THE NEW EDITION OF THE QS University Rankings: Asia, released on May 13, sees significant change at the very top of the table. With the National University of Singapore (NUS) reaching the top spot, this the first time in the ranking’s six-year history that the table has not been headed by a Hong Kong-based institution. Fellow Singaporean climber Nanyang Technological …
On March 31, 2014, the landmark Right to Free & Compulsory Education (RTE) Act that ensures free and compulsory education for children in the age group 6-14 years (enacted on April 1, 2010) completed its four years of enactment, however, the country currently in a high voltage election mode for electing its 16th Lok Sabha, heard little on its 4th …
IN LIGHT OF THE EMPHATIC WIN BY THE BJP-LED National Democratic Alliance (NDA), one issue that is going to vex public discourse either way is Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which determines relationship of Jammu & Kashmir with the Indian union. On one side there are those who have been fed on the thought that two constitutions shouldn’t exist …
The SAT is being redesigned, and the new exam will be administered for the first time in the spring of 2016. However, students who plan to take their SAT in 2014 and 2015 will not get impacted by this redesign.Some of the key changes in the redesigned test will be using a 1600 point scoring scale, the essay becoming optional, …
curriculum-magazine The second column in the series is the first person account of the writer at Modern English School (MES) Guwahati, where she is …
As schools & colleges break for summer vacation next month (that is May), We thought of sharing a few perspectives from educationists & experts to add some degree of wisdom to your planning for spending these holidays. VACATIONS CAN NEVER BE what these used to mean to yesteryear generation– freedom from learning. Today, a child is burdened by more learning …
