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How firmly do you believe that our politicians should be educated in real and bookish terms to be educated and behave like one? According to EDUCATION AND POLITICS IN INDIA, the book on Studies in Organization, Society and Policy and edited by Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph, they believe that “studying the politics of education is to identify and analyze the institutions and processes that shape educational policy and performance.” In the excerpt they have said that the way higher education in India has expanded, added research need was generated in the fields of educational so­ciology economics finance manpower planning administration Politics should not be done on education at least. Because we are a neglected lot in general. Education in India contains some political constraints, that neither specifies nor confronts them, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph believe. A study by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council reveals that a...

Trivia # 1.India has the lowest higher educational enrollment ratio in the world around 11%. Did you know that ONE child out of NINE in India is able to join a college? The ratio in the US is 83% Trivia # 2. ONE out of TEN students holding various degrees in Humanities get’s a job, whereas 2/3 rd of Engineering graduates are still looking for employment. Source: a recent NASSCoM-McKinsey joint study. Trivia # 3. Mega universities like IIT are facing a faculty shortage f around 20-30% Trivia # 4. An Indian course curriculum is revised once in 5-10 years. Trivia # 5. More than 50% of India’s population is under 25 years of age and a majority of them are illiterates. Trivia # 6. Poor research - What is out contribution in terms of submitting articles, scientific papers and in the field of science and engineering globally? It is a shocking 3%, considering that the US is world’s 1/3 rd contributor in this field. Trivia # 7.  Indian students 2011-12, have spent over U...

From a distinguished platform of the United Nations the whole world heard what Malala Yousafzai (aged 16 from Pakistan) had to say about the grief stricken state of her country and how the basic right to education for girls in this part of the world is difficult, unlike girls of her age in any European country enjoy.   Addressing before the elite in the UN, the young brave-heart Malala said, “They (Taliban) thought that guns will silence us but they failed.” She appealed to all the girls of the world to ‘pick the book and the pen’ and fight injustice. The first recipient of the Malala day award is Razia, a young girl and a former child labor from India, Merrut, who studies in class five and associated with several Non governmental Organizations to support child education. Razia is a change that the world can not ignore for long. Malala is an inspiration for Peace and Education- Q for India I heard Malala’s interview with CNN’s Amanpor and she was incredible and erudite. ...