How Laurie got world-class business education for almost free MBA is a fairly expensive degree around the globe. Many people invest two years and over $100,000 to get an MBA from top tier business schools. Laurie Pickard chose to get the same for less than $1000. Newly married and preparing to leave for her new […]
Over a 100 kilometres away from Nagpur in social reformer Baba Amte’sAnandwan, a township which boasts of harnessing human resources at its best, a motley group of mavericks from the field of education met recently. A methodically unstructured attempt, which seemed to be a deliberate wink at the rigidly structured education system, was made. While […]
BENGALURU: The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security. The NFAP […]
LUCKNOW: Elaborate arrangements, including surveillance by CCTV cameras and imposing section 144 near the exam centres, have been made by the Uttar Pradesh government to check the menance of copying during the UP Secondary Education Board examinations. Over 66 lakh students are expected to appear in the UP Secondary Education Board examinations – the biggest […]
A comprehensive federal study sheds new light on how merit pay works — and doesn’t work One of the big policy debates in education is whether paying teachers bonuses increases student achievement along with teachers’ bank accounts. A new federal report puts a fresh twist on this old debate: does it matter if something works […]
MEERUT: Rudra Pratap Singh, 13, often surprises people watching TV with him. During a game of football or cricket, when a country’s team sings their national anthem, Rudra sings along in perfect unison. A student of Class VIII, the teenager has already learnt the national anthems of 18 countries and plans to learn at least […]
Apple CEO and philanthropist Tim Cook announced today a partnership with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai and her Malala Fund as part of the tech company’s latest efforts to support global education initiatives. “We believe that education is a great equalizing force and we share Malala Fund’s commitment to give every girl an opportunity to […]
There’s no need for outrage over changes to Cambridge University’s English curriculum. Issues of race, class and gender are all relevant in literature Something is very wrong when a simple request from a large number of students, that their reading lists be broadened slightly to include some black and minority ethnic writers, becomes the basis […]
KOLKATA: The Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has decided to lower the pass marks for the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations from this academic session, a top official said on Thursday. Pass marks have been reduced from 35 per cent to 33 per cent for ICSE students and from 40 per […]
English teachers at my school don’t have time to read whole books, and are told to rely on extracts in class. This is no way to inspire a love of literature On the rare occasion that the staff in our English department surface from their marking pile long enough to enjoy a cup of tea […]
