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…
Category: Education
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…
What is happening in education today?
Macaulay Ghost again!Let us not impose Hindi on non-Hindi states as of now! Let us leave education and much else like culture and literature better to educators, thinkers and intellectuals. Certainly, the current political scenario is not conducive to promoting Hindi language. Other Indian languages have equal claims for recognition and promotion. Much has to…
Young IAS officers resign from their jobs!
Why and what drives them to such drastic steps? Idealism of the youth confronts the gross realities of corruption and fall in governance standards. The issues are complex and they invite an in-depth debate! India is a country with a lot of aspirational youth. We say we are a young nation. There are millions of…
This year’s liberal exam results
Welcome to an easy season for school education After a long time there was this easy season for the school education. The secondary education lately has become a mad house for all sorts of ills and inequities and a sense of suppression and oppression for the parent community. There is a mad rush for admissions…
Education is not all about political agenda!
The new government’s education is about what?Is it about making India an educated and civilised country and society? Or, is it all about political brain-washing? You see, one has to have a critical mind, an objective mind to talk about serious issue like education and related fields. Education is all about awakening people, a country…