Named after the founder-chairman of the Hero Group, Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal (1923-2015), BML Munjal University, Gurugram (BMU, estb. 2014) provides its 2,700 students a world-class and innovative teaching-learning and research environment. Promoted by the Hero Group — the world’s largest producers of bicycles and automotive two wheelers (scooters; motorcycles) whose various CSR initiatives have […]
India’s biggest problem is bridging the skills gap for job creation at scale. The country’s GDP can grow to Rs.400 lakh crore, if its working-age population is employed
With a GDP of Rs.300 lakh crore and 6.5 percent growth forecast — making the country the fastest growing economy globally — India is adding 12 million youth […]
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Strong winds of change are indeed sweeping over Indian education. Samuel Fraser of ISC Research is right in his comment that “NEP […]
For most people including educators, the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for K-12 education — last presented to the nation in 2005 — is what the apocryphal elephant was to the seven blind men of Hindoostan. As our indefatigable Managing Editor, Summiya Yasmeen discovered in parleys with over three dozen educators — principals, teachers, education consultants […]
Did you know you have more than 600 muscles in your body? These muscles help you move, lift things, pump blood through your body, and even help you breathe.
Adequate muscles are essential for optimal health throughout life. In today’s digital age, children and young adults spend more time indoors, have bad postures, poor dietary habits […]
The management of Seth M.R Jaipuria schools routinely organise its annual Jaipuria Leadership Program (JLP) for all its school principals. The Leadership Program is an intensive two-day professional learning opportunity to help school leaders reflect on their practices, explore successful school improvement models, and learn research-based techniques to advance teaching-learning in classrooms.
2023 marks the 8th […]
With a 13-member National Steering Committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan giving final touches to the NCFSE, EW invited several eminent school leaders to share their great and small expectations writes Summiya Yasmeen
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Rashid Sharfuddin
Headmaster, SelaQui International School, Dehradun
An alum of Delhi and Bath (UK) universities, Rashid Sharfuddin is headmaster, SelaQui International School, Dehradun. It is ranked among India’s Top 10 co-ed boarding schools in EWISR 2022-23.
I expect NCFSE 2023 to provide robust and detailed guidelines to schools countrywide to improve learning outcomes and equip children with […]
Kinjal Gajera
Trustee, Gajera Group, Surat
Kinjal Gajera is the trustee of the Surat-based Gajera Trust. The trust manages 18 schools including the flagship Gajera Global School, Surat, three undergrad colleges, and an orphanage.
Practical, hands-on learning which develops children’s knowledge application, collaboration and problem-solving skills, is a blindspot of K-12 education. I hope NCFSE will advise […]
Siddharth Singh
Director, Emerald Heights International School, Indore
An alum of Stony Brook University, USA, Siddharth Singh is director of the Emerald Heights International School, Indore, ranked India’s #1 co-ed day-cum-boarding school in the latest EWISRA 2022-23.
Social and emotional well-being is the prerequisite of academic success. But unfortunately in most schools across the country, social and […]
Arunabh Singh
Director, Nehru World School, Ghaziabad
A Delhi University and King’s College, London alum, Dr. Arunabh Singh is director of the CBSE and Cambridge-affiliated Nehru World School, ranked Ghaziabad’s #1 co-ed day school in the EW India School Rankings 2022-23.
NEP 2020 has mandated “multidisciplinary” and “holistic education across the sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, and […]
Sachin Vats
Founder-director, Gurukul The School, Ghaziabad
Sachin Vats is founder-director of the CBSE-affiliated Gurukul The School, Ghaziabad which has 2,700 students and 250 teachers on its muster rolls.
NEP 2020 has mandated continuation of children learning in three languages in their school years. I am hoping the new national curriculum framework will advise state governments and […]
Mansoor Khan
Co-founder, DPS Schools, Bengaluru/ Mysuru
Mansoor Ali Khan is co-founder/director of five K-12 DPS schools in Bengaluru and Mysuru (Karnataka) and School of India, Bengaluru. Currently, these schools host an aggregate 30,000 students.
I hope the new NCFSE will suggest how best to empower and enable the nation’s teachers. The framework should give teachers the […]
Bharat Malik
Chairman, Arya Gurukul Group, Mumbai
Bharat Malik is the Mumbai-based chairman of the Education Today Foundation. It manages the Arya Gurukul Group of primary-secondary schools and preschools. Malik is also a founding member of the National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA).
The prolonged lockdown of education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the critical importance of […]
Nafeesa Ahmed
Director, Presidency Group of Institutions, Bengaluru
An alumna of Bangalore and London universities, Nafeesa Ahmed is director of the Bangalore-based Presidency Group of education institutions, comprising eight K-12 schools, three colleges and the Presidency University, Bengaluru.
I expect the new NCFSE and NCF to be properly aligned with the 5+3+3+4 school structure proposed in NEP […]
Nishi Misra
Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior
An alumna of Allahabad University with valuable teaching and admin experience in several top-ranked schools including Sherwood, Nainital and former headmistress of Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar, Nishi Misra is principal of the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, ranked India’s #1 girls boarding school in the EW India School Rankings […]
Praveen Raju
Founder-director, Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad
Praveen Raju is founder-director of the CBSE (Delhi) and Cambridge International (UK)-affiliated Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad (estb.2011), which has over 1,500 children and 120 teachers on its muster rolls.
With primary school enrolment at an all-time high of 98 percent, it’s time for national focus to shift from ‘education for all’ to […]
Mukesh Sharma
Director, Prometheus School, Noida
An alumnus of BITS-Pilani and the University of Colorado, Boulder (USA), Mukesh Sharma is a tech entrepreneur (QA Infotech Pvt. Ltd) and promoter of the Cambridge and IB-affiliated Prometheus School, Noida (estb.2019) and also c0-founder and trustee of Plaksha University, Mohali.
It’s very important that all children countrywide receive digitally-enabled K-12 […]
Ashish Gulati
Vice-Chairman, Blue Bells Group of Schools, Gurugram
Ashish Gulati is vice-chairman of the Blue Bells Group of Schools comprising five schools and preschools in Gurugram with over 3,700 children and 350 faculty.
I expect the NCFSE to provide guidelines to all schools countrywide to introduce new pedagogies that enable active student engagement, experiential learning, […]
Swoyan Satyendu
COO, ODM Educational Group, Bhubaneswa
Swoyan Satyendu is chief operating officer of the Bhubaneswar-based ODM Educational Group, which includes ODM Public School, ODM Kids World preschool chain, ODM School of Advanced Learning (test prep), among other education institutions.
Against the backdrop of a rising number of Indian students aspiring to study abroad and the recent […]
Devyani Jaipuria
Pro vice-chairperson, DPS Sector 45, Gurgaon
Devyani Jaipuria is pro vice-chairperson of Delhi Public School, Jaipur, DPS Sector 45, Gurgaon and DPS International, Gurgaon.
NEP 2020 mandates a complete overhaul of India’s primary-secondary education system. I am looking forward to the new NCFSE and NCF as a whole to provide guidelines to India’s 1.5 […]
Pooja Taparia
Founder, Arpan, Mumbai
Pooja Taparia is founder and chief executive of Arpan, a Mumbai-based award-winning NGO providing child sexual abuse prevention and intervention advisories to children and adults.
I am hopeful that the new national curriculum framework will give high importance to sexual abuse prevention and personal safety education. It should provide clear guidelines to […]
Dr. Hanif Kanjer
Founder director, Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai
An alum of Tuck Business School, Dartmouth College (USA) and London Business School, Dr. Hanif Kanjer is founder director, Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College, Mumbai.
I expect NCFSE to encourage active rather than passive learning countrywide. Today, the teaching-learning is teacher-led. This needs to change. […]
Dr. Deepak Madhok
Chairman, Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions, Varanasi
Dr. Deepak Madhok is chairman of the Varanasi-based Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions (SGEI) which includes six CBSE-affiliated Sunbeam schools in Varanasi, 17 associate schools under the franchise model in UP, two women’s arts and science colleges, and a free-of-charge vocational training school for underprivileged children. […]
Shishir Jaipuria
Chairman, Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions
Shishir Jaipuria is chairman of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions which comprise 19 schools, five preschools, two B-schools and a teacher training academy with a total of 20,000 students. Also chairman of FICCI ARISE (Alliance for Reimagining School Education).
NEP 2020 has mandated that […]
Lt. Gen. Arjun Ray
CEO, Indus Trust
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Arjun Ray, PVSM, VSM is chief executive and managing director of the Indus Trust (regstd.2001). Over the past two decades the trust has promoted the IB (Geneva)-affiliated Indus International Schools in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune which host an aggregate 2,900 children from over 30 countries.
Entrepreneurial skills. […]
Although finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seems to have pleased India Inc with her Budget 2023-24 tax and spend proposals, following a long and negligent tradition of North Block, Delhi, she has paid scant attention to the education sector writes Dilip Thakore
Primary school children in Karnataka: scant attention
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Even if they read the tragic story of Rajendra Tukaram Chavan, a Nashik (Maharashtra)-based farmer who travelled 70 km to the Solapur APMC (Agriculture Produce Marketing Centre) to sell 512 kg of painstakingly grown onions, readers of this top-selling daily — (ToI, 24/2) — overwhelmingly indifferent, urban middle class citizens — are unlikely to lose […]
There’s a deep and deepening sickness within middle class India. It is prompting this 300 million-strong and growing class to speed like demented lemmings towards self-destruction. Whenever an individual of Indian origin makes it big abroad — as in the latest case of Ajay Banga, former CEO of Mastercard, selected by US President Joe Biden […]
It’s well established that British rule over India began with the victory of Robert Clive, manager of a trading outpost (‘factory’) of the East India Company in the Battle of Plassey (1757). At Plassey 3,000 Brit and Indian troops hired to provide security to the factory, defeated the 50,000-strong army of Siraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal. […]
UK government departments have been asked to set out their position on student visa reforms. The Home Office is pressing for restrictions, with opposition to post-study work limitations said to be coming from an array of departments including the Treasury.
The Times reports that Indian origin Suella Braverman, the home secretary, has proposed reducing the time […]
POLITICS, ETHICS AND THE SELF: RE-READING GANDHI’S HIND SWARAJ
Rajeev Bhargava
Routledge
Rs.1,595 Pages 370
The views of several pundits and distinguished scholars are included in this compendium which revisits Mahatma Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj
Hind Swaraj is one of those key texts published in the 20th century, which on the one hand, was denounced by many critics, […]
Gautam adani: reimagining business in india & the world
R.N. Bhaskar
PENGUIN
Rs.699 Pages 311
One hopes that this biography will persuade the citizenry into believing that 21st century India needs 1,000×2 As (Ambani & Adani) to fulfill its full potential
This is a timely, well-researched and engagingly written biography on this eponymous business tycoon who since […]
“Good job you!” shouts Pauline Bika, as a group of schoolchildren completes the hokey-cokey. “Good job me!” choruses her class. Bika runs a small government primary school in Edo state, in southern Nigeria. It is reached by a mud track that starts not far outside Benin city, the state capital. Her school has 140 pupils, […]
The majority of Afghanistan’s private universities face imminent closure, with their incomes having plunged following the Taliban’s decision to ban women from higher education. The country’s union of private universities said in December that the ban could force 35 out of 140 institutions with 70,000 female students on their rolls, to shutter doors. But academics […]
China has abruptly withdrawn its Covid-era endorsement of remotely delivered tertiary education. This order is likely to galvanise international enrolments in Western countries while straining university admissions services, visa processing and flight and housing availability.
Beijing authorities have reversed a 2020 rule change that allowed for the local accreditation of degrees and higher education diplomas taught […]
American public universities are fighting new attempts to allow guns on campuses, with conservative state lawmakers undeterred by research data and clear opposition from institutional leaders.
The most recent instance involves West Virginia, where the state senate voted 29-4 in favour of legislation to let people bring firearms on to college and university campuses, despite opposition […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Pennsylvania (USA)-based Barbara ‘Bobbi’ KurshAn is senior innovations advisor of the UPenn Graduate School of Education’s Global Entrepreneurship & Innovation Certificate program. According to her, this is a pioneer online program for education leaders, administrators, edupreneurs, researchers and investors.
Newspeg. Last December, Kurshan was in Bengaluru to lead a two-day Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conclave […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Sneha Biswas is founder-CEO of the Bengaluru-based Early Steps Academy Pvt. Ltd (ESA, estb.2021). ESA is an ambitious education start-up that offers a unique after-school online programme modeled on Harvard-style case studies to children in the 8-18 years age group worldwide.
Backed by marquee global investors including Beenext (Singapore) and Taurus Ventures (US), […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Varun Jain is founder-CEO of the Bangalore-based Miles Education Pvt. Ltd (ME, estb.2011, head count: 600). Miles Ed is an an edtech company that provides undergrads and working professionals training — in hybrid mode — to acquire globally accepted accounting certification (CPA, CMA, CFA, FRM) of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants […]
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CBSE: All regional languages kept in minor subjects category for 1st term exams The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday clarified that all regional languages have been kept in the category ... 
