She is all of 16, writes poetry, plays the synthesizer, composes her own music, is a tenacious debater and wants to work towards a more just society. Meet Maithili Dalvi, teenager extraordinaire. There’s more. Maithili has already made her mark in the fields of medicine, biotechnology and biochemistry by presenting seminal research at the Intel […]
Her cheerful, resonant voice on FM Radio Mirchi every morning goes refreshingly well with her listeners hot cuppa while her sense of humour keeps them tuned in. Suchitra Ramadurai (26) is making waves as the English language radio jockey (RJ) of glib and witty Hello Chennai. But there’s more to Ramadurai than just the gift […]
Panvel contretemps
The number of self-styled champions of international education tripping over their own feet and damaging the education of students who enroll in the rash of capital-intensive nexgen ‚Ëœinternational‚ schools springing up across the country is multiplying. The latest professedly international school which has gone under in a welter of scandals, allegations and counter-allegations […]
Calculated distortions of history Prejudice and Pride by Krishna Kumar; Penguin; Price: Rs.250; 274 pp The on-and-off peace initiatives between India and Pakistan which have resulted in the resumption of commercial flights by the airlines of the two nations over each other‚s territory, and the prospect of resumption of road, train and sea links to […]
Sylvan hill stations of Tamil NaduNotwithstanding the ravages of the past half century the Blue Mountains continue to exert a strong allure and the hill stations of this southern state attract huge crowds through the yearOn December 12, the day following International Mountain Day, a group of trekkers from Ooty and Chennai led by D. […]
The Supreme Court and the overwhelming majority of academics and NGOs believe in it. Moreover a growing number of hitherto apathetic parents at the base of the social pyramid have emerged as a pressure group for this programme, whose vital connection with the spread of literacy and education is painfully evident. Kalpana Parikh & Summiya […]
Britain Amber light for corporate varsities Private businesses may soon be able
to call themselves universities as the British government moves to scrap the
requirement that institutions must have a minimum of 4,000 students. Such a move
would “open the floodgates‚ to corporations and other commercial organisations
waiting to establish their own “universities‚, as well […]
Despite suspect statistics indicating a general rise in literacy, it is hardly a secret that illiteracy in rural India is steadily rising and needs to be redressed. Before joining Jain Vidyaniketan (JVN), I had my own notions about education in rural India, coming as I do, from a rural background and having done my primary […]
Once when my son threw a chocolate wrapper into the street, I yelled at him. “But mom, everyone does it. What difference will one more wrapper make?†he asked. Indeed, what difference? Although this happened several years ago, the emotions I experienced then are still strong in me because every time I see people discard […]
Ask any long-term resident of Mumbai of a school for the visually impaired and the chances are he/ she will tell you that there is one in the busy suburb of Dadar, even if they are not too sure of its name. The Smt. Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, a boarding school for […]
I‚ll be appearing for my class XII (science) exam in 2004 and would like to pursue a career in biomedical engineering. Please advise.
Sunil D‚souza, Panjim
Biomedical engineers apply
engineering techniques and principles to medicine and biology. They design life-support and laser systems used in corrective eye surgery, computers to analyse blood, develop artificial organs […]
The phenomenon of global health tourists who expect world class management systems to supplement healthcare and medical services has created a market for backroom healthcare professionals
With India emerging as a major destination for the multiplying tribe of ‘health tourists’ travelling the world for medical attention and treatment, a host of two-five star general and specialist […]
He treks the hills of dehra dun, sees the universe in a fallen leaf and regards children as the owners of this planet which adults seem bent on despoiling. A naturalist and conservationist, Arvind Chalasani is a teacher in the truest sense of the word. He wants to prepare children for the life ahead, not […]
The leakage of test papers of the cat (Common Admission Test) joint entrance examination of the six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and its cancellation after the examination was written by 127,000 postgrad hopefuls across the country on November 23, has raised widespread apprehension of government takeover and/or dilution of the much-prized autonomy of these […]
Three guiding force mantras
A.I.R. ‚ Accountability, Integrity,
Responsibility. These magic words should become our national mantra if India is to survive and prosper. It is as essential and mandatory for the nation as air is to every living being. Through the columns of EducationWorld I particularly appeal to parents, students, and especially teachers to assimilate, […]
With corporates increasingly supplementing their advertising and sales promotion budgets with events promotion and sponsorship, India’s first events management training institute is spreading its wings
The building that houses it is not impressive at first glance, but located inside an unprepossessing building at Vile Parle, a western suburb of Mumbai, is the National Institute of Event […]
I believe it is our inherent responsibility to build our nation, build character and integrity in our children and the future generation. I strongly believe that the one concerted area that wittingly or unwittingly can shape the personality and character of a society is education ‚ by which I refer to fundamental education at the […]
Cambridge International Examinations teacher training programmes The Teacher
Foundation, Bangalore has concluded an agreement with the University of
Cambridge International Examinations, UK (UCIE) under which the two
organisations will jointly offer the latter‚s accredited diploma study programme
for teachers and trainers at a highly affordable fee. Dr. Fred Burke, Director
(South Asia & Mauritius) of […]
Delhi
Compulsory environment education decree
A long drawn out tug of war
between the Supreme Court of India and several state govern-ments over the
enforcement of environment education in schools and colleges around the country
ended on December 18 when the apex court decreed that environment education must
be made compulsory from the commencement of the next […]
This is with reference to the cover story box ‘Why principals prefer CISCE’ (EW December 2003).
Dr. K.P. Gopalakrishna, chairman, NPS group of schools, Bangalore, has remarked that in the CBSE curriculum science and mathematics syllabuses are very strong as compared to those of CISCE. This is a fallacy, a myth floated by vested interests and very […]
The CAT (Common Admission Test) examination papers leakage scam which has led to the arrest of several suspects across the country and the nullification of this all-India exam written on November 23 by 127,000 business school aspirants, has provoked a curious reaction within the Union ministry of human resource development in New Delhi. Quite evidently […]
I have mixed feelings about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, free India‚s first prime minister and the individual who planted the seeds of India‚s sovereign, socialist and secular democracy over half a century ago. At the most critical time in the newly independent nation‚s history, Nehru carefully sowed the seeds and tended the tender saplings of democracy […]
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UP college students write ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on answer sheets, two professors suspended Two professors at a state-run university were suspended following an RTI revelation that four students had allegedly passed exams with ... 
