Category: Education

Inside the curriculum and outside the curriculum! Secondary schools, at least in the most resourceful ones, must be open-minded, open to new ideas and new experiments. Outside the curriculum, a range of activities, from good libraries, high quality journals to travels and visits to historic sites and even foreign countries and also extra-curricular activities like…

Meet Padmashri Prof.Jalees A.K.Tareen! Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry Central University A dynamic personality, driven by a strong-willed vision and an optimistic outlook! Such a personality is rare indeed in today’s academic world. Prof.Tareen is one such rare individual. He is now serving out his end of the term incumbent role of Vice-Chancellor. But he would be…

Change Kapil Sibal from education! Create two ministers, for education and the Universities! No one Indian university in the world’s top 100 universities, you know? Yet, no one, let alone the Prime Minister or others mention this disgraceful fact anywhere. Not even in the numerous convocation addresses! Indian character is notorious to talk smooth, indulge…

What is happening in education? Or for that matter in his new assignment, telecom? We need a healthy debate in education! Why, even on sports, culture and media etc.! There is a hell of a noise and much on the coming cricket cup series and already much money and much hype are made of the…

Says Nobel Prize economist Paul Krugman! Education for all? Yes! But only at the elementary and secondary levels, may be! Higher education for all? No, not needed! Education in India is now an obsession with all classes. The rich seeks it for status. The middle classes die for it. The poor are arm-twisted by middle…

Radio tags to Indian students shows American culture’s limitations! It is an insult not just to Indian youngsters but also to the rest of the world. An insult to human dignity and a lack of decency and much else in general American behaviour. So, after all America is a very different country and culture? Yes,…

Lack of direction, lack of leadership! This generation’s education is changing! It is a challenging task also! Education debate in the country is still narrow. Narrow focused. It is all about everyone getting educated. There is a new awareness across all classes and all communities that an education, in the English medium is the best…

What is happening in education? Or for that matter in his new assignment, telecom? We need a healthy debate in education! Why, even on sports, culture and media etc.! There is a hell of a noise and much on the coming cricket cup series and already much money and much hype are made of the…