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Labels and stereotypes

Do the roots of racism lie in the stereotypes we create? »      1 comment
Language is an important feature of our self-presentation. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.
BACKPACKER'S GUIDE - LIVING & LEARNING

Strike the right tone

Language is an important aspect of self-presentation. Use it to your advantage. »
A still from 'High Power'.

Power play

Pradeep Indulkar talks about “High Power”, which won a Yellow Oscar at the Uranium Film Festival recently »

Tracking students

A comprehensive School Information System that uses radio signals to monitor the movement of students »
Students at a DU FYUP Open House session. Photo: S. Subramanium

Concerted dissent

UGC member critically examines Delhi University’s Four-Year Undergraduate Programme »
Bangalore, June 13, 2013

Out-of-school children: Karnataka HC seeks response

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted time till June 20 to the State government to respond to its directions issued on April 25 as well as the suggestions given by a court-appointed ami... »
BANGALORE, May 29, 2013

Deshpande to discuss excess fee, placement fee issue

Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande announced here on Tuesday that the State government will hold talks with college managements over excess fee being allegedly collected by some colleges. <... »
Syllabus to stay fit: Giving students a holistic view on health. Photo: A. Muralitharan
May 16, 2013

Curriculum for wellness

If the proposal finally materialises, students in schools across the country will be soon taught about communicable and non-communicable diseases at length. The Union Ministry of Health and Family... »
Some children selling items on Marina Beach do not attend school regularly, and eventually drop out.
CHENNAI, May 9, 2013

Triplicane has highest no. of out-of-school children: survey

On a hot April morning, the Chennai Corporation playground in Royapuram was brimming with young boys carrying cricket bats and wearing oversized football jerseys. Of the lot, at least five admitte... »      1 comment
To get a genuinely sound perspective, make a habit of expanding your horizon, inch by inch, minute by minute.
May 2, 2013
GIANT LEAP

Wide angle view

Sonal wanted to present a paper at a conference in a prestigious university. But all her friends had already paired up and the ones who were left were not ‘her kind of people.’ “I can’t work with... »
TIRUCHI, April 30, 2013

Self-financing arts colleges hard-pressed for teachers

For some of the self-financing arts and science colleges in the region, summer vacation has turned out to be a harrowing time as they have to respond to the frightening level of attrition of teachi... »
Students take out a candle light rally in Warangal protesting the Delhi rape incident. Photo: M. Murali
April 28, 2013

Harbingers of change

Newspapers today are rife with articles on protest, revolt and demonstration. Students are being hailed as the dormant giant who just emerged to take control, take charge and change the landscape... »
NEW DELHI, April 26, 2013

Parliamentary panel opposes automatic promotion under RTE

Opposing the provision of automatic promotions till Class VIII under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Act, 2009, a Parliamentary committee has asked the Ministry of Human Resource Deve... »      1 comment
A screenshot from the Microsoft Office 365 site.
April 23, 2013

Microsoft responds to The Hindu’s story on AICTE deal

In response to “Engineering students locked into Microsoft Office»      31 comments
Ram Manohar Lohia
April 21, 2013
YOUR VOICE

Working towards a casteless society

“Caste restricts opportunity. Restricted opportunity constricts ability. Constricted ability further restricts opportunity. Where caste prevails, opportunity and ability are restricted to ever-nar... »      27 comments
BANGALORE, June 4, 2013

Bangalore University nixes seat enhancement at day college

The yearlong controversy over the enhancement of seats in Jain College, Jayanagar, returned to haunt Bangalore University yet again at Monday’s Academic Council meeting, with a resolution finally... »
COIMBATORE, May 18, 2013

Schools in Coimbatore collecting fees for RTE Act quota seats: parents

When C.T. Sekar, a 53-year-old resident of Muthannankulam here, heard of Right of Children To Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, he was ecstatic. For, it gave his three-and-a-half-year old g... »
A screenshot from the Microsoft Office 365 site.
Chennai, May 9, 2013

AICTE rescinds Microsoft Office 365 mandate

All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has agreed to remove the word ‘mandatory’ from a controversial memo it served on 11,500 colleges it oversees for installing Microsoft Office 365. »      5 comments
TIME FOR RESCUE: In life you should not expect others to fight your battles for you. File Photo
May 5, 2013

An Indian education?

I recently read an article in Kafila written by some students from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi that really made me think. To quickly summarise, the piece criticised the draconian views of the Pr... »      87 comments
Students at Anna University in Chennai. Two years ago, the government had formed a committee to review and inspect colleges that were suspected to be charging excess fees from students. Photo: R. Ragu
CHENNAI, May 2, 2013

B.E. colleges in Chennai get imaginative with fees

Engineering colleges have released notifications on fee structure for the new academic year. There is no fine print here, however. In order to avoid censure, private and deemed institutes... »      25 comments
One of the innovative posters and badges saying no to Delhi University’s four-year under-graduate course in a new way.
NEW DELHI, April 29, 2013

Art & wit, posts & placards keep DU protests alive

“Reform deform, knowledge porridge, meta feta, multi pulti, innovation strangulation, two-year four-year, full half-baked or poached.” Gibberish on the face of it, but humorous enough to draw out a... »
NEW DELHI, April 27, 2013

Delhi University finalises syllabus amid allegations by teachers

Even as Delhi University’s Faculty of Arts finalised the syllabus for several of its courses like English, Hindi, Urdu and Psychology on Friday – there were several allegations of foul-play and ar... »
HYDERABAD, April 25, 2013

CLAT rejected applicants can take the test

Hundreds of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) candidates whose applications were rejected on various grounds can heave a sigh of relief as the CLAT committee has decided to allow them to sit for th... »
Chennai, April 22, 2013

Engineering students locked into Microsoft Office

Come June 30, over 80 lakh college students all over India would have little choice but to use Microsoft Office 365 in their college computers, locked by a government contract that may well be mor... »      57 comments
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, April 19, 2013

‘Every child is different’

Bangalore-based Chetana Keni is a child psychologist, special educator and counsellor rolled into one. She founded The Chetana Keni Institute for Remedial Education, under which she runs the pr... »