Higher education, especially professional education, is witnessing institutional proliferation at the cost of quality, said Yashavantha Dongre, Registrar, Vijayanagara Krishnadevaraya University, Bellary.
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The Quality of academic professionals on the decline, says Dongre
Posted by Jenni (#1) 217 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Teachers need to reinvent themselves
Posted by Jenni (#1) 217 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Children don't learn best when they're in fear, says Kamala Mukunda
It is a great time to be a teacher in India. The very idea of what a teacher should be is changing.
It is a great time to be a teacher in India. The very idea of what a teacher should be is changing.
Indian help to schools in Sri Lanka
Posted by Jenni (#1) 218 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
About 42,000 students in Sri Lanka's Northern Province will have better facilities in their schools soon, after the Indian government took up a project to repair 79 damaged ones in the three districts of Kilinochchi, Mullaittivu and Vavuniya.
Kerala needs institutions of excellence, says T.P. Sreenivasan
Posted by Jenni (#1) 218 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
What Kerala needs in the higher education sector is a clutch of institutions of excellence, including an Indian Institute of Technology.
Uday Salunkhe Director Welingkar Institute of Management
Posted by Jenni (#1) 219 days ago (http://www.allvoices.com)
An educationist with the qualities of a Leader, Prof Dr. Uday Salunkhe’s vision and result orientation have been the guiding force in making Welingkar a name to reckon with, not only in India but also globally.
The Global Search for Education More from India
Posted by Jenni (#1) 219 days ago (http://www.allvoices.com)
Rubin interviews Dr. Madhav Chavan, CEO of the largest NGO in India, about poverty and education in India and what is being done about it. The challenges India faces are also an opportunity to move away from the two centuries old model of schooling.
Bureaucratic hurdles delaying Nalanda varsity: Amartya Sen
Posted by Jenni (#1) 222 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Friday blamed “bureaucratic barrier” as a major hurdle for the delay in starting of the Nalanda University, which is being established in Bihar, close to the ancient historic institution of learning.
IIT students
Posted by Jenni (#1) 225 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
This refers to the report “Poor quality students entering IITs: Murthy” (Oct. 4), where Infosys chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy has voiced his displeasure over the quality of engineers who pass out.