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Management schools get interim relief with SC stay order

Chaturvedi is alternative president, Education Promotion Society of India, which along with the Association of Indian Management Schools, had petitioned the apex court against the notification. He says he is in possession of the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2010 when the controversial provisions were put on the table. Chaturvedi claims that the meeting was held and the crucial decision was taken "without a quorum". Interestingly, the dearth of regulations in management education in India has been a cause for worry. According to figures provided by Career Launcher, a management test preparation company, there are approximately 3000 MBA colleges in India. "Very optimistically, only 150 of these provide quality education," says chairman and co-founder, Gautam Puri. FICCI general secretary Dr Rajiv Kumar proposed a self-regulatory mechanism which can be adopted by management institutions at will. "It is just a beginning of an idea; an intermediate st...

India faces a drought of teachers

Education is supposed to be the first step in nation-building. But India simply doesn't have enough teachers. The country already faces a shortage of 8 lakh teachers in primary and middle schools. And the situation is going to get even worse. About 10% of teachers at this stage are above 55 years of age. With 6.5% teachers expected to retire or leave the profession each year, some 35 lakh teachers will be left at the primary and middle level by 2011 — a colossal shortfall of almost 25 lakh teachers. That’s the worrying conclusion that emerges after looking at latest figures available from the District Information System for Education. If you consider the total number of children aged 5-14, who should be studying in Classes I-VIII, there were about 24 crore children in this age group in 2006. The recommended pupil-teacher ratio for primary classes is one teacher for 40 students — though in advanced countries, like the US or the UK, and even in China, this ratio is already below 30. ...

Ekal Vidyalaya: Dubai support for education in India

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Residents in Dubai have funded the educational needs of more than 12,000 rural and tribal children in India. A few weeks since an Indian charitable organisation began collecting contributions in Dubai, residents have helped set up 400 schools for village kids in India. The organisation – Ekal Vidyalaya – works to provide non-formal primary education in remote tribal belts of India. Since it was founded in 1968, the group has helped provide education for 720,000 children across 24,000 schools in India. Uphill task "Providing education in areas deprived of water, electricity and roads is a major challenge. In addition to inaccessibility, convincing villagers to educate themselves is a task," said Abhimanyu Giri, Dubai coordinator for Ekal Vidyalaya. He said the problem is not lack of interest but the need for self reliance. "Working in the fields will get villagers immediate returns. Education is a long-term process." He said the biggest challenge is convincing a chi...