Shankar Musafir
The ‘neighbourhood criteria’ has environmental, economic and social ramifications
Admission to the nursery classes in most schools in Delhi has …

Sujata Madhok
The Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations that teachers be given substantially higher salaries is a welcome, if belated, recognition of the role of the academic community in building the foundations of our democracy.

As the economy flourishes and the requirement for manpower grows, career guidance centres have stepped in trying to introduce courses to hone the skills of prospective candidates. This trend will continue and trickle down to schools trying to connect young learners directly to industry.

The introduction of CCE has meant giving up certain old rituals and systems that we were all comfortable with. But with CCE here to stay we have no choice but to embrace this change.

Lalit Kishore
Despite several projects that were launched subsequent to the National Policy on Education (NPE, 1986 and 1992), the aim of universal enrolment, retention and achievement in elementary education has remained unfilled.

Pankaj Sekhsaria
The poor condition of basic education in this country is well known to all and here are some basic facts to just get the evidence on it.

Whether we like it or not CCE is here to stay. For those of us who find it difficult to shift focus from the old style of evaluation to this more demanding one this article tells us how we can begin to continuously and comprehensively evaluate children.

S Mohanraj
Teaching, like any other profession happens best when teachers work together.

G Jayaprakash Rao
Many parents today want to give time to their children but find it very difficult.

Geetha Arvind
As parents, we are always advised to spend “quality time” with our children.