Sugandha Shukla, a Class 12 student of The Scindia School, Gwalior, seeks to educate an overwhelming majority (including parents) of people, who pooh pooh liberal arts without knowing the vast and critical role of multi-disciplinary knowledge in shaping human civilization in past, now and future “What is this modern wish-wash of a liberal arts education?” “Studying all subjects? Bah! A …
By Rupesh Kumar Shah, CEO, InOpen Technologies EVEN TODAY THE BASICS OF language and arithmetic remain the ever sturdy foundation upon which all real life pursuits draw their application, however, these have been disrupted by information and communication technologies (ICTs) in 21st century. Together these technologies include computers, the Internet, telephones, television, radio etc ubiquitous, unassumingly stealthy are rendering us hooked, …
Last year, the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) of the erstwhile Planning Commission published a research paper, ‘China’s skill development & training; Lessons for India.” We are reproducing its abridged summary while wondering why Govt didn’t take any lessons till date from this evidence For the past two decades, the Chinese economy has been growing by over 10 per …
Young filmmakers win Australia trip Students from Vibgyor High School in Pune and STEP by STEP School in Noida beat 96 other entrants in a competition to produce short films for the International Schools Video Competition organised by Cambridge English and the Australian Trade Commission. The winning young filmmakers from these two schools have won study trips of one week …
The new AAP government in Delhi has asked for amendment to no detention clause in Right to Education Act 2009 and restricting it to class III instead of present class VIII Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which swept the recently held Delhi Assembly election with 67 out of 70 seats and assumed power on February 14, has started off implementing its …
ON GANDHI JAYANTI LAST YEAR (OCT 2, 2014), Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign was launched with much fanfare and promise. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that by 2019, coinciding with Mahatama Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, the objectives of the campaign would be met and country would be hygienic , clean and less burdened with disease. All government departments …
