EducationWorld July 06

There’s emerging evidence that the country’s massive younger generation — 540 million Indians are less than 25 years of age — is brewing a tsunami-style storm which could blow away the ruling gerontocracy and reshape the republic. Dilip Thakore reports

Currently there is considerable satisfaction within the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New […]

Letter from London

Summer break musings

After a long academic year summer has finally arrived in the UK, and students are heading home for a well-deserved break. The lecturers’ pay dispute which provoked some academics to disrupt examination marking, has mercifully been settled with a generally satisfactory agreement which will go some way to make up for continuous […]

Most of the people I meet at work or socially say they would like to lose weight. However, there are also the rare few who wish to gain weight. Often their plight is worse than of those who want to lose weight. When I tell them that the principles of weight loss are as applicable to them, they […]

Your Counsellor RepliesI‚m doing Plus Two (science) and want to qualify as an architect. What are the eligibility requirements for admission into an architecture college?Rajesh Sule, PuneAdmission into an architecture degree programme is on the basis of aptitude testing. You should shortlist the colleges you prefer, identify the required entrance test and write it. For […]

Biomedical engineers who conceptualise, design and develop healthcare equipment are much sought after. With populations ageing worldwide, the demand for life saving equipment is booming 

With sophisticated machines and instruments beginning to play an ever-increasingly important role in healing and saving human lives, biomedical engineers who conceptualise, design and develop healthcare equipment are a much sought […]

As parents, we have big dreams for our children. And surely our biggest dream is to make their dreams come true!

Most parents make great sacrifices to ensure children get the best education and career opportunities so they can achieve their potential. For instance if your child wants to be an engineer, it’s very clear […]

The second young achievers awards, instituted by blue-chip it major Infosys Technologies and Educationworld to celebrate young achievers, received over 500 high quality nominations from across the country. Summiya Yasmeen reports

At the Infosys-Educationworld Young Achievers Awards 2006, good got better. Inaugurated last year as a joint venture between Infosys Technologies Ltd (ITL — annual sales: Rs.9,521 crore; no of employees: […]

India’s 900,000 government schools are infected by a virus which afflicts publicly-funded schools in several parts of the world: poor teaching standards and poor learning outcomes resulting in high dropout percentages. This is in sharp contrast to trends in privately promoted and managed schools. Judging by the simple indicator of academic performance, in 2004 the […]

Arjun Singh is the Duryodhana of the 21st century. Like the villain of the Mahabharata, he is feudal, ruthless and completely selfish. Like Duryodhana, he knows he cannot be king; therefore he seeks to play the spoiler. Unfortunately for him, this is the year 2006 and all of India is connected through television, telephone and the internet; […]

Kidscare, the childcare division of the Mumbai-based Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd which has over 400 Kidzee franchised schools across India and abroad, is poised to enter the childcare market whose potential is valued at Rs.10,000 crore per annum.

According to Arun Khetan, chief executive of ZILS, the rapid socio-economic change of the past two […]

They said it”We Indians behave with courtesy at home but when we go out, we leave these good manners at home. Building modern roads and driving modern cars is not the end all and be all of progress. Good road manners and adherence to road discipline are equally important.” –Prime minister Manmohan Singh in Bangalore […]

Maharashtra

Belated wisdom

With a swelling tide of children fleeing its free Marathi medium to fee-charging English-medium schools, the Maharashtra government’s state education ministry — as its counterpart in Karnataka — is belatedly admitting the historical error of excessive language chauvinism. In early June it issued a government resolution (GR) introducing written English as the second […]

EducationWorld deserves the thanks of all people across the country for your cover story ‘50 Leaders Re-shaping Indian Education’ (EW June). At a time in the nation’s history when there is much despair about India’s education system — especially our non-performing government schools — your feature story offers hope that there are at least 50 people […]

The massive 10 percent increase in the prices of petrol (Rs.4) and diesel (Rs.2) decreed by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on June 6 is certain to send an inflationary surge through the Indian economy.

The stated rationale for raising automotive fuel prices is the high price of crude oil in the international marketplace, […]

There’s a curiously schizophrenic attitude in Indian society about the fact that this nation hosts the world’s youngest population. A mind-boggling 415 million Indians are children (less than 18 years of age), and 540 million citizens are youth less than 25. To understand these numbers in their proper perspective, one should bear in mind that […]