Its a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. On the one hand, its well established that the nations education system is in a shambles. Rote learning and cramming for exams is the norm; 1.25 million school teachers are absent every day; the dumbed down government-dominated school system is characterised by ramshackle buildings, electricity, […]
Congratulations to the Helix Technology team for inventing the TeachNext Box (cover story, EW January). Its so rare to read about an Indian invention especially in the education technology space. If publicised and promoted properly among schools, Im sure TeachNext will find wide acceptance in the teachers community and help them deliver lessons in more […]
Tens of thousands of unemployed high-school graduates in West Bengal (pop. 80.2 million; unemployed adults: 3.34 million) heaved a collective sigh of relief on January 19 when news came of a breakthrough, albeit temporary, in the 15-month impasse relating to primary school teacher appointments in the state. As reported in these columns earlier (EW October […]
The Union HRD ministrys bombshell affidavit presented to the Supreme Court on January 18 proposing to withdraw the deemed university (i.e autonomous) status of 44 mainly private higher education institutions countrywide blacklisted by the P.N. Tandon Committee, has had an unlikely fallout in the southern state of Karnataka (pop. 57 million). The states six private […]
“Heres the sad truth: mainstream Muslims have zero influence over extremists. In fact, if one of those guys had a single bullet in his gun and you and I were up against the wall, he would shoot me first. He hates me more because not only do I not follow his perverse version of Islam, […]
Aclass IX student of the national capitals prestigious Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, Kartik Sawhney, despite being visually challenged, is the recipient of many national and international awards and prizes. On November 14, 2009 (Childrens Day) he added another accolade to his already impressive tally of awards by winning the National Child Award for Exceptional […]
One of three schools promoted by the Hindu Educational Organis-ation, THSSS (I) has acquired an excellent reputation for providing a balanced mix of high-quality academic and co-curricular educationPromoted by the Hindu Educational Organisation (estb.1907), currently headed by retired IAS officer B.S. Raghavan, the CBSE (Central Board for Secondary Education) -affiliated The Hindu Senior Secondary School, […]
South Korea is involved in a big national push to recruit more academics from overseas to internationalise its campuses and improve its standing in world league tables. But the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings show that it has a long way to go.The highest-rated South Korean institution (47), Seoul National University, scores only […]
British boarding schools are estimated to have missed out on hundreds of lucrative Chinese boarders after the home office stopped issuing visas to students across a swathe of southern China. The clampdown began in September after the UK Border Agency found a number of irregularities with applications from Fuzhou province.The home office refused to confirm […]
For 480 years the Johanneum has taught ancient languages to Hamburgs children. That tradition is about to be disrupted, fears the schools director, Uwe Reimer. Radical reforms are planned by the citys government, a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green parties. These would mean ‘humanistic gymnasien (academic high schools) like the […]
Reshma Ravishanker All government schools must have fully equipped science labs, a library and sufficient computers for students to learn better, urged a topper of .....Read More
Reshma Ravishanker The results of Karnataka’s Senior School Leaving Certificate Examinations-1 (SSLC) saw an improvement as compared to the previous year with the pass percentage .....Read More
