Education

Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 24 sep 2013

Indian education system is still not very friendly with students having disabilities. It has to upgrade its services at various levels to integrate differently abled students within the general student community and encourage a large population of disabled children who doesn't even go to school. The article explores the experiences of a student pursuing studies in the Canadian institution and the facilities and environment that encourages and facilitates education for students with disabilities. Canadian education system includes well designed physical infrastructure at school keeping the needs of the disabled students in mind, inclusive policies of the administration and the faculty, positive attitude of the students and the community in general, proper counselling facilities etc. There are lessons that Indian education system and society can learn from the Canadian approach. Read on...

The Times of India: What can India learn from Canadian education system?
Author: Ekamjit Ghuman

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 13 aug 2013

The challenge to increase employability of Indian engineering graduates and to make them readily-employable is pushing institutions, companies and entrepreneurs seek innovative learning and training models and solutions. In the tough business and economic environment, IT industry employers with their clients wanting more for less and shrinking training budgets, are searching for low cost and job ready engineering talent. According to Swami Manohar, an entrepreneur and former academic, although India produces more engineers than both US and China combined but estimated 80% of these one million annually graduating engineers working in the IT industry were employed in non-core engineering jobs mainly as programmers, software architects, technical and customer support etc. Some experts like E. Balagurusamy, former vice-chancellor of Anna University, even consider the IT slowdown as an opportunity for engineers to explore real engineering related jobs and build things that would add value and contrubute to the national development. Read on...

Live Mint: Striving for quality in India's engineers
Author: Pankaj Mishra

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 12 jul 2013

Right to Education Act is a step in right direction to provide education to larger number of children in India. But the main issue that is faced by the current primary education system is the quality of education and the development & enhancement of learning ability in students. According to experts the current system focuses more on rote learning and not on improving overall knowledge of subjects and concepts. Recently released Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) provides data that further points towards the deficiency in the system particularly related to reading and math levels in all Indian states. In 2012, 53.2% of Class V students can't read Class II-level text, up from 51.8% in 2011. While only 11-20% of Class V students could do mathematical division in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Experts point out that lack of investment in educational infrastructure, insufficient training of teachers and ineffective curriculum are some reasons for dismal performance of the primary education system. Read on...

Moneycontrol: Primary education in India needs a fix
Author: Pankaj Mishra

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 03 jul 2013

To attract and encourage private investments in medical education in areas lacking such facilities, the government of Uttar Pradesh in India will provide a capital subsidy of Rs 20 crore; exemption in stamp duty, development and inspection fees; pay 5 percent of the interest on loan taken to establish the institution; construct road infrastructure upto 3 km for improved connectivity; uninterrupted electricity. Read on...

The Indian Express: Incentive scheme to attract private investment in medical education
Author: NA

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 27 jun 2013

Professor Anjani Jain of Yale University says that education in India has lagged behind and the lack of world class universities in India is a result of less emphasis and focus on research-based education. According to him India has excellent talent both in the faculty and student population but since there is no institutional culture for research scholarships there is less motivation. He advocates continuous syllabi upgradation and training of faculty. Research provides the opportunity to bring the latest into the classroom. Read on...

The Times of India: India lacks in research-based education, Yale professor says
Author: Ishan Srivastava

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 11 may 2013

Former Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam suggest capacities that are to be build in students during their formative years in schools and colleges, to grow in their professional careers and contribute in the nation bulding and development. According to him the capacities that are essential include: research and inquiry with emphasis on life long learning; creativity and innovation through collective sharing and management of knowledge and team work; use of technology for learning by adopting best available technologies in institutions; entrepreneurship should be part of educational curriculum and taking calculated risks to create and build upon ideas is essential for growth; moral leadership through value based education resulting in enlightened and concerned citizenship. Read on...

The New Indian Express: The mantras for capacity building
Author: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 12 apr 2013

Dr. Amit Kapoor, chairman of Institute of Competitiveness, advocates entrepreneurship as an integral part of the learning curriculum in the Indian business schools and they, alongwith engineering institutes, should become centers of new venture development. He insists that India needs entrepreneurs, and not just job seekers and managers, to solve its multitude of problems. Entrepreneurs innovate and create organizations that provide jobs. They are engines of growth and development. In the Indian context, its also very important for entrepreneurs to have a social perspective to understand and develop solutions for a greater public good. Read on...

The Economic Times: Entrepreneurs, not job-seekers, are the solution for the country's problems - Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute of Competitiveness
Author: Chad O'Connor

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 24 mar 2013

RTE Act 2009, mentioned infrastructure norms for elementary schools that have to be implemented by March 31, 2013. According to reports it seems that it wouldn't be possible. Declining budgetary allocation towards these projects is a cause of concern. Another education related project that's falling behind is the supply of low cost Aakash 2 Tablets. How can India overcome the promises and reality gap, and overcome implementation inefficiencies? Read on...

DNA: Government misses RTE deadline for infrastructure in schools
Author: Aakshi Magazine

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 08 mar 2013

India has to overcome structural problems and bottlenecks related to education, training and infrastructure has to be alleviated to increase the potential of India's growth, says the Chief Economic Advisor, Raghuram Rajan. He mentions three downside risks to the economy- current account deficit, oil prices and monsoon. Government should continue to focus on financial sector reforms and labor reforms towards seeking better alternatives. Read on...

Live Mint: Economy on way up, but risks linger - Raghuram Rajan
Author: Asit Ranjan Mishra, Anil Padmanabhan

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 07 mar 2013

Can 'Agricultural Education' provide support to India's sustained growth prospects? The share of agriculture in GDP is about 14.5% and it is the largest source of employment in rural areas, but its employment share decreased by 45.5% (GOI Survey 2009-10). A new approach and road map is needed to overcome the challenges of the sector and agricultural education. A conference is underway and 655 scientists from around the world have gathered to discuss and evolve a strategy to address the issues of agricultural education in India. Let's work towards building a knowledgeable and prosperous agricultural community. Read on...

The Times of India: New policy needed to make agriculture education more attractive - Expert
Author: NA

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