Reforms, announced under ‘Kota Cares’ initiative launched last yr, aim to create a holistic ecosystem for students & have been developed through extensive stakeholder consultations.
Maharashtra’s plan to mainstream rural education by merging small schools into bigger clusters could open up a brave new world— but it could also push some students to the fringes.
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If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, and trained animals to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma...
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Kota must grow out of this coaching industry mindset.
The rat race for IITs and NEET serves no one – neither the aspiring students nor these hallowed institutions. Such coaching centres simply result in low IQ people (but very hardworking) flooding these reputed institutes and there y bringing down the quality of these institutions in the long run. Almost all IIT professors lament that the quality of talent they get nowadays is nowhere near what it used to be two decades ago.
Kota, in effect, has become a cuss word denoting students as muggers. Successful IIT candidates from Kota coaching centre are loathe to admit the same in public. They hide the fact that they have undertaken coaching classes at Kota centres simply because they are immediately tagged as muggers – people who rote learn rather than understand concepts.
Kota must grow out of this coaching industry mindset.
The rat race for IITs and NEET serves no one – neither the aspiring students nor these hallowed institutions. Such coaching centres simply result in low IQ people (but very hardworking) flooding these reputed institutes and there y bringing down the quality of these institutions in the long run. Almost all IIT professors lament that the quality of talent they get nowadays is nowhere near what it used to be two decades ago.
Kota, in effect, has become a cuss word denoting students as muggers. Successful IIT candidates from Kota coaching centre are loathe to admit the same in public. They hide the fact that they have undertaken coaching classes at Kota centres simply because they are immediately tagged as muggers – people who rote learn rather than understand concepts.