The Hijab controversy in Karnataka besides fomenting an agitation has also generated an extensive debate on the headgear itself ranging from personal choice and freedom of the wearer to a conspiracy hatched by Campus Front of India (CPI) to trick students into its fundamentalist ideology. Many even see this as a deliberate ruse to influence voting in the ongoing state elections …
Jagdish Bishnoi, Founder & CEO of SAFL India Foundation It is a mix of feelings to see the campuses brimming with academics and other things again. A lot of students and teachers have become used to online teaching as one can sit in the comfort of their homes. But missing schools is the overwhelming emotion and it is a joyous …
The week following the resignation of Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta from Ashoka University on March 15, literally shook the ground for the young university which has carefully crafted a reputation for itself as ‘country’s first wholly — American Ivy league-style — liberal arts university with its lofty foundations and credentials over the last seven years. All that come under a …
By Dr. R L Raina, Vice Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University (Jaipur) Within a matter of a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the education landscape across the world. These modifications, which we never thought would be implemented so soon, until such a huge global health crisis, presented a roadmap on how education could change for the better – and …
Contrary to a lot of expectation that education as an electoral issue will figure prominently in the ongoing election for the 17th Lok Sabha that began on April 11, this issue hasn’t as usual received much attention in campaigning and election speeches, even though it does find a customary presence in manifestoes of almost every political party having released manifesto. …
On July 5, the affable bearded Prakash Javadekar, was promoted to the cabinet rank and handedover the ministry of HRD. His appointment was by and large welcomed by all and he did well to acknowledge the national importance of education above politics. Comparatively degree-wise better qualified than his predecessor, Smriti Irani, who moved to textiles, Javadekar brings to the table …
