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Rural India: English medium schools mushrooming across
villages
Jayashree Bhosale & Gulveen Aulakh,
Economic Times, October 16, 2010
Ten-year-old Maanav Grewal is up at
the crack of dawn every day. He has to get ready for
school 24 km away from his home in Tahliwala Jattan
village in Ferozpur, Punjab. The fourth-grader’s
school in the district’s main city, Fazilka, starts
at 8 am, but he has to be up two hours earlier to catch
the only jeep that ferries students from his village.
There are other schools closer home, but Maanav’s
parents, who are well-to-do farmers, were set on this
one. “Any school would not do,” especially
if the medium of instruction was more Punjabi than English.
They chose an English-medium school, which gave Maanav
a “better education”.
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Education NGOs get maximum foreign funds, US leads the
way
The Indian Express, October
18, 2010
The top ten recipients of foreign funds
in India are all in the education sector. While the
United States doles out the maximum funds to Indian
NGOs working in the education sector, the other countries
which make it to the top five list are United Kingdom,
Germany, Italy and Netherlands. According to the figures
accessed by The Indian Express through RTI, the US sent
Rs 170 crore to these NGOs in 2005-06. The figure went
up to Rs 494.58 crore in 2007-08, despite the recession.
The UK, which sent Rs 55 crore in 2005-06, hiked the
amount to Rs 893 crore in 2006-07, but calibrated it
down to Rs 477 crore in the year 2007-08.
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LSE, Reliance Foundation to set up universities in India
Economic Times, October 16,
2010
The London School of Economics will
collaborate with Reliance Foundation, run by the promoters
of India’s largest corporate house, for setting
up world-class universities in the South-Asian nation.
Reliance Foundation is the philanthropy arm of Indian
billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance
Industries group, while the LSE is one of the world’s
most reputed business schools. The LSE would collaborate
with the Reliance Foundation in setting up world class
Universities in India, LSE’s Professor Lord Nicholas
Stern said here last night.
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US not to cut education budget as India, China
not doing so: Obama
The Times of India, October
16, 2010
President Barack Obama has vowed not
to have any cut in the US education budget as suggested
by the Republicans, arguing that countries like India,
China and Germany are spending massively on their education
system. ”We see an America where every citizen
has the skills and training to compete with any worker
in the world. The other side might think it’s
a good idea to cut education by 20 per cent, but let’s
think about this,” Obama said at an election event
in Delaware ahead of the November Congressional polls.
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| ‘Bills
on higher education unconstitutional’
Economic Times, October 16,
2010
A newly-formed body of universities
today termed as “unconstitutional” a series
of bills aimed at reforming higher education in the
country and demanded that they be referred to a committee
headed by a Supreme Court judge. The Indian Council
of Universities , which held its first meeting here,
discussed the Educational Tribunal Bill, 2010, the Prohibition
of Unfair Practices in technical educational institutions,
medical educational institutions and Universities Bill
, 2010 and the Higher Education and Research Bill ,
2010 which is yet to be introduced in Parliament.
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Lauded Harlem Schools Have Their Own Problems
Sharon Otterman, The New York Times,
October 12, 2010
The fifth-graders at Broadous Elementary
School come from the same world — the poorest
corner of the San Fernando Valley, a Pacoima neighborhood
framed by two freeways where some have lost friends
to the stray bullets of rival gangs. Many are the sons
and daughters of Latino immigrants who never finished
high school, hard-working parents who keep a respectful
distance and trust educators to do what’s best.
The students study the same lessons. They are often
on the same chapter of the same book. Yet year after
year, one fifth-grade class learns far more than the
other down the hall. The difference has almost nothing
to do with the size of the class, the students or their
parents. It’s their teachers.
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| More than
ramps needed to make education barrier-free
The Times of India, October
18, 2010
The state government’s recent
announcement that it will focus on making secondary
school education barrier-free has been welcomed by activists
though they add that more than just ramps and resource
centres are needed to make the education system truly
inclusive. ”We need to change exam methodology
to make it more inclusive as well as have a curriculum
that allows for people with different abilities,”
says disability rights activist Rajiv Rajan. “It’s
mainly the special schools and NGOs that offer vocational
training and skill development like carpentry or food
processing.” These NGOs are mostly based in urban
areas, while a large proportion of disabled children
live in villages.
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| 25 pc quota
not a must in pvt schools: State
Bhavya Dore, Hindustan Times,
October 15, 2010
Private schools in Maharashtra may
not have to accommodate underprivileged students from
the neighbourhood in 25% of their seats, the government
has said. The Right To Education Act, which came into
force on April 1, makes the reservation mandatory, but
private schools will have to implement it if the state
is unable to accommodate these students in its own schools.
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| Research Paper
Governance of Technical Education in India
Andreas Blom and Jannette Cheong eds.
ABSTRACT: There are approximately 2,400
technical/engineering institutions across India’s
30 states, of which less than 8 percent of public institutions
are autonomous. The demand for tertiary education continues.
There has been a phenomenal growth in the number of
private colleges across India in the last 20 years.
Private colleges now deliver 85 percent of all technical
and engineering education. The significant changes in
supply and demand make it increasingly important to
ensure that tertiary education systems and institutions
are effectively and efficiently governed and managed
to meet the needs of industry and society. As key national
changes are imminent, stakeholder groups represented
at the Learning Forum emphasized the importance of working
in partnership, so that overlapping interests can support
a more effective delivery of education to meet the needs
of society and industry. Good governance is an area
where effective partnerships are crucial. Strengthening
links with industry and local communities could also
support a range of development opportunities for courses,
faculty and most importantly the student experience
and education and research outcomes.
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Education Statistics
Enrolment Rates
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RTE Coalition
To initiate and continue the discussion
amongst concerned groups and individuals on the issue
of right of education and monitor the implementation
of the RTE Act, an RTE Coalition has been formed. Join
the coalition to make universal elementary education
a reality in India. Log on to www.righttoeducation.in
for more information.
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Student First! Dialogue Series
Topic: Social Audit in School Education
4 November 2010
Casuarina Hall, India Habitat Centre,
New Delhi
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Student First! Magazine
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