EducationWorld July 05

Once the most innovative woman chief executive in Indian industry, Shukla Bose founder CEO of the Parikrma Humanity Foundation, Bangalore has established several English medium primary schools for slum children which offer the hope of a break with the inegalitarian school system of the past century. Summiya Yasmeen reports

Two years ago Selva Kumar was a 10-year-old who irregularly attended […]

Letter from London

Competition, challenge and response

It is hard to believe that the end of the academic year is already here and cheerful students and staff are packing for the long summer break. Those likely to be feeling less cheerful are final year students now confronted with the reality of surviving in the tough world beyond the […]

Two final year postgraduate chemistry students of Madras Christian College (MCC), Chennai’s Venkatram Balasubramanian & Vidhya Narasimhan have been selected by the Union government’s department of science and technology (together with 24 other students countrywide) to meet with eminent Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, at the 55th meeting of Nobel laureates scheduled for end June. […]

In a scenario in which Karnataka’s 104 private engineering colleges are under fire for their relatively high tuition fees and for churning out industry-unready graduates who add to the huge and growing number of unemployed, the four-year-old Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT) is lighting a new path for other engineering education institutions. Last month […]

Your counsellor repliesI‚ve completed my BCA (bachelor in computer applications) through distance education. I would like to do an MBA in the US or UK. As an open university student am I eligible to enroll in foreign universities?Shirish Deshpande, PuneIn most cases, open university students are allowed to pursue higher education abroad. For US business […]

The rich variety of red, white and sparkling wines which India now produces has opened up a whole cellar of tantalising career opportunities to oenophiles to mix business with pleasure as the wine industry offers cheerful vocations

With economic liberalisation and globalisation having precipitated a huge change in the lifestyle of Indians, wine is beginning to […]

With the passage of time Mumbai has become more polluted than ever, but I have been able to keep germs and viruses at bay with a supreme health route map. This I attribute to taking deep breaths near the open sea, turning down social and extra-curricular work opportunities, taking a break when needed and religiously getting […]

A lot of confusion is created in the minds of young and impressionable children by the contradictory sermons and exhortations of modern-day evangelists of differing religions. The philosophy of every religious leader is often contradicted or even condemned by another. As a result people, especially the young, are confused and confounded by the conflicting messages they hear […]

National Curriculum Framework 2005 

Pious intent of liberation charter

Given the pathetic condition of contemporary India’s schools, the passions aroused by the draft National Curriculum Framework 2005 are rather modest. Because for the nation’s 415 million grossly neglected but high-potential children, the pious intent of liberation charter- the finalised NCF 2005- […]