Poverty on basis of caste and religion caused due to lack of education, says Anand Kumar
4 years, 11 months ago

Poverty on basis of caste and religion caused due to lack of education, says Anand Kumar

India Today  

Poverty and divisions among people on the basis of caste and religion in India were caused by lack of education, 'Super 30' fame mathematician Anand Kumar said, emphasising that technology must be harnessed to ensure education reaches every home in the country. "They know that education is the only way that can help people get out of poverty, open up new worlds, create new opportunities," he said. He said several Indians who are working in the technology field in America have expressed their keenness and willingness to support him and 'Super 30' take science and maths education to every home in India. Kumar's struggles and efforts to impart education and training to 30 deserving and economically-backward students for the IIT-JEE entrance exams every year was the inspiration for the Hrithik Roshan-starrer 2019 movie 'Super 30'.

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Let’s not blame India’s early policy settings for our failings in mass education
1 month, 1 week ago

Let’s not blame India’s early policy settings for our failings in mass education

Live Mint  

Three-quarters of a century after freedom from British rule, Nehruvian policies continue to animate debates on the extent to which they aided or hobbled the emergence of India’s economy. A recent study by Nitin Kumar Bharti and Li Yang of the Paris School of Economics’ World Inequality Lab compares the approach taken by India and China to public education over …

Is India's education system ready to tackle the rural teacher shortage?
2 months, 1 week ago

Is India's education system ready to tackle the rural teacher shortage?

India Today  

India is grappling with a deepening education crisis as more than 1 lakh ninth-grade students in Delhi government schools failed their annual exams for the 2023-24 academic year. IMPORTANCE OF PERSONALISED LEARNING AND TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO Praneet Mungali, Trustee & Secretary of Sanskriti Group Schools, emphasises the importance of learning outcomes in shaping education systems. URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE IN TEACHER DISTRIBUTION Similarly, …

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar to launch online educational platform for the poor
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar to launch online educational platform for the poor

Hindustan Times  

Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar has said that he would soon launch a new online educational platform to take education to the doorsteps of the poor and underprivileged students in India. In his speech at the 2024 Kellogg India Business Conference on the theme "Reimagining India: Shaping the Global Economic Landscape," organized by the Kellogg School of Management, …

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened
1 year, 8 months ago

Ways in which the Indian education system can be strengthened

The Hindu  

India is a country with a population of 1.3 billion and counting. Here is a look at some issues that plague the education system and what can be done to redress them: Limited funds and redistribution: The government at the provincial and national levels has to provide resources such as manpower, infrastructure and funds to cater to the country’s.educational needs …

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 11 months ago

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

It was only in 2022, after the third wave of COVID-19, that schools in India finally reopened fully, after two plus years of pandemic-related disruptions. The Annual Status of Education Report 2022, brought out by the NGO Pratham last week, reveals that at least one of these concerns may not be a problem: overall enrolment figures for the 6 to …

India’s learning poverty has shot up, says World Bank official
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s learning poverty has shot up, says World Bank official

The Hindu  

World Bank’s Global Director for Education Jaime Saavedra was in India last week to meet Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and governments of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to discuss concerns over learning losses for children due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for concerted efforts to bridge these gaps. In a sit-down interview with Jagriti Chandra, he talks about …

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar urges government to launch 24x7 education channel amid Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar urges government to launch 24x7 education channel amid Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar has urged the HRD ministry to launch a 24x7 education channel - 'Doordarshan Education' for students belonging to different sections of society as not everyone has access to online learning amid the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. Known for his highly successful and famed Super 30 programme, which nurtures 30 students from underprivileged sections …

Education opportunity to needy can solve world's core problems, says Super 30's Anand Kumar
5 years, 3 months ago

Education opportunity to needy can solve world's core problems, says Super 30's Anand Kumar

India Today  

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar, while speaking at an award function, said that making quality education accessible to the masses can solve the world's core problems like poverty, unemployment and population explosion among others. Anand Kumar received the Education Excellence Award 2019 Anand Kumar, who was in news due to the biopic on his life starring Hrithik Roshan, added another …

32 million Indian children have never been to any school: How can we reform education for the underprivileged?
5 years, 4 months ago

32 million Indian children have never been to any school: How can we reform education for the underprivileged?

India Today  

Debates surrounding the educational sector and education for the underprivileged have been one of the hottest topics for eons, and remains so till date, and not without reason. Several schemes have been instituted to ensure that underprivileged children receive a solid educational base including 'Samagra Shiksha' and 'Strengthening for Providing Quality Education in Madrassas'. The Right to Education guarantees free …

Read India must come before Skill India
5 years, 11 months ago

Read India must come before Skill India

Firstpost  

The recently released Annual Status of Education Report, India’s largest NGO-run yearly survey, paints a distressing picture of basic reading and arithmetic abilities of students: with 25 per cent of students completing Class 8 without any reading competency, and over 50 per cent unable to even divide numbers. When we ask him whether he too wants to be a contractor, …

Opinion | India’s education sector needs a quantum shift
5 years, 11 months ago

Opinion | India’s education sector needs a quantum shift

Live Mint  

The quality of education has a direct bearing on any economy. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said on 26 September 2014 that there is no dearth of talent in India and “Mars success should be made an opportunity to make the world aware of Indian talent”, the ASER report shows Indian children have a huge learning deficit. The highly …

18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019
6 years, 2 months ago

18.6 million without jobs in India this year, unemployment rate to stand at 3.5 per cent in 2019

India Today  

Many would argue that the core objective behind education is to gainful employability. According to the International Labour Organisation, India will again see its unemployment rate at 3.5 per cent in 2018 and 2019, the same which was seen in 2017 and 2016. Quality institutions are less in India The reason behind this is that India has a small number …

Brain gain, not brain drain, says Javadekar at Mail Today's 7th Education and Skill Summit
6 years, 3 months ago

Brain gain, not brain drain, says Javadekar at Mail Today's 7th Education and Skill Summit

India Today  

Mail Today's 7th Education and Skill Summit 2018 came into force to bring together experts, citizens and those in charge of the education sector of India - to discuss the key issues surrounding Indian education system. In a major reform move for the higher education sector in India, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar says that we want to achieve brain …

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