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Karnataka Education: Is the quality sinking outside Bangalore?

bgmahesh — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:09:56 +0000

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?

bgmahesh — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:04:08 +0000

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!

bgmahesh — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:24:36 +0000

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

Indian families don’t hesitate to spend on their child’s education (even if they cannot afford)

Should kids in Indian Schools learn Computers or Programming?

bgmahesh — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:33:02 +0000

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 to take computers (which is Java programming) or economics or other things like singing. In CBSE it appears students “must” take computers in 9th and 10th which is programming (Visual Basic).

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

bgmahesh — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:21:54 +0000

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

As we renew our schools and highways, we’ll also renew our information superhighway. It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption. Here, in the country that invented the internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they’ll get that chance when I’m President – because that’s how we’ll strengthen America’s competitiveness in the world.

How do you build future leaders/bureaucrats?

bgmahesh — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:08:20 +0000

Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with my cousin from US. We met her family after 11 years. We were talking about her son’s extra-curricular activities. One of her sons went to National Youth Leadership Forum in Washington DC.

When will students study without any tension from Govt?

bgmahesh — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:59:28 +0000

I think it is the worst time to be a student in Karnataka. The government has been going after schools that are not teaching Kannada. Frankly, the problem itself is not clear. Sometimes I get a feeling the govt is insisting the medium of education should be Kannada but when you read few articles I feel the govt is insisting on Kannada being taught as a language.