Indians are known to be strong on analytical thinking and arithmetic reasoning-skills associated with the Left Brain. But in today’s creativity-driven world, is the Left Brain enough, asks Ketan Tanna In June 2005, General Motors vice-chairman Bob Lutz, while speaking at a shareholder meeting, said his company could not be managed just by the left, analytical […]

“For reasons unknown, the gross and glaring in-built inequity and class-bias of post-independence India’s school system has not bothered the nation’s know-all central planners and social engineers. Mumbai which is a microcosm of India provides the best example of the unquestioned class disparity of Indian education. Ketan Tanna reports” When national luminaries led by the President A.P.J. […]

Hardly has the Maharashtra government recovered from the embarrassment of being forced to withdraw its resolution imposing a means tested fee structure upon aided English medium schools in the state, when it has landed itself into another school and curriculum-related mess. A July 15 resolution introducing board exams (the Primary School Certificate Examination — PSCE), […]

Quo vadis the Mumbai colleges? In a shocking disclosure, Dr A D Sawant , joint director of higher education, Maharashtra Government, under whose purview the city colleges function told Education World that the Mumbai city colleges in his assessment do not have more then “150-160 academic days in a year “. This in effect means […]

Mumbai-based Savio da Gama (21) is a musician with a difference. With 26 musical awards under his belt — more than one for each year of his life including a Rs.15,000 annual five-year scholarship and a citation from the Hyderabad-based Rajaji Trust — da Gama has already achieved more than most musicians achieve in a […]