By Mona Singh, Vice President, Sesame Schoolhouse With nursery admissions round the corner, parents and guardians are often seen worried about choosing the right school for their kids. “Should I go for co-ed or convent?”, “Should I go by the school’s reputation or the students’ test scores?”, and “How close from home should my child’s school be?” Many such thoughts linger …
The much relied upon school data collected by District Information System for Education (DISE) of NUEPA and put to use for policy, planning and information may after all not be very true according to a study done by Centre for Policy Research study. The study while analyzing monitoring systems in 166 schools spread over five states of Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, …
ON DECEMBER 3, INDIA ALONG WITH REST OF THE world celebrated yet another International Day for people with disabilities and this provides an opportunity to focus on country’s ‘inclusive education’ effort. According to 2011 census, India has close to 2.68 crore such people and about 20-42 lakh children in 0-6 age group alone. And constitutional guarantee of equality and inclusion …
On December 21, the 5200th birth anniversary of Bhavad Gita, Delhi-based motivational speaker Vivek Bindra launched a DVD on management principles form Bhagvat Gita. Terming Lord Krishna, the first ever motivational speaker on earth, Bindra said Bhagvad Gita is the mother of all management principles and can be applied in almost every situation in modern world. According to him the …
On December 2, 2015, Delhi Govt ploughed through the 42-year old ‘tough’ and historic Delhi Education Act of 1973 and passed two amendment bills to align the school education law with ‘ground realities.’ The day didn’t stop there. AAP government dared the wisdom of ‘no detention policy’ of the RTE Act and through a third bill took a lead to …
Skill sector is the toughest and complicated areas that needs clear understanding for moving forward Centum Learning (esb 2006), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises, provides end-to-end corporate training programmes and skill development solutions. Its subsidiary Centum WorkSkills is partnering NSDC for skilling 12 million youth across the country. The company is also implementing PMKVY scheme for MoS Gen …
