Archive for the ‘education’ Category

Karnataka Education: Is the quality sinking outside Bangalore?

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Karnataka lately has been in the news for all wrong reasons (mining, corruption). We residents are tired of non-governance in the state. Every year parents across India eagerly look for the college rankings published by various magazines.

Board exams in India are done, how to engage the kids?

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Central board exams (ICSE, CBSE) have recently concluded. Kids have a good 3-4 months before their XIth grade starts. The question most parents have is "How do we keep our kid(s) gainfully occupied during this long gap?"

Column: Get educated from World Class Universities, for FREE!

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

My ninth column in “Vijaya Next” (Kannada) was about maintaining your online education from premier educational institutions across the world. Main points were,

Should kids in Indian Schools learn Computers or Programming?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Nearly all school boards in India today teach computers & programming. I am more familiar with the central boards - ICSE & CBSE. In ICSE syllabus you learn about computers (Microsoft Office, internet browsers etc) in primary school (may be 4th, 5th grades) and in 9th grade you can opt ...

Obama vows broadband expansion, when will the Indian govt follow suit?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Obama in his weekly radio/web address on Dec 6, 2008 said he would make broadband accessible to every child in the US.