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Both India and China have largely played on two different planks.
‘Study in India’ ticks all the boxes, but without urgent systemic reforms, internationalisation of India’s higher education will remain a distan
This brief discusses the education component of cooperation between India and the countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). It argues that nurturing the education link within BIMSTEC can play a transformative role in augmenting people-to-people contact and cementing a more fruitful regional connectivity. While progress has been achieved—to which India has contributed considerably�
The Teaching at the Right Level approach — delivered both in schools and its principles delivered virtually through mobile phones — is a way to ad
It is interesting to note the accommodations that China made in its educational system to inspire its exponential growth in economic and defence capability. Its educational reforms aimed at transitioning China from a manufacturing hub to a leader in innovation. Today China has the largest network of primary education in the world.
Innovative and creative educational initiatives and their effective use can break the legacy of violence and mistrust in Kashmir.
Saying that there is a proven link between the two types of terrorists - sectarian and Taliban -- Maj. Gen. Mahmud Durrani stresses the need for carrying out educational reforms and popularising a counter-narrative to Taliban's interpretation of Islam.
Affirmative action, especially in the form of reservation policies, to address the issues of inclusion and equity has been in place in India for a long time. The available evidence suggests that the policies of reservation have not been an unqualified success. Indeed, implementation of the reservation policies has faced a variety of issues ranging from problems of identifying the beneficiary groups and the creamy layer to legal interpretation of
Educational cooperation between India and the United States (US) has gone from strength to strength, and there is much more that can be done.
Increasing public spending on early childhood care and education and empowering India’s Anganwadis is important to ensure that quality early educati
While the right to education is widely recognised by national constitutions, its actual implementation remains inadequate
The Bhutan cabinet's scrapping of the allotment of some 1,000 acres of land proposed for the proposed education city has put the ambitious project based on public-private partnership (PPP) in a limbo.
Popularity of India as an education destination for Bhutanese students is a reference-point for close bilateral ties. Today, as many as one third of Bhutan's student population are pursuing higher education in India,
It is quite perplexing that the government has secured all the premium schemes only for the top of the pyramid institutes that constitute only about 2
We must admit that face-to-face interactions between teachers and students along with vibrant and healthy debates amongst peers within the classroom a
COVID-19 has demonstrated how copyright acts as a barrier in accessing educational material
This paper offers a comparative study of India and China in higher-education reforms for the development of talent in artificial intelligence (AI), and in AI research. It analyses the AI development plans and strategies of the two countries, their automation readiness index, talent retention, and research output. The analysis is based on both primary and secondary sources including interviews, government and industry reports, and recognised ranki
A pandemic-stricken India frantically grapples with a jolt to an education system that is seemingly ill-equipped to handle the transition to distance
Only by combining both AI and communities will higher education be relevant and prepare students for the adventures of the fourth industrial revolutio
The declining education system needs to be tackled with targeted measures to economically and ideologically transform the Valley
India needs to foster the integration of spatial computing into education to capitalise on its transformative benefits
Even if a single student is left behind, the move to online teaching will remain unfair. In the longer term, the Central and state governments must co
The government has to free India's top 50 institutions across all disciplines from the iron grip of UGC and AICTE. The institutions must be given the freedom to devise their own course curriculum. After all they have the best subject experts.
The NEP 2020 can help ensure that a holistic approach towards the integration of technology with different functional requirements of the sector is un
The year 2021 saw a slew of measures being adopted for the implementation of the NEP, with differing results at the early and higher education levels
It’s a challenge to address the social hierarchy of vocational education where, for example, in the medical profession, doctors enjoy a higher statu
To ensure that existing resources expended by the government on ed-tech are used efficiently, NITI Aayog is pioneering a revolutionary approach to inc
For a developing nation like India, education emerges as a fundamental tool for creating the human capital necessary to sustain development in the 21s
As Kashmiris stare at an uncertain future, mohalla schools have kept the lamp of education burning for the Valley’s children.
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in India is enshrined in the Constitution and mandated under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009. Yet, its implementation remains tentative for many reasons, primary of which is the absence of a clear government guideline regarding which Ministry is tasked with policymaking and implementation. This brief attempts to offer an answer for the government. It examines
It is clear that to reduce the suffering of poor people, there is no better investment than education, specially the quality of school buildings, teaching and other facilities which are not improving at an even pace in all the 28 states.
A sustained higher budgetary allocation to education sector has largely been devoted to meet the needs of core segments mainly the strengthening of ai
By increasing the number of medical colleges and subsequently the healthcare workforce, India is working towards ensuring enhanced healthcare access f
In a free market economy like India, albeit with some socialist characteristics, education is largely seen as an investment for economic growth, espec
