Every year, American students and taxpayers spend roughly $7 billion trying to bridge the gap between finishing high school and actually being ready for college. In two-year colleges, 52% of students are funnelled into remedial coursework. Of these students, only about 40% finish the remedial courses, and less than 10% even graduate. High schools and […]
BEIJING — Having conquered world markets and challenged American political and military leadership, China has set its sights on becoming a global powerhouse in a different field: scientific research. It now has more laboratory scientists than any other country, outspends the entire European Union on research and development, and produces more scientific articles than any […]
STATE OF LIFE & EDUCATION BACK TO Home Schooling All parents can opt for homeschooling: MIT girl… BACK TO Home Schooling
NEW DELHI: As many as 550 jobs have disappeared every day in last four years and if this trend continues, employment would shrink by 7 million by 2050 in the country, a study has claimed. Farmers, petty retail vendors, contract labourers and construction workers are the most vulnerable sections facing never before livelihood threats in […]
LONDON: Oxford Universityhas been directed to face trial after an Indian-origin student sued the varsity for “hopelessly bad” and “boring” teaching which allegedly resulted in him getting a second class degree and in turn led to loss of earnings in his career as a lawyer. The world-famous university had applied to the High Court in […]
In the grammar school where I teach, the vast majority of pupils are tutored – not just for the highly competitive 11-plus entrance exam, but often throughout their school career and sometimes even beyond. Places at my school are seen as the golden ticket to success. Primary pupils are ferried back and forth to tuition […]
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented judgment, a school principal and its director have been found guilty of cruelty and causing mental trauma to a class III student by stopping her from entering the classroom. The court said the act of not allowing the child to sit in the classroom amounted to willful neglect. “The child […]
Duxbury, Vt. — At 8:00 on a chilly spring morning in this rural Vermont town, while most kids his age are filing into classrooms and preparing for a day of school, 17-year-old Silas Woods rolls up the sleeves of his plaid button-down shirt and hoists a tire up to a mini Cooper, suspended a few […]
Samyuktha had scored 95 per cent in class 12 exams and joined a leading coaching institute in Hyderabad three months ago to get through the national medical exam. She wanted to be a doctor. On Monday, she killed herself, leaving behind a note that talked about her inability to cope with her studies. In the […]
Students of a private school in Hyderabad protested in front of their school on Saturday, alleging long study hours which they said resulted in stress and lack of sleep. The students at Gowtham Model School said they had to attend classes from as early as 6:30 am and stay back till 7:30 in the evening. […]
