A deadly strain of the corruption virus is debilitating Indian academia. Mind-boggling reports of apex level academic corruption from every state of India’s sub-continental landmass are beginning to register on the collective conscious. Dilip Thakore reports
Having developed resistance and immunity for decades within its shady groves, a deadly strain of the corruption virus is sweeping Indian academia. […]
India’s showpiece six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are very much in the news these days for all the wrong reasons. Union HRD minister Arjun Singh is hell-bent upon ensuring that 27 percent of the annual intake of each IIM is reserved for OBC (other backward classes/castes) from this academic year starting July, and his […]
Maximum City by Suketu Mehta; Penguin Group; Price: Rs.395; 584 pp
Although it debuted almost two years ago in India, this magnum opus penned by New York-based writer-journalist Suketu Mehta over a period of three years during which he relocated to the city of his youth, is still being discussed in the drawing rooms and social circuits of […]
Equal Education for All Odyssey (contd.)EducationWorld‚s special correspondent Srinidhi Raghavendra is on a five-month, 25,000 km motorcycle odyssey to highlight the importance of equal access to quality education. In January he traversed the Hindi heartland states of north IndiaEducationworld‚s special correspondent Srinidhi Raghavendra together with Kishore Patwardhan under the aegis of Borderless Bikers, Bangalore is […]
Even as India has emerged as a global flashpoint for housing the world’s largest number of AIDS infected people and a shocking report of the Union government indicates that 53 percent of children are subjected to sexual abuse, several states have banned sex education even in senior school. Summiya Yasmeen reports
Sexual hypocrisy is la vice de l’ Inde. In […]
– Kavita Mukhi, Mumbai-based eco-nutritionist and director of Conscious Food
AlthoughI pride myself on being self-sufficient and independent, the simple but simultaneously intricate art of cooking I learnt rather late in life (and am still trying to perfect), because I was lucky to have a mother who is an excellent cook. She can single-handedly rustle up […]
Letter from London
Localised expansion option
Recently there has been a rash of reports in the media highlighting novel ways in which universities are ramping up student enrollments and advertising their study courses. Several newspapers played up a British universities scholarship scheme for Indian students under which thousands of Indian students are expected to compete for […]
It is arguable that one of the major causes of the abysmal learning outcomes which is a defining characteristic of Indian education is the low self-esteem and poor social standing of the teachers’ community. Uninspiring teacher training curriculums, grudging pay packages, overcrowded classrooms and unsupportive environments apart, the country’s 5.5 million academics tend to be islands […]
In February this year, a federal judge ruled that former Ohio state running back Maurice Clarett was eligible for the NFL (National Football League) draft, and that the league‚s rule stating a player must be out of high school three years before being drafted was a violation of anti-trust laws. This ruling could clear the […]
Your Counsellor RepliesI would like to pursue a career in visual merchandising. Please advise.Sashikant Jagtap, MumbaiVisual merchandising is integral to the booming textiles and fashion industry. However there are hardly any specialised study programmes in this field in India. Currently visual merchandisers tend to be graduates of fine arts colleges. The ubiquitous BFA (bachelor of […]
Improved trade relations between Japan and India, multiplying Indo-Japanese joint ventures and an upsurge in Japanese FDI have created a plethora of career options for those fluent in this languageIn this newly emergent global economy, where cross-border networking and business alliances are becoming commonplace, and globe-trotting for business and pleasure has become routine, there are […]
At the start of summer every year, parents and teachers agonise over preparing students for exams. And recently in some quarters, there has been growing concern about enabling students to cope with exam failure or to altogether avoid the stigma of having failed in school. But, in the midst of such concerns, little thought has […]
A final year fine arts student of Delhi’s well-known Jamia Milia Islamia University (JMI), Tabrez Hassan Ansari is on cloud nine following the inclusion of his oil canvas titled Women-I in the 79th All India Art Exhibition 2007. Staged in early March by the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, the exhibition was inaugurated by eminent artist […]
Education in general and higher education in particular, is the prerequisite of social and economic development. It‚s because this linkage has been proven beyond doubt that every country is now pouring money into education. To their credit the industrial nations of the first world became aware of this linkage almost a century ago, and are […]
Perhaps the most distinguishing characteristic of Fr Agnel Multipurpose School, Mumbai which sets it as a school apart, is its conviction that supplementary technical and life skills education is a vital ingredient of secondary schooling
Now on the threshold of celebrating its silver jubilee, the K-XII Fr Agnel Multipurpose School, (FAMS, estb. 1982) […]
A spanking new state-of-the-art Kingfisher Training Academy (KTA) sited in Mumbai, is all set to launch training programmes to prepare India’s youth for new-age, fast growth careers in the retail, hospitality, aviation and customer service sectors. The academy boasts contemporary training infrastructure, course modules based on evolving industry demands, and a trained and qualified faculty committed […]
They said it in April”If I go to my district, I cannot talk globalisation to people. Their worry is about getting their children to school, about health care and power‚¦ Let‚s ensure that globalisation reaches the 300 million people who live on less than a dollar per day.” — Kamal Nath, Union minister for commerce […]
Delhi
Controls regimen for international schools
Twenty-first century India’s economic liberalisation and deregulation experiment is now over 15 years old. But officials of the Union HRD (human resource develop-ment) ministry seem unaware of this revolutionary development. They continue to tighten the already tight regime of licences, permits, rules, regulations and quotas on institutions of education.
Now […]
Thank you for your insightful cover story ‘Budget 2007-08: Illusory bonanza for Indian education’ (EW April). You have done a signal public service by exposing the hollow claim of finance minister P.C. Chidambaram that he has made huge outlays for agriculture and education in the Central budget presented recently to Parliament. After reading your cover story it […]
The thinly veiled warning given to the judiciary on April 9 by prime minister Manmohan Singh that “the dividing line between judicial activism and judicial over-reach is a thin one” and should not be crossed, followed by chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishna’s cool response to the effect that tension between Parliament and the judiciary […]
Cavalier disregard for institutional development is a distinguishing characteristic of post-independence India. Almost every institution which we inherited from our erstwhile masters or promoted in the can-do first flush years after political freedom was wrested from Westminster, is in danger of collapse. For instance instead of being an orderly forum for informed debate, Parliament has […]
Ranked among America’s best liberal arts institutions and “happiest” college by the Princeton Review, Vassar College, USA was an exclusive women’s college until 1969 when it went co-ed
Sited on a sprawling 1,000 acre campus in lower New York state, Vassar College, USA is among America’s most prestigious and high-profile […]
A template for government-funded education Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools In a society where government managed schools are synonymous with ramshackle infrastructure, truant teachers and poor learning ... 
Lesser known martial art forms of India Learning a martial art form is the best way to learn self-defence and also maintain fitness. Martial arts imbibe in ... 
St. Xavier’s College Kolkata to start 3 new PG courses in bio-sciences Mita Mukherjee St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata has decided to introduce three new postgraduate courses in biological sciences from this year ... 
Maharashtra: New upper and lower limits for pre-primary to class I admissions The Maharashtra government has set new age criteria for children seeking admissions to nursery, junior and senior kindergarten and class I ... 
