Dinesh Singh

If India truly wishes to bring about good and effective education to empower the masses, then it has to offer technology-based learning platforms.

The policy has rightly tried to not be too prescriptive. Instead, it draws a balance between creating an enlightened vision and offering practical pathways for implementing that vision.

Students should realise that education is all about discovering one's true inner self.

The nation that taught the world to count sensibly and how to use data for efficient management much before the Christian era has seemingly lost its way.

The country seems to be moving more and more into an examination based education system where the testing impedes genuine learning.

If our policy and curriculum makers take a little more interest, much of the learning of mathematics can happen in a trans-disciplinary manner around the discoveries from ancient India.

There is an onslaught of figures related to the Covid-19 being thrown at the public with no trends being spotted or commentaries on what could happen in such situations.

It should be clear that for a variety of reasons, India has been not as badly affected by Covid-19 as most other nations.

Schools and colleges can play very interesting, enriching and constructive roles through educational activities during the pandemic.

Looking at the data available, it seems like India shall have a very low number of Covid-19 positive cases given the slow rate of growth of infections.

The effort of most academics in the current situation is to see how best they can deliver learning material in a way that resembles what they have been doing for years in classrooms.

JNU, DU and Jamia are unable to make it to the list of the top 200 as they have refused to change and grow in the directions that are truly needed for India's economic journey.

Choose a programme of study that resonates closest to your heart without worrying too much about where you are enrolled.

Parents who fear there kids may miss out on good colleges don’t know of the many success stories coming from the not-so-well regarded colleges.

Technology-based learning can be a game-changer, generating huge resources not just through the needs of India but also from a global viewpoint.

The stress is not so much the coaching centre as the parents who put the weight of their expectations on the shoulders of their ward.

Students are compelled to make career choices in school that are likely to stay with them for a significant part of their lives. But do they have adequate information to make such choices at that level?

The blackboards will have to recede a little.

Gandhi's most important and prescriptive principle was to the effect that what you do with your hands will enter your heart.

The salvation of India’s endeavour to meaningfully educate its youth lies through the path of technology-based education.

The proposed policy creates room for a healthy blend between skills and knowledge.

As soon as the board exam results are declared, students and parents stress over skyrocketing cut-offs. But what exactly is fuelling this spike?

The time after a student finishes high school is supposed to be filled with excitement and joy. Instead, the students are stressed out and worried about college admissions.