The union budget proposals for the financial year beginning this April, which was presented in the Parliament on February 28 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, contains some definite good news for education & skills sectors. When, how and to what extent these key announcements materialize, is something all of us have to look forward to in coming months after the …
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) a deemed university, established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work is today India’s premier institution in social sciences with campuses in . Mumbai, Tuljapur, Hyderabad and Guwahati. Prof Lakshmi Lingam, Deputy Director of the Hyderabad campus , replied to a set of questions from Curriculum Magazine Briefly, …
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 …
