Page 19 - Education In India

Education: The continuing tragedy

Without serious and systemic education reforms by the central and state governments, the future looks dark

How a UK-based org is supporting low-budget private schools in India

GSF started taking members 10 months ago and now has 35 members, primarily in Africa, Latin America and South Asia, with the largest cohort of eight members from India

This UP school shows how remedial classes can end India's education crisis

One of the reasons why remedial classes are successful is because the teacher is equipped to teach students of different grade levels in one single class

Meet Aniket Sule, the man who wants pseudosciences thrown out of education

Research such as on the medicinal value of cow urine gets funded easily, and speakers who make controversial remarks are invited to the Indian Science Congress

Reforming higher education

The increasing burden of teaching being devolved onto guest lecturers and ad-hoc teachers creates a peculiar paradox

Karnataka, Maharashtra villages beat cities in providing basic education

Despite being India's richest states, Maharashtra and Karnataka are failing to equip students with more than basic literacy

How private universities affect higher-education opportunities in India

The focus on liberal arts and the shift to a more nuanced core curriculum structure is both new and niche

The challenge of education in India

Indian universities are seen today to be serving every conceivable purpose except the one that they were designed for: the cultivation of the intellect

Story in numbers: Spending on education in four years of Modi government

Per-student allocation to the programme increased by 17% in 2016-17 to Rs 6,350 from Rs 5,424 in 2015-16

40% of rural youth can't tell time, 57% awful at basic math: ASER Survey

120 million youth are in 14-18 age group; survey covered more than 28,000 youngsters from 26 rural districts across 24 states

No major gains in higher education under NDA govt, reveals AISHE report

Criticism levelled against govt is that it failed to allocate more funds to education sector in past three years

India's schooling system is a mad hatter's tea party: Abha Adams

The schools that took CCE seriously had a very tough time; trying to understand it, absorb it, bring everyone on board

India's quest for skills

How Indian society and polity need to be carried along

Statsguru: India's education woes

The poor performance of India's educational institutions on global rankings continues unabated

Paradox on the learning curve

Higher education standards urgently need an upgrade

Just 18% class III students in Bihar, MP, Uttarakhand can read words

More public money for education in 6 large, poor states, but little progress in learning