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Wanted: talented young to match jobs galore
The Indian economy is creating millions of varied job opportunities. Despite this, scores of educated youth are not readily employable and face a grim future. Companies are struggling to find and retain talent. Ramesh Menon on the challenges.
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At Santiniketan, a creeping insularity
At Santiniketan, Tagore's presence still inhabits many buildings; the keepers of which buildings are often knowledgeable about his legacy. But the
place needs to be de-parochialised to make it once more inclusively Indian, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Fighting to learn in their language
For a miniscule community of East-Bengali origin living in in Maharashtra, it has been a long struggle for the right to learn in their mother tongue. The community has won some victories recently, and much more remains to be done.
Aparna Pallavi reports.
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Assessment to action: The example of ASER
With data available for several years, comparative report cards can be created to look at the performance of states across the country and of
districts within a state. Rukmini Banerji and Wilma Wadhwa look at the example of ASER in education.
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Know disaster, no disaster
Over 400 children from 36 schools in Pune participated in the two-day event on children and disasters on 4-5 January this year. They gathered knowledge about disasters and how to best manage in such situations, ensuring minimum loss of life and property.
Rasika Dhavse reports.
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Pioneering library sparks volunteerism
Launched after a successful international pledge campaign in 2007, the Bakul children's library in Bhubaneshwar
is slowly turning into a node for various kinds of volunteering. Professors, young artists, students, organisers and others have started chipping in. Sailen Routray has more.
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Percolating yong minds
A far-sighted educational trust is reaping the benefit of digging recharge wells long before the need for them. While its own decision is a lesson in
conservation, the institution is also going further, imbibing ecological concerns into the students too. Shree Padre reports.
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The discrimination 'curriculum' in M.P.'s schools
Schools are meant for making better citizens out of our children but
in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, they are forging and reinforcing
caste-bondages instead. Inclusive education seems a far cry in the
villages of Dewas, reports Shuriah Niazi.
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Snakes and Ladders arming children against disasters
Pune-based firm Neeti Solutions has designed a unique version of the popular game Snakes and Ladders,
aimed at teaching children about fires and earthquakes and how to cope best in such situations.
Rasika Dhavse has more.
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Jointly-owned job orientation
A skills training programme that links potential employees' learning programmes with the specific needs of employers provides a new, scalable option
for helping millions of unemployed young persons find jobs. Surekha Sule reports.
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What price, education?
Hundreds of farming families are making a beeline to Karanja from surrounding districts in the hope of a better education for their children.
Although this has brought financial as well as a other problems, these families feel they have little choice. Aparna Pallavi reports.
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Attitudes to sex need healthy injection of science
Why would the Government of India deny a job to an individual who carries
a mutation in the DNA? There is prejudice in Indian society against
individual perceived as "sexual anomalies".
Vaijayanti Gupta initiates an educational discussion on the biology of sex and
sexual orientations.
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Their secret status and a risky schooling
HIV-positive children are being thrown out of school in Uttar Pradesh by insensitive
teachers and parents alike. Many parents are afraid to let schools know that their
children are positive, and the state's machinery has failed to raise any
awareness, as a major study has shown. Puja Awasthi sounds the warning bells.
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Tripura promotes Kok-Borok in tribal schools
In 2005, the Education department of Tripura decided to give a push to Kok-Borok as a medium of instruction at the Junior Basic level to help tribal
students learn in their mother tongue. Ratna Bharali Talukdar reports on the challenges as well as the gains from a strong focus on education in
recent years in the state.
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Laureates meet: reminder to shackled Indian sciences
In July, 18 Nobel laureates met with over 500 young scientists from around the world in Germany.
India sent 22 researchers. The meeting threw up many questions pertaining to the practice of scientific
research in India. Varupi Jain has more.
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