Lost Learning in the Pandemic Amidst the devastation that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought since last year, one area that has been severely impacted is education. Close to 90% of the world’s school-aged children have had their education disrupted by the pandemic. By one estimate, ...
Today humans are living in a fast, ever-growing world. There is a continuous explosion of information and every second there are new innovations taking place. It is evident that the whole world is marching with competitive spirit and consumption-oriented culture resulting in habitat destructio...
While Covid-19 has impacted every aspect of quality life, the education sector, particularly the developing countries like India, is bearing its long-run cost most. The stringency index (figure 1) created by the University of Oxford clearly shows that India had not only reached the stringency ...
XLRI-Xavier School of Management celebrated its 64th Annual Convocation. The first-ever virtual Convocation ceremony was held to bid a final farewell to the 2018-20 batch. Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, graced the convocation ceremony as the chief...
Rev.Dr.M.Thamacin Arulappan,S.J, Principal St Xavier’s Collegiate School In March 2020, the academic year 2019-20 and the board exams were being conducted and we were looking forward to and planning for the academic year 2020-21. Then the schools were closed as the...
In some of the Indian states, schools have reopened and some states are thinking of reopening them in a few weeks. But there are instances where schools have been closed again after reopening. This happened in many European countries like the United Kingdom and Germany. There are also in...
In April, 2017, a report in The New Indian Express titled ‘Delayed payments of fellowships leave UGC students at Hyderabad in the lurch’ stated that the delay in disbursement of fellowship ranged between two to eight months. Again, in 2019, there were protests by the research scholars across the...
We all know that for proper growth of children, the contribution of parents often becomes a deciding factor. If parents fail to inculcate the value of true education in the minds of the children, their life cannot prosper. Proper guidance by educated parents will pave the way for capacity building, ...
Seminar on ancient Indian education systemNational Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata (an autonomous Institute established by MHRD, GOI in 1965) recently organised a two-day national seminar on ‘Ancient Indian Education system’ on the occasion of Maulana Azad...
English is a major international language and the ability to read fluently in English is a life skill that is crucialto academic success and to participate in the global arena.However, for several reasons, Indian children are trailingbehind in their ability to read and comprehend English. Wecan no l...
