Going by the public utterances of the MHRD, India will have a new national policy on education by the end of this year. Though there is hardly any clue as to how the ongoing consultations at ‘various levels’ are being processed and ultimately how the new policy will be put to ‘vote’ for approval, there is still time left to …
ON THE EVE OF TEACHERS DAY THIS YEAR, Prime Minister Modi in his customary ‘pathshala’ address said teachers should write about students who left a mark on them. In fact, this is one thing among several things teachers can write about. But it appears, most teaches don’t even give a thought to writing. Some of them may parrot in public …
According to a statement issued soon after the first meeting of the reconstituted CABE (Central Advisory Board of Education, the apex advisory panel on education in India) committee that took place on August 19, in New Delhi, there is a broad census among states to do away with the ‘No detention Policy’ and bring back assessment (examination). Barring Karnataka, almost …
Modi sarkar (government) may have different view or even a pragmatic view on an alternative to rights based approach, but that shouldn’t in anyway belittle Right to Education, which incidentally was brought to life after a long struggle and the 86th constitutional amendment was actually brought by the previous NDA government under AB Vajpayee. There is a clear need to …
DPS or Delhi Public School, India’s premier K-12 school brand is yet again in news. The controversy surrounding the franchise-way of expansion that began around 2006 refuses to die down. Ever since the days of Narendera Kumar, one of the well-known publishers who owned M/s Har Anand Publications, as president of Delhi Public School Society (the managing organization of 11 …
Sardar Patel institute of Technology team wins CIMA Challenge Team Maverick Minds from Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai won the 7th edition of CIMA Global Business Challenge, held in Mumbai early this month. The winning team was declared after a closely fought presentation round, and will now represent CIMA India at the Global finals in Poland with winning teams …
