Anita Karwal (IAS), who retired in November 2022 as Secretary Department of School Education & Literacy, has penned a book titled ‘The Power of Curiosity—in and beyond classrooms’ jointly with two other authors (the names not revealed as yet). Karwal, who has already authored a couple of books including a travelogue Kailash Manasarovar: Cycle Rides Soul Journeys inspired by adventure …
A pioneering global study has revealed how schools worldwide are using a raft of marketing techniques to attract higher performing pupils and climb the league tables. The research, published on Feb 16 and led by the University of Bristol, shows how the increasing trend of parents being able to choose which primary and secondary school their child goes to has …
The inaugural broadcast on Radio Orchids consisted of a weather report followed by a few minutes of discussion on the background of World Radio Day (Feb 14) and the history of radio. The in-house school radio – at its campus program’s objective was to give the students a platform to hone their public speaking skills (Public Speaking is part of …
Billabong High International School, Thane, has been rebranded as as Finland International School after the promoter Goenka Global Education (GGE) entered into partnership with EduCluster Finland. The school in new avatar shall be incorporating one of the best practices of school education in the world. The Finnish curriculum has been mapped with various boards like ICSE/IGCSE/IB and made suitable for the Indian …
Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Feb13 announced seven teams comprising university students and early stage start-up entrepreneurs as winners of the second edition of Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD) program 2022-23. The seven winning teams are SpaceFields Pvt. Ltd. from the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) – IISC Bengaluru; HEM Dimensions Pvt. Ltd. from SID – IISC Bengaluru; Scavengex …
The Mumbai campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy (also known as Jamea) announced by the 52nd leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community, the late His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in celebration of his Golden Jubilee as head of the Dawoodi Bohra Community in 2013, was finally inaugurated at the hand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb 10, 2023. For almost …
