge to the resonance of the content with my challenges […]
Four years after the Tamil Nadu state government pledged to enforce school safety norms following the devastating Kumbakonam school fire tragedy in 2004 which claimed the lives of 92 children aged between seven and ten, safety regulations continue to be observed more in the breach in government and private schools in the state. A recent […]
Singapore-based edupreneur R. Sinnakaruppan wears many hats. Currently, he is chairman/CEO of Kip Mcgrath Worldwide Education Centres (KMWEC), Singapore (estb. 2005), chairman of Singapore Education Academy (estb. 2008), managing partner of Indus Age Advisors, a corporate advisory firm, chairman of Vimarks Holding Pvt. Ltd, a Singapore-based software consultancy firm and chairman of Educare Enrichment (S) […]
Mostly in the news for shootouts, student unrest and sine die closures (on September 18 last year the university was shut down sine die after a student, the third since April of that year, was murdered on campus), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU, estb. 1885) is looking for ways and means to raise teaching-learning standards. To […]
In Dehradun where more than 25 mld (million litres per day) of waste — often toxic — water is discharged directly into rivers, environ-mental activist Sandeep Singh is an individual committed to a life saving mission. For the past 13 years Singh has been in the forefront of saving the River Suswa, flowing past Doodhli […]
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