Study released last week by the Confederation of Indian Industry calls for raising the allocation for India's education sector to 6% of GDP to meet global standards.
With limited seats in govt universities, parents are spending lakhs on private institutions. Some are choosing the latter for its better facilities & infra despite the financial strain.
The real challenge for governance professionals in India is to design systems that ensure transparency and fair play while delivering intended outcomes.
The Delhi launch of ‘The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India’ by Prof R Govinda was a layered discussion on historical failures and troubling trends in education.
The New Education Policy seeks to transform the Indian education system into ‘Bharatiya shiksha pranali’. It offers holistic development but also preserves Indian languages and culture.
To provide an all-around education, schools should be financially independent and beyond the pale of direct government control, free to innovate and keep education alive.
Huge tuition fees and increased living costs in major urban centers where these desirable educational institutes are located are segregating student bodies along caste and class lines.
Various skill bridge institutes will end up pairing with NEP accredited institutes to provide credits for courses completed by an individual over a large time window.
In draft proposal released on 13 April, UGC laid down topics & rules based on which higher education institutions are required to create & provide curriculum on Indian Knowledge Systems.
When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
Well said. Not just policy makers and educationists even the larger citizenry (inclusive of parents and students) of our nation needs to ruminate on this.
Well said. Not just policy makers and educationists even the larger citizenry (inclusive of parents and students) of our nation needs to ruminate on this.