At least three combinations of civil society groups have come together to impact the next year’s Parliamentary elections with education issues. Right to Education Forum, a network of 10,000 activists and groups from more than 20 states, Campaign Against Child Labor (CACL) and Alliance for the Right to Early Education Development have joined hands to launch a national campaign to …
UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report, Migration, displacement and education, released in the presence of the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay on November 20 in Berlin shows that the number of migrant and refugee school-age children around the world today has grown by 26% since 2000 and could fill half a million classrooms. The Report highlights countries’ achievements and shortcomings …
14th edition of FICCI’s Higher Education Summit 2018 FICCI Higher Education Summit, which is a flagship annual higher education conference of Federation of Indian Industries and commerce (FICCI), one of the largest business chambers in India, was held from Oct 29-31 on the theme of ‘Universities of the Future’ and had focussed discussion amid making India a global destination for …
FICCI Higher Education Summit, which is a flagship annual higher education conference of Federation of Indian Industries and commerce (FICCI), one of the largest business chambers in India, began on October 29 on the theme of ‘Universities of the Future’. The conference is spread over three days and is being attended by delegates from more than 26 foreign countries in …
With the start of a new academic session in universities, it is also a season for election of student bodies. A few of these elections are significant and keenly watched for national ramifications. Considering that Lok Sabha (Parliament) elections are due in second quarter of 2019, next year, the outcome of these elections fought majorly by student affiliates of political …
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led government in Delhi last month on July 2 rolled out a new pathbreaking education initiative called ‘Happiness Curriculum’ for sensitizing over eight lakh students on universal human values and emotional wellbeing in about 1000 Delhi government schools. Going by the initial and informal assessment, the intervention in the form of a regular ‘happiness class’ for …
