If dummy admissions, prolonged school absenteeism, and an unregulated coaching culture continue unchecked, we may end up producing students who have spent enormous amounts of time and money on education without actually receiving the education they need.
If South Asian governments urgently review and reform their education systems, the region can all benefit within 15 years from our demographic dividend and unleash the region's immense knowledge and growth potential within a generation.New education systems must be interactive and inter-operative to allow free movement of professionals, capital and labour around the region
Nalanda serves as a counterweight to the historic monopoly of Western universities over social, political, and ecological theory. It invites Asian and African scholars to address regional dilemmas such as resource sovereignty, post-colonial statehood, and sustainable modernization using indigenous analytical categories.
The daughters and granddaughters of these warlords, like those of several key Taliban commanders, live and study abroad. Sabori’s school in Archi is half-closed, owing to the ban on education for girls over 12 years of age. Several underground schools have sprung up where even some Taliban foot-soldiers send their daughters.
Outcome of the ongoing electoral battle in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu along with the Union Territory of Puducherry on May 2 will end the national suspense in India, paving the way for the next round of electoral battle next year in two of the Hindi heartland states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand that elect 85 MPs to the Lok Sabha and they combined have a population of nearly 240 million, over a fourth of India's population
Why does sweetness in sadness lie
Am I the Master of my Fate
Over the course of the past one month, there has been a series of overtures between India and Pakistan which are being construed as steps towards re-establishing a semblance of peace between the two countries
‘Love jihad’ as a term itself is an oxymoron
A gallery of words and meanings
An interesting case has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) of India
At the outset, I congratulate Your Excellency Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena on your election as Chairperson of today's Meeting
Political stability is the necessary ingredient for every country for weaving societal Integration. It is a prerequisite condition for economic development and establishing the supremacy of the law in the state
Don’t play with Trees
We meet at a momentous time, not just for the people of Afghanistan but also for our wider region
We undersigned citizens of Nepal are proud of the Myanmar people’s valorous stand for democracy, appalled by the murderous suppression by the Tatmadaw military, and distressed by the lack of adequate response from the governments of South Asia and globally
At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, paid a State Visit to Bangladesh from 26 to 27 March 2021 to join the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh, the Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has thought it fit to pass a resolution by majority vote against Sri Lanka for what the resolution termed as a human rights violation
H.P. Ghosh Research Centre, a unit of Bandhan-Konnagar, hosted the Kolkata-Dhaka Dialogue, with the support of India's Ministry of External Affairs
