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…
Category: Education
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…
What is Modi government’s education vision?
The first five years must be an indication!Will the new education reform report really change the Indian education? What is the current status of the Indian education? Nobody has raised these questions so far. Now, the Modi government with its massive election victory mandate has all the powers to restructurethe Indian education as it wants.What…
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…