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IIT-B students find their Professors are incompetent and boring!
Students at IIT-B (Bombay), Mumbai are saying that the professors at the Institute are not serious or worse incompetent! Around 88% Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) students claim that they...
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Salman Khan of Khan Academy with Bill Gates: The Future of Education
Salman Khan, an analyst from Hedge Fund, is the founder of Khan Academy, world’s greatest online university on Youtube. Bill Gates says of this effort – “You just got a...
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Professors say students of Online courses should not get official college credits
Online Educational degree and non-degree courses offering is one of the fastest growing trend around the world, specifically in the US. For example, you can check out some of the...
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What is wrong with the Indian Education system?
India’s education system – the structure and the attitudes – is a legacy of the Colonial past. We have neither changed it nor replaced it. We want to move to...
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A story of 4 IITians: What they did with their lives after IIT
IITs in India have elicited awe and reverence for others and satisfaction for those who passed through the hallowed precincts. So, how have the alumni used their IIT education and...
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How 12 year olds figured out Biotech intracies on their own: Sugata Mitra and “Hole in the Wall”
Sugata Mitra is a Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He has done “Hole in the Wall” Experiments where...
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Efforts to change Scrabble Letter Values; Are they worth it?
Many lovers of English language can’t escape the lure of Scrabble. Central to the fun of Scrabble is its point system that each letter brings to the table. The challenge...
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Indian Students not interested in British Universities anymore?
It seems the Indian students are not going to England to study anymore. 24% drop in the Indian students to Britain is a big drop in one year. There has...
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Hi Tech Cheating in Exam by the MBBS students
When passing an exam becomes the main entry point to the world of money and riches and that certification can be had by cheating, then people go all out to...
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Math Genius Siblings from a Farmer’s house in Ghaziabad
Here is a remarkable story of two kids of one farmer from near Ghaziabad who are mathematical geniuses. Amazing kids both and they have been admitted into the DPS International,...
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75% of IIT-B students focusing on hobbies and not academics; don’t know why they came there really
As per Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), India, coaching for IIT’s JEE examination is a Rs. 10,000 crores (roughly $2 billion) industry. Coaching for admission to the IITs...
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Why you shouldn’t bother teaching Mandarin to you kid for his future career
This is a very interesting answer from a native Mandarin speaker. Things that I didn’t know about or realized. Read Quote of Tao Tan’s answer to Life Advice: What non-English...
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52 year old Professor in Mumbai begs on trains to create schools for underprivileged
Here is an incredible story of a Professor in Mumbai who begs on local trains so he can collect money to set up schools for underprivileged kids in slums for...
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What can you do with a degree in psychology? (Infographic)
Psychology is a popular major amongst the undergrads in the US. Every year 100,000 bachelor’s degrees are awarded in US every year. So what are the different careers available for people...
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How Professors are using Pinterest to engage with students
Whether we like it or not, Social Media is here to stay. And the creative educationists and teachers are using it well. Here is an interesting infographic on how professors...
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Indian kids’ Dream jobs: Men wanted to be Engineers and Women wanted to be Teachers
In a survey across the globe by Linkedin, where it asked the respondents about their dream jobs when they were kids and if they were currently in those dream jobs,...
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Do Teachers destroy many students’ careers by subtle behavioral cues?
This morning, NPR carried a very interesting story. One that related Expectations the teachers have with students, Behavior of the Teachers towards the students, the subtle messaging that happens, and...
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Manipal University to Open Institute in China
One of the premier Private University – Manipal University – in India is planning to make inroads into China. It already has overseas campuses in Malaysia, Nepal, Dubai, and Antigua. The...
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India’s Education System – Corrupted, Inefficient, Dishonest and Failed?
India, unfortunately has become a country high on “symbolism” and “tokenism”. And this is generally known as “Getting the Stamp”. Therefore, there is a clamour to get in to the...
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Education Achievement Gap between Rich and Poor rising rapidly in the US: a study
The future of US is being dented like never before. It is becoming harder and harder for lower income kids to get better educated than that more affluent. This is...
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Indians and Chinese Discriminated against in College Admissions in name of “Promoting Diversity”
If you are an Indian or Chinese student, the chances are you are discriminated when it comes to College Admissions in the US. This is being proved by repeated studies...
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Brazil’s Interesting Experiment: Studying Philosophy important for “Exercise of Citizenship”
Brazil has a strange law, where the Brazilian teenagers have to study philosophy because it is necessary for the exercise of citizenship. It is by far one of the most...
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Are we just surviving?
Recently there was a long discussion amongst some of my buddies, where there was a comparison of how we lived and how our kids are living today.
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Are Nice Teachers Good teachers?
In several studies, a radio program host said yesterday, evaluations of the teachers in schools tracked strongly along the grades students got from the teacher.
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Tri-Valley University Immigration Scandal: Help for Affected Students
The situation of Tri-Valley University admissions, specifically with regards to admissions of Indian students, has snow balled into a large issue.
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Mrs Rajni Kumar Principal, Springdales School Delhi gets Padma Shree
I went to a high school for 14 years – from Nursery (pre-KG) to 12th grade. It was not just a school, but the fructifying of an idea that is unique and beautiful in its own right.
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Using a nook to Enhance my Daughter’s Reading Habits
I had never been much of a reader when I was a kid. Not so with many of my other friends. And, even till today, I have never gotten in the habit of reading books.
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The Cult : Nirvana
They are everywhere, interspersed between you and me especially when “you” and “I” are not friends.
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Cult of Eminent Indian Historians and the Ayodhya verdict
It has been said time and again that the so called “Indian History” experts were anything but. Justice Aggarwal declared:
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Don’t Hit Me Teacher
It is not possible that you grew up without getting spanked or punished ever in your childhood.
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Hats Off To Prof Rajendar Kachroo
This morning, when I read the newspaper, the article written by Prof Rajendar Kachroo, father of late Aman Kachroo, brought tears in my eyes.
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Life is never a “JINGA LALA”
I am not launching a long diatribe against “Indian education system “but my concern is towards many young toddlers who are going to grapple next 22 years of their life under the Diktat of their parent
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Indian Exams, Our Lives and Our Society
This last week was a very eventful week for the high school students all around India. The results of 10th and 12 standard from different systems were announced.
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Nitin Nohria is the first Indian-American Dean of Harvard: some questions
Nitin Nohria, alumunus of IIT-Mumbai, has been named as the 10th dean of Harvard Business School.