The case for liberal arts education

The party tents are up and bleacher stands are in place on the Columbia University’s beautifully apportioned Commons (public yard) that will bring together some 45,000 people — undergraduates, graduates, Doctorates, their families, the faculty, and the university administration—to celebrate the value of higher education at one of the great universities of the world where…

Edu Startup to help students tackle Entrance examination

To help students from Kerala crack the Engineering and Medical examinations, a group of Kochi based Entrepreneurs have launched an Education startup, ‘entri.Me’. “We are a bunch of engineers who quit our jobs to help students tackle Kerala Engineering and Medical exams effortlessly,” Mohammed Hishamuddin, Founder entri.Me, said in a release. “The aim of such a…

State board says start e-learning from Class 5

The Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary School Principals Association (MSSHSSPA) has written to the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbooks to include more of e-learning in the curriculum of class 5, which will be changing from the coming academic year. Pointing out to the need to making the class 5 curriculum more practical and at…

Quality education remains a mirage in Phungyar

Quality or meaningful education still remains a mirage, something inaccessible in many interior areas of Ukhrul district such as Nongman, Sorde, Kumram and Patbung. Shortage of teaching staff and teachers’ absenteeism are the two biggest and most common problems afflicting school education in these areas as observed by a joint team of ICHAM volunteers and…