THE 11TH edition of Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) published by Pratham Education Foundation and released on January 18, 2017 throws up no major surprises in its assessment of learning outcomes in schools across rural India for the year 2016 though some welcome marginal improvements in reading and basic arithmetic ability have been seen in primary grades of government …
In what could be well be a new opening for unleashing the potential of the deaf people population in India and also a definitive trendsetter for shaping their roles in managerial and entrepreneurial roles, Centum Foundation, the CSR arm of training company Centum Learning, a subsidiary of Bharti Group has in collaboration with US-based Global Reach Out (GRO) set up a …
With the high influence of Social Media and internet in a fast growing young population and emergence of crowdfunding, Mumbai-based, Varun Sheth, an alumnus of Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics along with Bollywood Actor Kunal Kapoor founded crowdfunding platform Ketto on 15th August 2012. The founding team was later joined by Zaheer Adenwala. Varun in an email interview …
Though this year’s budget proposals for education sector look like paying a closer attention than usual to this game changer sector and shifting focus on youth, in the ultimate analysis, education sector continues to remain a neglected priority for the government in this budget too Referring to the challenges of ambitions on growth, employment and social justice spelt in this …
Acharya Abhinavagupta is regarded as a world-renowned philosopher and the greatest exponent of Shaivism. Exactly a thousand years ago, it is said, he along with 1200 disciples walked into a cave in Bheerwah, Kashmir, and became one with Shiva. Today, over 50 universities across the world are conducting research on Abhinavagupta’s works. Last year on 4th January 2016 a thousand …
In the coming month of April, Rajasthan Government in collaboration with GEMS Education, an international private education group of Indian origin operating several K-12 schools, brings to Jaipur the Festival of Education—a first of its kind multi-event conglomeration around education anywhere in India by a state and in the process hoping to project Rajasthan as an education destination Projected as …
