-The Telegraph Jaipur: In this e-age, the pen can still be a potent weapon. The good old writing instrument, mightier than a sword in the hands of the right user, found a band of little champions who recently used it to telling effect. They got education authorities in Rajasthan to appoint a teacher for their school. They didn’t write emails, though laptops are being given to meritorious students to become e-savvy. They just...
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At Harvard, CAG slams government, netas
-The Times of India Harvard's prestigious Kennedy School on Thursday provided the setting forComptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai to hit out at the Manmohan Singhgovernment for attempting to reduce the federal auditor to a mere accountant with no real role in auditing policy. Speaking at the school of public affairs, Rai made an indirect but unmistakable reference to the government's criticism of the CAG's 2G report, saying, "We were...
More »Gujarat’s class 8 literates can’t read, finds ASER 2012!
-DNA Are Gujarat’s literate really literate? Chief minister Narendra Modi might have announced his vision at Vibrant Gujarat Summit of exporting teachers globally to impact the society in coming years, but there is a big hitch. He does not seem to be aware that the current crop of teachers in Gujarat have not succeeded in effectively educating the children here. The Annual Status of Education Report - 2012, released on Thursday has...
More »Bitter truths of tutoring-Subhojoy Roy
-The Telegraph Bengal leads in dependence on private tuition but bottom of the pack in basics More schoolchildren in Bengal take private tuition than in most other states but they are anything but the best when tested for basic reading and Arithmetic skills, a national survey has revealed. Although the survey by the NGO Pratham focused on schoolchildren going to government institutions in the districts, teachers say students of the top schools...
More »The enrolment myth
-The Indian Express The dismal picture painted in Pratham’s latest Annual Status of Education Report must provoke policymakers to urgently assess and tackle the crisis in India’s primary school education. Pratham, an NGO, has done stellar work these past years in surveying the learning outcomes in schools countrywide. Its 2012 report details a rapid decline in students’ ability to keep up with the syllabus. It has found, for example, that only...
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