The education system in West Bengal, particularly in districts, villages, slums, and government institutions, reflects a blend of progress and ongoing challenges. While the state has made notable strides in increasing literacy rates and expanding access to education, significant disparities persist,...
Education, which is imbued by values and inspires one to indulge in righteous acts –Sadachar, can be the true Shiksha according to its basic spirit. Such education can get one realize his responsibilities towards the humanity; thus, to pave the way to Vishwa-Shanti –world peace. Hence, a to...
Mental haze, synonymous with the words like ambiguity, doubt, suspense and uncertainty is not an unusual state. It is, in fact, a normal state. It is a situation of duel in the human mind. In the entire human history, not a single human being remained unaffected by this state. Greatest ones like Gau...
The share of girl’s enrolment which used to be less than 10% of the total enrolment on the eve of independence is now showing an increasing trend. ‘Annual Report 2020-21’, published by the Ministry of Education states that as per Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) (Female) is concerned, states such a...
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...
