The utter rout of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) in the recently concluded legislative assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively, is clear proof that contrary to popular punditry, abatement, if not elimination, of corruption in government is a live and important issue in Indian politics. […]
The Congress-led UPA-II government’s self-appraisal document Report to the People 2010–11, released in New Delhi on May 22 to celebrate the second anniversary of its second term in office, trumpets that under its watch, “our economy has enjoyed an unprecedented 8.5 percent annual growth” during the period 2004-05 to 2010-11, and claims “one of our thrust […]
As chairman, on behalf of Bhoomi Education Trust and Bhoomi Public School, I’d like to comment on your lead features in the May issue. The cover story (‘Azim Premji University: Exemplary gift to Indian education’) and special report (‘RTE Act, 2009: First anniversary status report’) were timely and well-presented. Both stories should serve as eye […]
A mechanical engineering graduate of IIT-Kharagpur and a member of the elite Indian Police Service (IPS), Amitabh Thakur is the Meerut-based superintendent of police (Economic Offences Wing), Uttar Pradesh. A socially-conscious top-rank police officer, Thakur is also founder-president of the National Right to Information Act Foundation and Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, […]
Lily, who is three-and-a-half, loves her nursery school in Queens, a borough of New York. Her mother calls her the sponge because every day she comes home with new nuggets of knowledge. But not every child is as lucky as Lily. A new report by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) shows that […]
It’s pre-eminently arguable that the administrative and management responsibilities of school principals and headmasters are more onerous than of managing directors and chief executives of business enterprises. Unlike corporate chiefs who lead teams of adults trained to do their jobs, school heads are obliged to deal with sensitive children of all ages venturing forth into […]
One corner of a foreign field is becoming forever England. It is in Johor on the southernmost tip of peninsular Malaysia, opposite Singapore. At a site called Nusajaya, workmen are finishing a new campus of Newcastle University. Nearby foundations are being dug for Southampton University. And down the road Marlborough College, one of Englands most […]
The perennially beleaguered Pune-based Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) — the countrys premier film production, direction, cinematography, and sound recording training institute (estb.1960) — is back in the news. High-profile and well-respected film director Saeed Akhtar Mirza has been appointed president of the FTII Society and chairman of its governing council, an appointment […]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot; Pan Books; Price: Rs.325; 431 ppIn early 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman who had once been a tobacco farmer in Virginia, was treated for highly aggressive cervical cancer at the free coloured ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland. She died an excruciating […]
The overwhelming victory of Mamata Banerjees Trinamool Congress, which won 227 of the West Bengal legislative assemblys 294 seats (with its ally the Congress party winning 63) in the recently (May 13) concluded assembly election, has been followed up with a good start by the new government which ended 34 years of uninterrupted rule of […]
The most satisfying outcome of the recently concluded legislative assembly elections in five states across the country, is the utter rout of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in West Bengal, which the comrades party had continuously ruled for 34 years — the longest tenure in office of any communist party in a genuinely democratic […]
The stunning landslide victory of the J. Jayalalithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) alliance in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections, whose result was announced on May 13, has been widely welcomed by the academic community in this southern seaboard state (pop. 72 million) which prides itself for its high literacy (80 percent) […]
Dr. K.B. Kushal is the regional director (west) of the Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) College Committee which manages over 700 educational institutions countrywide. These include private and grants-in-aid schools, colleges, and professional education and research institutes. A postgrad in sociology and philosophy with a doctorate in English literature from Amritsars Guru Nanak Dev University, Kushal […]
One of the defining characteristics of the sputtering Indian education system is to launch enterprises of great pith and moment whose currents are allowed to run awry because of implementation failure. A live example are Karnatakas 394 Shri Morarji Desai and 114 Rani Chennamma Residential schools, promoted to provide free-of-charge class VI-X education to scheduled […]
“Liberal education is not some fusty notion about reading good books, but is rather an important investment in the future. India will be a fairer and more productive society if more students graduate with not only a set of specific skills but also a liberal arts-inspired capacity to acquire new ones.”
Arthur Dudney, an American […]
Goa
English medium row
Reacting to the May 25 decision of the state government to allow English (together with Konkani and Marathi) as media of instruction in schools, the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) likened the Congress-led Digambar Kamat government to the state’s former Portuguese rulers “who tried to finish local culture by displacing local languages”.
Addressing a […]
Top policy makers, educationists and corporates attended the Indian Education Congress 2011, convened in New Delhi on April 22-23. The event was organised by Franchise India and presented by the S. Chand Group with KPMG as knowledge partner.The Indian Education Congress is an initiative by Franchise India which recognises the need to think boldly and […]
Eighty-two school-leavers tutored by the Perungudi (Chennai)-based Everonn Toppers — a division of Everonn Education Ltd, Indias second largest publicly listed education company — have qualified for admission into the countrys 15 prestigious IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) following their success in the IIT-JEE (joint entrance examination) 2011, written by 472,000 students across the country, […]
Universal Learn Today (ULT) Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Living Media Ltd (publisher of India Today, Business Today etc) and promoter of the Vasant Valley School, Delhi and Educomp Infrastructure and School Management Ltd (EISML), a subsidiary of the Delhi-based Educomp Solutions Ltd (ESL), have concluded an agreement to jointly establish Vasant Valley schools across […]
On April 10, Tanya Narula (24), a final year fashion design student of the Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF), Delhi (affiliated with the Nottingham University, UK), received the coveted Wills Lifestyle Debut Award of the Fashion Design Council of India. Tanyas all-white collection of traditional texured phoolkari with beads and laser cuts, embellished with gold […]
With online media becoming increasingly important for corporates whose target customers are tweeting and chatting on digital networks, new career options have emerged in social media marketingThe worldwide digital and internet revolution has opened up never-before career options for the growing number of tech-savvy youth countrywide. Suddenly theres a slew of new career options including […]
Since Im not keen on enroling in an MBA or chartered accountancy programme after acquiring a B.Com degree next year, what higher study options do you recommend?Cecilia DSouza, Panjim
You could read for an M.com degree and follow it up by writing UGCs National Eligibility Test (NET) to qualify as a college lecturer. Alternat-ively you […]
Air Commodore (Retd.) Farooq H. Kiyani is the principal of Lawrence College, Ghora Gali (LCGG), Murree (Pakistan). An alumnus of Leeds University, UK, Kiyani signed up with the education branch of the Pakistan Air Force in 1968 and graduated to the position of director, and subsequently commandant of the Air Force Cadet College in his […]
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