Buy more foreign magazines for libraries! Free speech, free press? Good questions, good rhetoric. Somehow, there are obstacles in India too much! Citizens empowerment is a concept that had not received the attention of our politicians. Our people must be enabled to read more good books,read more latest serious foreign journals.That is the only way…
What to teach in our schools? Universities?
We should teach India’s place in the world! India is now an Independent country for over half a century. And yet what India we Indians all have as a country, as a people as an independent identity? What our children, from the children at the nursery stage, at the high school stage, at the college…
US-bound Indians growing!
Manhattan Indians and ‘illegal Indian aliens’! We read so often about tapping the talents of Indians living in America. Dr.Manmohan Singh, our Prime Minister had in his wisdom constituted one more Commission, this time, it is Knowledge Commission! High sounding? Yes, it is! What is it by the way? No one knows for sure. It…
Prof.Krishna Kumar on Indian education
Prof.Krishna Kumar is a retired Delhi university professor of education. He is currently the Arjun Singh nominee as the Director of National Council for Education(NCERT). He along with Prof.Yashpal are charged with revamping the School Curriculum. Both are eminently suited to the job. Let us hope they succeed where others, other angels and devils failed!…
A second language is a secure job!
So, teach more foreign languages! The world is changing. More wealth is being created now than in any previous generations. More Indian families are migrating toforeign countries. So, be prepared. That is the message.A report in the American press brings home the latest need for more new language speaking persons. One car distribution firm in…
Engineering education in Karnataka
Chief Minister’s expeditious steps solve tricky problems No day passes in Karnataka without the engineering colleges hitting the front page news headlines!Such is the top priorityfor engineering education in the state.Bangalore is setting the agenda for top quality engineering graduates. The IT companies are now desparately in search of high quality talent.Infosys,as the news has…
Role models! In diverse fields! They make all the difference! In cultivating public sensitivity!
Former Karnataka Chief Minister writes Ramayana poem Vishva Mohan Bhatt invents Mohana Veena Javed Akthar lives life on the fast lane! These are only just three examples. There are so many others in so many diverse fields! They are all creative people. They are creative artists. There are inventors, designers and builders of visions and…
Teaching science? Teach first the science philosophy!
Science lessons must be part of ethics teaching too! Sciences have been held up as glamour knowledge.But science today is different from yester years. Today,science and technologies have also led to many problems.In India sciences were held as holy cows.They are no more.In today’s world we confront several issues that fall outside pure sciences and…