Forty enthusiastic students from Emerald Heights International School actively participated in the invigorating Leadership and Adventure Boot Camp at the House of Lalpur, Punjab. The camp, meticulously organized by MU20 School of Opportunity, spanned four days, from November 27 to 30, 2023, and aimed at instilling essential leadership qualities among the students.
The programme commenced on […]
Sited on a state-of-the-art six-acre campus near the green urban forestry project site of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, the new genre Johnson Grammar School, Kuntloor (JGS-KTLR, estb. 2010) has built a good reputation for providing contemporary, high-quality, values-based education to its over 5,000 students mentored by over 300 teachers. In the recently published EW […]
Navrachana School, Sama, Vadodara, is committed to empowering its student leaders through engaging them in leadership activities. These activities help students develop problem-solving skills and create unique strategies, transforming them into creative thinkers and adept problem solvers. One noteworthy event that embodies this philosophy is the annual TEDx Event hosted by Navrachana School Sama.
From curating […]
DPS International School has garnered prestigious accolades in the EducationWorld Grand Jury Rankings 2023-24, showcasing its unwavering commitment to excellence in various domains. The school’s Library and Reading Culture received special recognition, affirming its dedication to fostering a love for reading through a state-of-the-art library equipped with contemporary resources. This acknowledgment underscores the institution’s emphasis […]
The announcement of the CENTA ® International Teaching Professionals Olympiad (CENTA International TPO) 2022 results was enthusiastically welcomed by educators and school managements worldwide. Promoted and organised by the Bengaluru-based Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) Pvt. Ltd (estb.2014), a company that tests and certifies teacher competencies, this edition attracted entries from 70,000 teachers from over […]
In the educational landscape, Chimes Montessori stands as an exemplar of commitment to Dr. Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy. This dedicated institution cultivates a nurturing environment where practical, intellectual, physical, and social discipline is paramount. Chimes Montessori, underpinned by a meticulous approach to prepared environments and skilled guides, strives to instil independence, self-discipline, confidence, and respect […]
It is a big decision for the parents when they enroll their child in school. At our schools under the supportive management led by the Pro Vice Chairperson Ms Devyani Jaipuria, we believe early years are of utmost importance in a child’s development. It is during this time that your little one embarks on a […]
I am Bindu Gaddipatti, a graduate in electronics engineering and a certified preschool professional in Early Childhood Education from the Asian International College (Singapore).
I have actively participated in a workshop held at the Indian School of Business (ISB) on The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner and have also been a part of several […]
A glaring blindspot of the much-heralded National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is the large number of supervisory and regulation committees it prescribes. Based on the recommendations of the nine-member Dr. K. Kasturirangan Committee which submitted a 484-page report to the BJP government at the Centre in 2019, the report was distilled into the 66-page NEP […]
Ever since January when the damning report of the US-based Hindenberg Research — a self-confessed short-seller firm in stock markets around the world — was published, prices of the equity shares of Adani Group companies listed in the National and Bombay Stock exchanges, have plummeted and continue to search new lows. The Hindenberg Report alleged […]
One of the biggest disappointments of the purportedly pro-business and private sector BJP which is set to complete its second term in office, is its failure to privatise India’s 28 public sector banks, foolishly nationalised by then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1969. Since then over the past half century, nationalised banks managed by risk-averse […]
A Matter of the Heart: Education in India
Anurag Behar
westland books
Rs.599
Pages 375
A valuable narrative recounting stories of dedicated teachers transforming the lives of students in nondescript villages and far-flung sites
Anurag Behar has rich experience in the field of education by way of working with the Azim Premji Foundation and travelling extensively […]
memoirs of a maverick — the first fifty years (1941-91)
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Juggernaut
Rs.899
Pages 379
Autobiography of an effortlessly superior worthy who served in the IFS for 26 years prior to retiring and resurfacing with a new career in politics
There is an element of prankishness, reminiscent of the classic Tom Brown’s School Days […]
In the absence of safe, nurturing neighbourhoods there is a sudden void. Schools need to step forward to ensure the well-being of parents, children and educators
(Devyani Mungali is founder of the Sanskriti Group of Schools, Pune, which has 9,000 students and 500 teachers on its muster rolls)
Devyani Mungali
The old adage which professed, “it […]
After years of dithering, on November 8 the University Grants Commission (UGC) published a draft of rules and regulations which detail the terms and conditions under which foreign universities will be permitted to establish campuses in India.
The primary driver behind this initiative is the large and ever increasing number of Indian school leavers and college […]
Introduced in 2010, EWIPR has become an annual fixture on the national education calendar with the number of cities covered by the survey increasing from six to 17 this year. Moreover EW’s consistent advocacy of professionally administered early childhood care and education has influenced NEP 2020, writes Dilip Thakore & Summiya Yasmeen
The privilege of infants […]
The death on November 14 of Subroto Roy (75), former Managing Worker of the Lucknow-based Sahara Group of finance and real estate companies, received considerable coverage in the media.
By any yardstick Roy’s rags-to-riches rise was impressive. At the peak of his career, this enterprising entrepreneur who began as a chit fund manager, owned a civil […]
In the hearts and minds of your editors, early childhood care and education (ECCE) of youngest children under five years has a special place. Since 2010 when we staged the country’s first national/international ECCE conference in Mumbai and simultaneously introduced the EducationWorld India Preschool Rankings (EWIPR) to awake educationists and society to the critical importance […]
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Autar Nehru (Delhi)
The UGC (setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, notified on November 7 by the apex Delhi-based University Grants Commission (UGC), has evoked disappointment and skepticism within academia. Long in the works, the Regulations are unlikely to enthuse foreign universities to establish branch campuses in […]
Nasrin Modak Siddiqi (Mumbai)
Although the latest Israel-Hamas war that began on October 7 when Hamas militia crossed into Israel and took Israeli citizens — mainly women and children — hostage resulting in relentless bombing of the Gaza strip governed by Hamas hasn’t impacted the tenor of life in India, it has had an unexpected fallout […]
Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
Although the next legislative assembly election in West Bengal is in the distant future (2026), three-term chief minister Mamata Banerjee (who in a classic case of nepotism has groomed her nephew Abhishek to take over after her) has less than six months to make good her promise to bag all 42 Lok Sabha, […]
Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led Tamil Nadu government is determined to scrap the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) — the national exam to determine admission into all 704 medical colleges countrywide, including public and private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu.
For the past seven years since NEET was introduced, a political consensus opposing […]
Reshma Ravishanker (Bengaluru)
With student enrolment in the state’s 49,679 government schools showing consistent decline, Karnataka’s Congress government which was voted to power last May, has announced a plan to upgrade 600 government schools to the status of Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) by March 2024. On October 7, Madhu Bangarappa, minister for school education and literacy, […]
“If we are to truly uplift the socio-economically disadvantaged sections, working on mission mode to improve quality of education at school and college levels should be the foremost priority… Compelling higher rated institutions like IIMs and IITs to admit underprepared students from socio-economically weaker backgrounds into their Ph D programmes will not correct the ills […]
Maharashtra
Paltry pay petition
Jalna, november 11. The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court stayed a termination order served by management on seven teachers of MS English School, Jalna and directed the management to deposit outstanding salaries until November 2023 in the court.
The teachers were among 42 educators who filed a writ petition […]
Samsung digital skilling initiative
Gurugram, November 23. Under its flagship programme — Samsung Innovation Campus — Samsung India Electronics, one of India’s largest consumer electronics companies, has upskilled 3,000 under-privileged students from eight cities countrywide. This programme trains them in future tech domains such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and […]
– Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Satara (Maharashtra)-based Aditi Swami (17) returned home to a hero’s welcome after winning gold and bronze medals in her debut in the compound archery team and individual events at the XIX Asian Games 2023, which concluded in Hangzhou (China) in early October. Aditi went well-prepared for Hangzhou. In August, she was the […]
– Runa Mukherjee Parikh (Ahmedabad)
Chennai’s chess prodigy D. Gukesh (17) is on a roll this year. In September, he ended former five-times world champion Viswanathan Anand’s 36-year reign in FIDE live ratings to become India’s top-ranked chess player. There’s more.
The world’s third youngest GM (grandmaster) and India’s youngest (12 years, 7 months, and 17 days), […]
Panchami Manoo Ukil is a school leader with a difference. A multifaceted influencer, spirited and dynamic, she has an infectious positivity that reaches out to everyone around her. Passionate about children, she infuses the curriculum with her own brand of original ideas, be it a celebration of our culture and roots, bonding with nature, or, […]
The inaugural EducationWorld School of the Year 2023-24 winners were announced at the EW India School Rankings Awards 2023-24 held in Delhi on October 13-14. These awards are being instituted to felicitate schools ranked within the National Top 20 in the EW India School Rankings which have demonstrated:
Through their best teaching-learning innovations, willingness to share […]
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Challenge & response in early years education
This essay highlights challenges confronting ECCE in government and private pre-primaries and recommends how to achieve quality standardisation and child-centric education
Kritika Baldi
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) 2022 propose radical changes in teaching-learning during the early years. This is a welcome initiative to prepare the […]