Our education status today! Many of us, why, even the majority of us, as a society are not, or don’t make, an open society, right? By this, what do we mean? See the recent controversy that broke out over the making of an indigenous vaccine for e.g. Covid 19. Discovering an India made vaccine must…
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PIEDMONTESE NOBILITY : PRESERVE OF GENTLEMEN’S CLUBS
By KAUSTAV BHATTACHARYYA “The House of Savoy which led the Unification movement of Italy became the ruling dynasty of Italy and ended up being the prime kingdom from 1861 until 1946. In 1946 the Monarchy was abolished in Italy. The affiliation with the House of Savoy bestowed upon the Piedmontese ‘Nobility’ a special prestige and…
How to shape our common future?
What education can do?Our school education needs a fresh vision and a new common initiative This School Journal was founded in a village school many decades ago. Thanks to two, why, three American volunteers, one from the Quakers, two from John Kennedy’s American Peace Corps. It was started as a newsletter, metamorphosed into several versions and shapes and…
Indian higher education in a big handicap
Indian youngsters pay heavily for our own inactionMass higher education has lowered standards!This has led to education as the “For Profit education industry growth” only! SAT-the great game! A blessing or a curse? Big money plays a bigger scam! Is this a great train robbery or a great training robbery? Education has become a great…
Why are students on protests and agitations?
Yes, it is a fact of great significance that the students, those who had left schools and joined colleges are easily taken to protests and agitations. It is a question no one asks, we mean educationists and thinkers and anyone who thinks he or she is of some mental caliber, should be themselves capable of…
Making New Education Policy! For how long?
The Union Minister for Human Resources has informed the Rajya Sabha that the department has received more than two lakh suggestions on the proposed New Education Policy (NEP) and the same are being examined. The Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal has also stated that the Ministry has also consulted all the state education ministers, besides secretaries and…
Indian education at the crossroads
More Indian students still go abroad for higher educationWhen will the foreign students come to India for education? How are our freedoms and creative energies threatened? Our universities, seniors and intellectuals are failing the common man. As I type these lines, I see on the TV screen, scenes of protest by JNU students in Delhi…
Latest UNICEF report on stunted children gives much cause for concern
The Abhijit Banerjee trio winning this years’ Nobel Prize for economics gives hope From the multiple challenges that the children face today! And India faces these multiple challenges with this year’s UNICEF report’s dire warning to India in particular. The children under five are the most affected in the world and India doesn’t stand out…