Established in 1881 as a liberal arts college which has morphed into a composite university, this pioneer institution enjoys an excellent reputation for providing high value education
One of the pioneer liberal arts private universities in the American hinterland, Drake University (estb. 1881) is sited in Des Moines, the capital of the farmland state of Iowa. Currently […]
There is a festive spirit abroad on the campus of Mumbai’s oldest liberal arts college- Wilson College, Mumbai- as it celebrates the 200th birth anniversary of its eponymous founder during the current academic year
In the heart of Mumbai’s upscale Marine Drive and fringing its famous Chowpatty sea face, stands the gothic brown and white stone building […]
The Family by Kitty Kelley; Bantam Press; Price: Rs.1,140; 704 pp
It’s axiomatic that the world’s most powerful, respected and envied if not admired, nations are democracies. For instance the United States of America. It is powerful because the majority of the people are supportive of the government. It is respected because its institutions of government are transparent […]
The headlines-grabbing former chief election commissioner T. N. Seshan, still remembered as the watchdog of political correctness who sent shivers down the collective spine (if any) of politicians during his tenure as CEC, is alive, well and now an educationist in his new avatar as chairman and dean of the MIT School of Government (MITSOG), […]
Punjabi diaspora transforms cheerful land of five riversLast year an estimated 130,200 foreign and 248,000 domestic tourists touched base with India‚s most prosperous state measured by per capita income and motorcar ownership The great Punjabi diaspora which has scattered the people of this land of five rivers to all parts of the globe ‚ USA, […]
Notwithstanding the overwhelming weight of informed academic opinion having turned against the varsity affiliation system, university managements across the country continue to expand the ambit of their operations by recklessly affiliating common and garden varieties of colleges with dubious and suspect antecedents. Vidya Pandit reports from Lucknow
Despite over two decades of debate since the National Policy on […]
One of the fastest growing industries in the new post liberalised Indian economy is the beauty and cosmetic products business. Most of the world’s major cosmetic companies including L’Oreal, Amway, Avon, Max Factor, Revlon among others have planted their flags in India and are giving the country’s top cosmetics company Lakme a run for its money.
Letter from London
Olympics euphoria
The weather in London has really heated up at last, just in time for the end of the academic year. There are plenty of things to think about in the last month of the break, not the least of which is the successful Olympics 2012 bid which cheered us up briefly before the terrorist […]
It is time for a new approach to high school, redesigning the American high school to one that challenges students and gives them new opportunities to transition to college or careers.
In the National Governors Association we have identified ten steps governors (and/ or state governments) can take to quickly put states on the path to […]
The winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service for this year is Dr. V. Shantha, executive chairperson of the Cancer Institute (CI) in Adyar, Chennai. The award presented to her by the Magsaysay Foundation on August 3, saluted her “untiring leadership of the Cancer Institute (Women’s Indian Association), a centre of excellence and compassion […]
Your Counsellor RepliesI‚m a class XI student and a regular reader of EducationWorld. I would like to join the Indian Air Force (IAF). Please advise.Mahesh Khupse, PokhrapurTo join the IAF you need to be admitted into the National Defence Academy (NDA) ‚ the ‚Ëœcradle of Indian military leadership‚ ‚ located in Khadakvasla, Pune. The academy […]
Respectable socially valued professionWith the number of people suffering from mental and emotional health problems having multiplied exponentially, career opportunities for trained psychiatrists are excellentIn contemporary high-pressure society where stress is ubiquitous, a growing number of people ‚ from teenagers to geriatrics ‚ are experiencing difficulty in managing and coping with competition, rejection, loneliness, changing […]
A special committee chaired by Union minister of state Kapil Sibal to give teeth to the Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2004 has recommended that 25 percent of pre-primary and class I students in India’s globally respected private schools should be from disadvantaged groups. Dilip Thakore reports
Submitted to the Union ministry of human resource development on June 30 […]
It’s yet another one of the many paradoxes of India that despite a massive (though not nearly enough) population of 5.5 million teachers I don’t recollect any serious career counselling/ guidance on how to become a teacher. I am disappointed with teaching myths and misinformation due to which career counsellors don’t encourage young people to enter this […]
Blessed with movie star looks, proven talent and the musical tradition of Gwalior’s Bangash gharana, sarod titan Amjad Ali Khan’s younger son Ayaan Ali Bangash seems all set to scale new heights in the world of instrumental classical music.
A self-confessed “average student” of Delhi’s Modern School, Ayaan Ali Bangash (26), says his passage through Delhi University […]
India’s feudal culture and nanny state have inflicted grave damage upon the education system. At the primary level, the problem is poor enrollment and high dropout rates; at the secondary stage, the system has mutated into a Darwinian struggle in which students and their parents are routinely hassled and humiliated by high-handed teachers and malevolent administrators. Higher […]
The B.M. Birla Science Centre (BMSC), Hyderabad, the University of Udine, Italy and the International Institute for Applicable Mathematics and Information Sciences invite applications for Masters in information technology and its Ph.D programme (with or without fellowships). The eligibility criteria for the Birla Science-Udine Master’s programme is a degree in engineering/ technology/ or any […]
They said it”If this is the attitude of the government‚¦ then wind up the courts and do whatever you want.”Chief justice of India R.C. Lahoti commenting on criticism over its recent order doing way with quotas in private professional colleges (August 22)”Let me say there can be a difference of opinion over the size of […]
Tamil Nadu
Violent reaction
The landmark August 12 judgement of the Supreme Court reaffirming the abolition of the policy of admission reservations and government quotas in private, unaided minority and non-minority professional colleges, has provoked a verbally violent reaction from the Tamil Nadu state government.
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has threatened to take the extreme […]
Congratulations to EducationWorld and Infosys for initiating the EW-Infosys Young Achievers Awards (EW August). It is befitting that two forward looking pioneer organisations have got together to recognise and encourage young talent across the country.
Though you sound surprised that Infosys provided the “sole affirmative reply” to EducationWorld’s proposal to institute the young achievers awards, I am not at […]
The passage of the national rural employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) by Parliament on August 23 has divided informed public opinion in the country right down the middle. On the one hand proponents of the Act believe this legislation which guarantees 100 days of employment at the minimum daily wage of Rs.60 to every rural […]
For several reasons August 2005 is likely to prove a watershed month in the history of Indian education. On August 12 in Inamdar vs. State of Maharashtra (Appeal 5041 of 2005) a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India upheld a previous judgement of an 11-judge bench of the apex court in T. M. […]
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Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale wins Global Teacher Prize 2020 A primary school teacher from India has today been named the winner of the USD 1-million annual Global Teacher Prize ... 
Chhattisgarh High Court grants bail to professor accused by JK Shah Classes -Dipta Joshi The Mumbai-headquartered private coaching institute, JK Shah Classes (JKSC) has received a setback in its case against rival ... 
