Particularly in Higher Education in India, I have long been bothered by a systemic gap in Teacher Education. The gap lies in the preparation of teachers for HE. Today the minimum entry criteria for an Assistant Professor in HE is the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the State Level Eligibility Test (SET/SLET) [UGC Regulations 2009, and the most [...]
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The Travails of Teacher Education
Posted in Chaos, Education Policy, Indian Education, tagged higher education, India, policy, teachr education on December 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Para teachers
Posted in Education Policy, tagged India, indian education, para-teachers on June 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
There are both champions and detractors of para-teacher schemes in India. Champions claim that these schemes reduce pupil-teacher ratios (PTRs), eliminate single teacher schools, lower the cost of providing elementary education and may increase teacher accountability to local panchayats. Detractors, on the other hand, rue the lower professional training and allegedly lower educational qualifications of [...]
EY Reports – Higher Education in India
Posted in Education Policy, Indian Education, Innovations, tagged E&Y, higher education, India, Report on April 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the EDGE2011 conference, Ernst & Young, came out with a report called 40 million by 2020: Preparing for a new paradigm in Indian Higher Education, building on its earlier report with FICCI (Making Indian Higher Education Future Ready, 2009). This post deals with the salient analysis of and in the report. At the outset, overall [...]
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