education in turmoil

Education on the Rocks – Causality is the QUALITY The H.R.D. have recommended ‘de-recognition’ of 44 Deemed Universities out of 130 in India. Tamil Nadu is the worst hit with 16 of these. There are about 1,19,363 under-garduate students in these 44 black-listed Deemed-Universities. To understand, Deemed Universities were formed under the UGC Act 1956

Education is like a Candy!

But the dose is bitter… Before coming to the point it will be interesting to note the background of the blog. The college mentioned above is of an Institute whose promoters are into confectionery business. Selling candys, choorans(digestives) etc. Now they are to Dabur what Nirma washing powder was to HLL’s Surf.  So, as children

New Education System

Is HRD missing the plot?’ These are difficult times- when one is not sure of what, when & why ? But the issue that has been raised below in the blog deserves our vital attention. Because it affects us the most. The New Education System. Some recent actions or atatements(!) by the Union Minister HRD

new education policy

Kapil Sibbal, HRD Minister, have touched every Indian household with his first 100 day plan to rejuvenate the education system. The plans, the talks were necessary. They bought about the urgent need of education reforms. It has long been held that the present Indian education system is for creating ‘literates’ not the ‘educated’ class. Particularly