EducationWorld September 04

Kruttika Nadig (16) is now numbered in the long list of internationally acclaimed Indian chess players, following the award of a bronze medal in the Asian under-16 Girls Chess championship at Tehran (Iran) earlier this year to her. “I learnt to play chess when I was eight, basically as a summer-time leisure activity. My mom taught […]

Frameworks for raising learning standardsLionel CranenburghIf a revolution to raise learning standards is to occur in India it won‚t be because of commissions, new governments or politicians but due to the efforts of visionary teachers and principals. Unfortunately no single group has had more opportunity to raise education standards across the board than teachers and […]

Promoted in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee celebrations, this ancient university has metamorphosed into New Zealand’s most prestigious institution of higher education

Situated down under in Lord of the Rings country, the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) is one of New Zealand’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Promoted in 1897 by an Act of Parliament to commemorate […]

Due to the commitment of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Society, Dilkhush, a complex of education institutions for the mentally challenged has survived for more than three decades despite numerous adversities

It is the second oldest school for special children in Mumbai. Located in an old style bungalow in Juhu, a western suburb […]

With 317 universities and 15,000 plus colleges India has the world’s second largest higher education system. But a recent study confirms the worst fears of educationists — that the performance of this huge academic system lags behind many smaller countries, particularly in science and research. In the ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities 2003’ conducted by the […]

Athena Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers, a Mumbai-based firm licenced by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) offers comprehensive advice relating to appropriate customised insurance coverage incorporating hospitalisation, personal accidents, loss of baggage and tuition fees due to non-attendance of classes to outward bound students.

“There are a number of insurance products offered by […]

Uttar Pradesh

Deadly student politics

Even as posters and buntings are springing up in Lucknow University in preparation for the Lucknow University Student Union (LUSU) elections scheduled for end September — as in politics in India’s most populous Hindi heartland state so also in student politics — the one qualification that’s common to most candidates […]

The cover story on the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (EW August) was well-researched and balanced. The feature brought into focus a tried and tested model of delivering quality rural education at a modest invest-ment.

It’s a pity that successive governments at the Centre have chosen to remain tight lipped when it comes to bestowing praise upon this […]

The as yet unresolved Common Entrance Test (CET) imbroglio in Karnataka has caused untold misery to students aspiring to enroll in medical, dental and engineering colleges in the state. It has inspired unprecedented chaos, confusion, anguish and even the suicide of several students and once again highlights the importance of extending the logic of economic […]

Open letter to the Prime MinisterBittu SahgalThis is an appeal for reason. for many years people who have asked for the protection of our natural heritage have been written off as ‚Ëœobstacles to development‚. Under your charge it is my hope that a national consensus can be reached on what constitutes real development for India. […]