Articles for K12

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs visits Shiv Nadar School

K12 Jul 26, 2017 2 mins read

An attempt to chart out a program that seeks to establish school partnerships between students, teachers and school communities.

Why School accreditation and grading is important

K12 Jul 24, 2017 3 mins read

Discontinuing of CBSEi and increasing set of difficulties to accredit schools, it is important for institutions to understand its gravity.

HRD to lighten burdened school bags with tablets

K12 Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read

Concerned about the health issues of children; under 14 years and their back problems the Human Resource & Development (HRD) ministry introduced some proposals to lighten the burdened shoulders by replacing the physical textbooks with tablets. The HRD meeting was ushered by the HRD minister, Prakash Javadekhar to review school education. It is planning to start a pilot project to provide tablets in classrooms.

Macmillan Education launches ICAS Assessment Programme for Indian Schools

K12 Jun 30, 2017 3 mins read

ICAS, a diagnostic assessment tool, developed by University of South Wales, enters Indian Subcontinent with Macmillan Education.

K. Kasturirangan, Ex-ISRO Chief to Chair the Nine-Member Committee for Finalising National Education Policy

K12 Jun 26, 2017 2 mins read

Padma Vibhushan awardee and former head ISRO, Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan is appointed as the Chairman of the nine-member panel to finalise the draft of New Education Policy.

Much higher mean and much less standard deviation is what we need in education

K12 Apr 24, 2017 4 mins read

Often referred to as ‘The Highest Ranked Civil Servant’ in India, T.S.R. Subramanian, the former Cabinet Secretary has taken up the most ‘firsts’ in the country. In 1992, he went to Washington as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh and signed the agreement on ‘Education for All’ with World Bank. This was World Bank’s first loan ever to a non-financial infrastructure sector. The often used ‘Right to Information Act’ was first drafted by him. He was highly regarded for chairing the committee to provide recommendations on National Education Policy. This interview with BW Education’s Sreerupa Sil, revolves around his perception on education and understanding the past to lead us to the future.

(Mis) Trust in Education- An Agenda for Reform

K12 Apr 13, 2017 5 mins read

Setting up an Educational Institution in India is a social cause at the surface but purely business at the core. Can unrelated but interested people come together to form an institution?

Need for Learning Outcomes in Early Childhood to build Future Leaders

K12 Apr 07, 2017 3 mins read

With disruptive technology and artificial intelligence beating humans in this competitive world, introducing learning outcomes in early childhood can have bigger return on investment than almost any other educational intervention