A nation that boasts of the world’s fourth-largest economy has been unable to bag a single Nobel Prize for nearly a decade, and has remained dry of any in sciences since independence.
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.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Simply because the history has shown that out of all the Noble prizes 1 Literature, 1 Physics), she received and was to be kept in her safekeeping , 50% ( 1 Literature) is lost ( stolen and not recovered till today). So the (Noble) committee thinks that what’s point in giving if they can’t keep it safely.
First things first. As a society, we need to cultivate a generation of minds who are open to inquiry and reasoning. This would enable young students to learn subjects like science and math in a more sustainable manner rather than just flooding oneself with raw information which is what our schools generally expect. Consequently, those who want to make it big in theoretical research are pushed to move abroad. It’s a shame that we’ve come down to this in a matter of the past five decades even though we once had stalwarts like Prof CR Rao, Prof Mahalonibis, Prof Amal Raychaudhuri etc.
What a stupid EFFING question.Who are they gonna give it to in this environment.I can only think of a few names…
modi,amit shah,yogi,mohan bhagwat,nadda,rajnath,jaishankar and sitaraman.They are ALL” deserving candidates.”
Simply because the history has shown that out of all the Noble prizes 1 Literature, 1 Physics), she received and was to be kept in her safekeeping , 50% ( 1 Literature) is lost ( stolen and not recovered till today). So the (Noble) committee thinks that what’s point in giving if they can’t keep it safely.
First things first. As a society, we need to cultivate a generation of minds who are open to inquiry and reasoning. This would enable young students to learn subjects like science and math in a more sustainable manner rather than just flooding oneself with raw information which is what our schools generally expect. Consequently, those who want to make it big in theoretical research are pushed to move abroad. It’s a shame that we’ve come down to this in a matter of the past five decades even though we once had stalwarts like Prof CR Rao, Prof Mahalonibis, Prof Amal Raychaudhuri etc.
What a stupid EFFING question.Who are they gonna give it to in this environment.I can only think of a few names…
modi,amit shah,yogi,mohan bhagwat,nadda,rajnath,jaishankar and sitaraman.They are ALL” deserving candidates.”