Dr. Bipin Sony, Assistant Professor, Vidyashilp University The trinity of smartphone, affordable internet and EdTech platforms has fundamentally altered the academic landscape. For teachers who received most of their training in pre-digital or early digital era, it can often be challenging to engage with students who are tech-savvy and seeking quick information. The conventional role of the teacher as the …
By Mahika Shishodia, Head of Social Impact-Education, Lodha Societal norms, limited access to quality education, and fewer opportunities often create barriers for women, especially those from marginalized backgrounds. Challenges persist in empowering women to achieve stable professional growth, both in hyperlocal (neighborhood) and urban markets. A holistic approach to education that emphasizes both academic and personal development and relies on …
Autar Nehru Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who made superhit films like 3 Idiots and 12th Fail, by now must have developed more understanding about the pitfalls of country’s education system than most of PhD scholars from their own immersion. He could pull off blockbusters on its success stories and a hope despite it being so regimental, inadequate, far away from …
The demand-supply imbalance in engineering and technology graduates versus jobs, has been weighing more towards supply for some years now. In fact, a moratorium over opening of new engineering colleges in the country was only lifted last year as the policy makers think, India needs to look beyond the confines of domestic requirements of engineers and provide for the world. …
By creating a world with equality, we can build societies that are richer, more harmonious and truly and genuinely progressive writes Avantika Jain Kumar, a 12th class student of Sanskriti School, New Delhi The word ‘equality’ doesn’t merely suggest everyone being the same. It instead emphasizes everyone having the same opportunities to succeed, to express, to live without fear and …
Ashutosh Gupta, Country Manager, LinkedIn India, recently spoke at a national education conference about skills-first mindset and how education systems should take this transformation in their stride. We’re here reproducing the keynote (though not verbatim) as an important year-end piece of opinion that also sets in future thought process. India is a land of brimming potential standing at the forefront …
