Education in India

Citizen Matters lists the criteria to consider in selecting a school in Bangalore. Their list includes the following:

Commute distance and time
Academic standards
School fees
Students-to-teacher ratio
Good teachers
School management
Corporal punishment
Parent participation
When to admit

In another article, Citizen Matters addresses the issue of selecting the right school board for your child if you are in Bangalore and provides a comparison [...]

Jacques Cool, a public school system educator, writes about a better way to develop an IT policy for schools. Jacques writes in French, so here is my very loose translation of his post.
Jacques found that the draft policy was too negative and restrictive, in that it focused on what users “shall not do”. Jacques instead [...]

Schools Practical Education in India is a vastly neglected area. Not all boards have practical classes in the secondary level and that too very skeletal. For a better understanding of subjects, particularly science subjects, practical classes are imperative.
These classes not only increase the level of interest among students but also inculcate [...]

School children Project work has now become a regular practice in school. It is a welcome trend except for that, the involvement of school or teachers is minimal. All these projects are completed mostly by the parents. Completing the projects within the limited hours of school is not possible for which [...]

Admission tests for kids are a torment. There are some schools who take written tests to judge a child’s abilities. To prepare for these admission tests, children are sent to pre-schools or Montessori classes. These children who cannot even speak properly are sent to these classes regularly to learn to read [...]

SSLC Examination is to change its pattern on the basis of a proposal forwarded by Kapil Sibal, Human Research Development Minister of India. He has asked for a change as he seems to be dissatisfied with the present pattern.
The present pattern of SSLC examination was introduced in the year 2006. As of [...]

The educational system in India has undergone many changes. Nowadays I note that the old schools as in the tradition institutions are lacking the facilities of a modern new age schools and hence the principals of these tradition institutions are in dilemma as to how they should cope with this situation. [...]

Study results show that Fidgeting helps kids with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder focus.
Some grown-ups need a cup of coffee before tackling a problem.
Kids with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may tap their feet, swivel in their chairs or bounce in their seats while their brains are busily figuring out [...]

If you want to prepare your kid for a reputed secondary school, you have to decide first what method of teaching and what lesson and what speed you would adopt for your kids so that they can get the best attention. If you follow the usual methods and the subjects, generally [...]

Coimbatore: Jhayakhar.M, Standard 2 student of G.R.G. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, has emerged one amid the champions in the national-level of the MaRRS International Spelling Bee 2008-09 in category First.
Keerthika.V, Standard 5 student of Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, is also one among the [...]