A common debate, in both academic and business circles, is about the value of formal business education compared to that of real-world experience. While there are both staunch supporters and detractors of B-school education, the ...
I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand – Chinese proverb Some time back, I was teaching my nephew a geometric problem based on cubes and cuboid. Though ...
India can become an economic superpower if its youth are nurtured to become world-class researchers through a well-developed and systematic science education programme. Such a programme will produce researchers not only in engineering and technology, ...
Experts often worry that students may attend school, but do not absorb knowledge. Children go to school, but do the students learn? It is vital for students to retain knowledge and understand concepts. A recent ...
In a society richly steeped in culture, traditions, heritage and multilingualism, we need to reflect on transforming the attitude towards education. The educational system must allow for the fact that there are different ways of ...
A friend of ours narrates this little tale: “When studying for our diploma in electrical engineering more than 25 years ago, me and my classmates used to discuss quite a many things technical. One topic ...
The system of education in India is gradually changing. From being primarily focused on exams and marks, it is now getting focused also on creativity and critical thinking. This has come from the realisation that ...
INDIA HAS offered to help build one of the world’s most advanced optical telescopes. The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has sent a letter of interest stating that it wants to become a partner ...
THE GOVERNMENT OF KERALA plans to set up science centres in every district in the state to popularise science. According to Kerala Minister for Education P. K. Abdu Rabb, the government would shortly chalk out ...