The notorious word ‘cut-off’
6 July 2012 6:14 PM ISTIf it’s June-July in the nation’s calendar, there can only be two things furrowing the brows of the average Indian: the monsoons, and college...
A dream resting on rotten stilts
6 July 2012 6:09 PM ISTTo describe the state of affairs in India, no expression can be more appropriate than the term 'psephocracy', coined by sociologist Ashis Nandy. It is...
Tuitions spreading fast: ADB
5 July 2012 7:47 AM ISTPrivate tutorial system is expanding at an alarming rate in Asia, with households in certain countries spending staggering portions of their incomes...
Skill development institute crosses first hurdle
3 July 2012 7:09 AM ISTDelhi government on Monday finalised the nitty gritties of setting up a world class institute on skill development here with technical expertise and...
5,000 cheers for aspiring medical students
2 July 2012 8:12 AM ISTFor the second consecutive year, the union health ministry has offered a bonanza to those seeking a seat in the medical colleges. The government is...
Still craving for approval
30 Jun 2012 8:11 AM ISTMy earlier piece explained that to make math easy we first need swaraj in education, to allow non-Western knowledge into the system. Macaulay is...
The fun of learning
30 Jun 2012 7:39 AM ISTCartoons are back in news. After the brouhaha over the Ambedkar cartoon in the NCERT books which raised a few heckles about freedom of expression and...
Northeast: a paradise unexplored
25 Jun 2012 7:55 AM ISTDiscrimination against the people from the northeast is an old issue. This discrimination may be broadly categorised into sexual abuse, racial...
Youth prefer surgeon’s knife for college
25 Jun 2012 6:51 AM ISTSeems like by hook or crook, students these days want to look good. The students' demand for 'bespoke' appearance no longer stop at shopping for...
Students miffed with NET centres confusion
25 Jun 2012 5:54 AM ISTStudents appearing for UGC NET exam 2012 were left in a lurch on Sunday morning after they were informed that the centre alloted to them is not...
Govt fears IITs batting for coaching centres
23 Jun 2012 3:40 PM ISTWith the war between the human resource development minister Kapil Sibal and the the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) intensifying deeply, the...
Court seeks DU view on OBC quota
23 Jun 2012 6:21 AM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from the Delhi University [DU] on a plea filed by a group of colleges seeking exemption from...
