Education in India

All thinking  occurs within, and across, disciplines and domains of knowledge and experience, yet few students learn how to think well within those domains.  Despite having taken many classes, few are able to think biologically, chemically, geographically, sociologically, anthropologically, historically, artistically, ethically, or philosophically.  Students study literature, but do not think in a literary way [...]

Flash has indeed caught on the web. It provides an easy way to put animated and interactive movies on web sites which would otherwise not have been possible. When Flash first made its impact on the web, it was put to two main uses – Animated banner advertisements and Flash intros. Web designers thought that [...]

Bangalore University (BU) Syndicate’s recent decision to rope in a private education consultant to screen prospective study centres for its distance education stream has created a flutter in academic circles. While the University says it had no other option because of the shortage of faculty to constitute as many Local Inspection Committees (LICs) as required [...]

It is time to add value to one’s curriculum vitae. Some trends at The Hindu EducationPlus International Education Fair.
The economic downturn is driving more students away from the search for elusive jobs and toward the option of higher studies abroad, according to students and the representatives of educational institutions who participated in The Hindu EducationPlus [...]

India’s inability to develop a sophisticated and comprehensive understanding of the world outside will have more serious consequences than just the dwarfing of a discipline
 
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, recently brought some of the most eminent scholars of International Relations (IR) to brainstorm on the current state of [...]

Most experts in the field of higher education agree that finding quality teaching professionals is a great challenge for colleges and universities today. Bright young men and women pursuing postgraduate and doctoral studies no longer see teaching as a career option, professionals lament.
Teaching-learning and evaluation is an important component of assessing quality of education as [...]

The prevalence pattern of hypertension in developing countries is different from that in the developed countries. In India, a very large, populous and typical developing country, community surveys have documented that between three and six decades, prevalence of hypertension has increased by about 30 times among urban dwellers and by about 10 times among the [...]

Small Steps, the Corporate social Responsibility (CSR) wing of People First Consultants, has been launched with the initiative to promote a more environmentally and socially just world. Launched by Uma Prajapati of the Upasana Design Studio, Small Steps is a programme designed to reduce India’s plastic waste by providing an alternative to throw-away plastic bags.
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Nandini Voice for the Deprived, an NGO, will organise a three-month free crash course in basic computer operations for economically challenged students. Students who have passed the Plus-Two examination or appeared for the same this year are eligible for admission. Applicants must be less than 20 years of age and family income must not exceed [...]

New Delhi: Inflation fell to 2.43 per cent, the lowest in over six years as prices of food items softened further.