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A Two-tier System by Sukanta Chaudhuri

When the fledgling Indian government drafted its higher education policy after Independence, it formed two separate tiers for Teaching and research: colleges and universities in one, exclusive research establishments in the other. The intention was of the noblest, to deploy our best talent exclusively to create an indigenous knowledge pool; in particular, to provide research input for the nation’s development. Sixty years down the line, the outcome has patently failed those...

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Two years of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education

-The Times of India   With a year left for schools to adhere to the norms under the RTE Act, Aaditi Isaac finds out what more needs to be done  It has been two years since the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act came into force (April 1, 2010). As per RTE, every child in the age group of 6-14 years would be provided eight years of elementary education...

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B-schools out of business-Basant Kumar Mohanty

Some 134 private management institutes have this year sought technical education regulator AICTE’s permission to close down citing a lack of students, strengthening a trend that began last year. Government academics blamed the dwindling student interest in these private institutes on the “substandard education” they offer. B- school promoters, however, put the blame on the AICTE, saying the way it had allowed private management colleges to mushroom had led to supply...

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‘India's Maoists are misusing Mao's name'-Ananth Krishnan

Mao Zedong's only living grandson has suggested that the ideas of China's Great Helmsman were being misused by groups such as the Maoists in India, who were invoking his image to wage violence against the state. The greater relevance of Mao's philosophy in today's world was “to help maintain peace, stability and development” and create a more equitable global order, he said, suggesting that the former Chairman's ideas of “people's war”...

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Focus on RTE by Vatsala Shrangi

-Myeducationtimes.com The 12th Five-Year Plan will be focusing on the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Vatsala Shrangi reports The 12th Five-Year Plan, which has been delayed and likely to be released by April, is going to focus on the Right to Education (RTE) Act as its central theme. Apart from RTE, the other key areas will include higher education and the setting up of central universities. "The 12th Five-Year Plan is still in...

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