Education in India

Single-sex lessons could get more girls interested in science, the new schools minister, Sarah McCarthy-Fry, believes. She said girls often felt intimidated by boys who “hog the limelight”, and suggested that introducing separate lessons in coeducational schools could help improve the take-up of science in particular.
“Girls do much better in science in single-sex classes. They [...]

According to a study, girls studying in single sex ( girls only ) schools show better academic performance and progress off than their co-ed counterparts. Over the period of the study conducted, the researchers found all the girls studying in girls-only school did better than predicted, specially in science and math , while those in [...]

The knowledge of a foreign language can help a person in multiple ways. If you learn a foreign language it will enable you not only to mingle with the people of that country, but also to know about the culture and literature of that country. Learning a foreign language is the first step for those [...]

The Annual Status of Education Report, 2009 points out yet again that what stands between rural girls and a good education is often basic facilities like transport and proper toilets, writes Kalpana Sharma.
Swati and Anita are two young women from rural Maharashtra. They have one thing in common. Both dropped out of school once [...]

In the past two months since the announcement of the Invisible Learning project, we have received a tremendous response in Twitter and the blogosphere. (Interestingly, most of the discussion originates from Latin America and Spain — and less from the United States and Canada.)
Much of the recent conversation has been on defining what is invisible [...]

Providing access to basic education is a duty the Indian state that has taken upon itself. Therefore the government has taken various measures to provide access to education to all categories of students. Thus the differently able children are provided special education in India so that they can seriously engage in improving the quality of [...]

Picking the right college is very important in any student’s life. This decision is a life changing one in many aspects. One fact is quite obvious. College will be the place where you will be spending 3-6 years of life. The learning, education, brand name and experience you will get there will remain with you [...]

Higher Education in India is one of the most developed in the entire world. There has in fact been considerable improvement in the higher education scenario of India in both quantitative and qualitative terms. In technical education, the IITs, and in management, the IIMs have already marked their names among the top higher educational institutes [...]

Two phrases to beware of in discussions on HRD policy are ’skill development’ and ‘public-private partnership’.
To understand why, just take a look at Latha Jishnu’s article in BS. ‘Skill development’ can easily become a substitute for a proper education, going all the way up to a university degree and, worse, it can mean creation of [...]

To overcome this (question paper leakages), many organisations are switching over from pen and paper to computer-based testing (CBT). According to a CLSA Asia Pacific Markets 2008 report on the education sector, the market for CBT, valued at $150 million (Rs 735 crore), is expected to grow to $750 million (Rs 3,675 crore) by 2012 [...]