The Government Girls' Middle School at Sherpur village in Madhya Pradesh is now being widely recognised as "Lalita Ka School".
Lalita is no politician but a gritty 15-year-old, whose firm determination to study has motivated other girls to follow suit at the same very school from where she studied from Class VI to VIII.
Lalita, who has moved to another school for her further studies now, was the lone student in all the grades for the last three years, but this did not discourage her from continuing her studies.
The school, located about 50 kms from here, did not deter Lalita to travel all along to attend classes in Standard VI, VII and VIII, where three male teachers helped her out in all the subjects.
The teenager cleared her Class VIII exams with first class marks, inspiring other girls in her area to take up studies in that school. Her father Madanlal Girwal, a government employee was initially a little bit worried as she was alone in the classes but then supported his daughter seeing her zeal for education.
Her parents have now decided to let Lalita continue her students in another school, where she isn't alone. Middle School Head Master Ashok Jaat said, "there were better schools around..Hence attendance of girls at our institute was thin. But now things have changed after Lalita scored first class marks. Now nearly 15 girls have taken admission in our school." The population of Sherpur is 700, Jaat said.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Present Sir - The State of Primary Education in India
A thought provoking short clip depicting the state of primary education in India. Makes us think that the reality may be far far away from what it appears on the TV set.
The Short Film was made by NID Ahmedabad students.
The Short Film was made by NID Ahmedabad students.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Best Answers - Does education in the truest sense end with the day at school?
Our Post on Facebook Page asked ‘Does education in the truest sense end with the day at school?’
Here are the best 3 answers we received from our fans.
"Certainly not, because the very first learning of a child never begins at school likewise it doesn't end at school alone. For each one of us learn something at any point from our childhood till the last breath. Home is the first place of education and school is one of the place of learning but the fact is we learn something at sometime at somewhere but Always..................we are been educated."
- Selvi Selvakumar
"Education is a process which never ends in its truest sense as it keeps on adding useful things to our knowledge bank each day of our life! Education formally may begin and end at school but actually it starts the day we arrive on this earth and ends when we finally pass on our leaning and knowledge for the other generations.
Your Education is complete the day you are in a position to ask what I can do for you. In a sense Education process doesn’t ends but gets completed only to start afresh a new journey of knowledge transformation. "
- Kiran Kanjani
"Yup very much. I truly know education is a must which begins from the day we are born. The language which a baby speaks is the language which we talk it is just that the baby cannot make out and speak properly. Like wise I feel when one is educated she/he can become something in life. With education comes confidence and attitude. Hence education for every child is very important which perhaps starts in school."
- Meenakshi Kondaskar
Here are the best 3 answers we received from our fans.
"Certainly not, because the very first learning of a child never begins at school likewise it doesn't end at school alone. For each one of us learn something at any point from our childhood till the last breath. Home is the first place of education and school is one of the place of learning but the fact is we learn something at sometime at somewhere but Always..................we are been educated."
- Selvi Selvakumar
"Education is a process which never ends in its truest sense as it keeps on adding useful things to our knowledge bank each day of our life! Education formally may begin and end at school but actually it starts the day we arrive on this earth and ends when we finally pass on our leaning and knowledge for the other generations.
Your Education is complete the day you are in a position to ask what I can do for you. In a sense Education process doesn’t ends but gets completed only to start afresh a new journey of knowledge transformation. "
- Kiran Kanjani
"Yup very much. I truly know education is a must which begins from the day we are born. The language which a baby speaks is the language which we talk it is just that the baby cannot make out and speak properly. Like wise I feel when one is educated she/he can become something in life. With education comes confidence and attitude. Hence education for every child is very important which perhaps starts in school."
- Meenakshi Kondaskar
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Don't Let Lack of Funds Cripple the Possibility of a Good Education
Change is the only constant, and it's even more evident when it comes to inflation. It is quite evident that rising costs are here to stay, especially when it comes to education. Today, the cost of sending your child to kindergarten is already high; imagine how much it would become 10 years from now.
As caring parents, providing the best for your child is priority, but rising costs often make you think twice. However such decisions should never be influenced by the lack of money, which is why you should start thinking today.
What cost Rs.5 lakhs today will cost you Rs.15 lakhs tomorrow! Will you be prepared to shell out that sort of money or will you choose to compromise on your child's education? But as a caring parent wouldn't you want to provide your child with the best possible education.
The best way to avoid such a situation is to start preparing from today itself!
To prepare yourself you should:
Step 1 - Decide the corpus you wish to provide for your child's future and the time when the same should be made available. While doing so you should consider various career specializations available. Also remember, that all professional courses will cost more tomorrow than today.
Step 2 - Select an investment amount that you will be comfortable paying monthly. After all you mustn't forgo the present for the future.
Step 3 - Choose the level of protection you desire. This should be reflected in -
a) the level of sum to be assured chosen by you;
b) the riders you opt for with the base plan.
Some of the riders available under various child plans are:
Comprehensive Health Benefit (CHB) rider - provides complete protection against critical illness and disability, by paying benefits otherwise payable on death.
Income Benefit (IB) rider - pays income to your child in case of your death.
Accident Death Benefit (ADB) rider - pays additional money in case of your accidental death.
Dread Disease Rider (DDR) rider - Gives an additional benefit upon diagnosis of 10 critical diseases like - Heart Attack, Cancer, Stroke, CABG etc.
Your child's future education and success depends on how well you plan today. Be prepared and everything will fall into place. One such device that can help you get started is the Aviva Educost (education cost calculator) that enables you to calculate the cost of future education and also helps you identify how much you would need to invest today to achieve that corpus.
As caring parents, providing the best for your child is priority, but rising costs often make you think twice. However such decisions should never be influenced by the lack of money, which is why you should start thinking today.
What cost Rs.5 lakhs today will cost you Rs.15 lakhs tomorrow! Will you be prepared to shell out that sort of money or will you choose to compromise on your child's education? But as a caring parent wouldn't you want to provide your child with the best possible education.
The best way to avoid such a situation is to start preparing from today itself!
To prepare yourself you should:
Step 1 - Decide the corpus you wish to provide for your child's future and the time when the same should be made available. While doing so you should consider various career specializations available. Also remember, that all professional courses will cost more tomorrow than today.
Step 2 - Select an investment amount that you will be comfortable paying monthly. After all you mustn't forgo the present for the future.
Step 3 - Choose the level of protection you desire. This should be reflected in -
a) the level of sum to be assured chosen by you;
b) the riders you opt for with the base plan.
Some of the riders available under various child plans are:
Comprehensive Health Benefit (CHB) rider - provides complete protection against critical illness and disability, by paying benefits otherwise payable on death.
Income Benefit (IB) rider - pays income to your child in case of your death.
Accident Death Benefit (ADB) rider - pays additional money in case of your accidental death.
Dread Disease Rider (DDR) rider - Gives an additional benefit upon diagnosis of 10 critical diseases like - Heart Attack, Cancer, Stroke, CABG etc.
Your child's future education and success depends on how well you plan today. Be prepared and everything will fall into place. One such device that can help you get started is the Aviva Educost (education cost calculator) that enables you to calculate the cost of future education and also helps you identify how much you would need to invest today to achieve that corpus.
Monday, April 5, 2010
India joins the list of 135 countries in making Education a Right!
With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children.
According to the UNESCO’s ‘Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010’, about 135 countries have constitutional provisions for free and non-discriminatory education for all.
However, the report says that despite the legal guarantee of free education, primary school fees continue to be charged in some countries.
It also cited a 2005 World Bank survey, which stated only 13 countries impart primary education totally free of cost. In majority of countries, some direct costs have been reported though no tuition fees are charged.
“In reality, free primary schooling still remains the exception rather than the rule,” says the report.
Chile tops the list of countries in providing free education for a period of 15 years to a child. It gives free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 21 years.
The Latin American country, where elementary education was among the worst two decades ago, had implemented a special education programme in 1990 which recorded a significant improvement among primary and upper primary students.
There are seven countries such as Germany, Belgium, Italy and Norway that have provisions of free compulsory education to children covering their entire schooling period.
Countries like Britain and New Zealand have made education compulsory and free for children for a period of 11 years.
Spain, France, Norway and Canada are among the 19 nations where education is free of cost for a duration of 10 years, ranging from the age of five to 15 or six to 16 years.
There are 34 countries, including Japan, Finland, Russia and Sweden where a child gets nine years of compulsory education, according to the report.
In India, the Right to Education law, providing free and compulsory schooling to children in the 6—14 year age bracket, came into force yesterday.
With the new education act now operational, India has joined some 20 other countries including Afghanistan, China and Switzerland which have laws guaranteeing free and compulsory education for eight years of elementary education.
India’s neighbours such as Sri Lanka and Pakistan do not have any law providing free education, where as Bangladesh and Myanmar have such provisions for a four-year-period while Nepal has five years of compulsory schooling.
According to the report, there are seven countries, including Romania and Brazil whose laws define seven years of compulsory education for a child, while five countries, including the Philippines and Georgia give children legal right to education for a period of six years.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and eight other countries have the provision of five years of free education for children.
However, there are over 50 countries, including the US, South Africa, Malaysia and a majority of Sub-Saharan African countries which do not have any constitutional provision to provide free and compulsory education to children.
The UNESCO report, however, does not have data about certain countries on whether they have any constitutional provision of providing free education.
The report also states that some countries have achieved extraordinary progress in their education system and the number of children dropping out from schools has declined by 33 million worldwide since 1999.
Source: PTI
What are your views on the decision? Let us know in the comment below!
According to the UNESCO’s ‘Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010’, about 135 countries have constitutional provisions for free and non-discriminatory education for all.
However, the report says that despite the legal guarantee of free education, primary school fees continue to be charged in some countries.
It also cited a 2005 World Bank survey, which stated only 13 countries impart primary education totally free of cost. In majority of countries, some direct costs have been reported though no tuition fees are charged.
“In reality, free primary schooling still remains the exception rather than the rule,” says the report.
Chile tops the list of countries in providing free education for a period of 15 years to a child. It gives free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 21 years.
The Latin American country, where elementary education was among the worst two decades ago, had implemented a special education programme in 1990 which recorded a significant improvement among primary and upper primary students.
There are seven countries such as Germany, Belgium, Italy and Norway that have provisions of free compulsory education to children covering their entire schooling period.
Countries like Britain and New Zealand have made education compulsory and free for children for a period of 11 years.
Spain, France, Norway and Canada are among the 19 nations where education is free of cost for a duration of 10 years, ranging from the age of five to 15 or six to 16 years.
There are 34 countries, including Japan, Finland, Russia and Sweden where a child gets nine years of compulsory education, according to the report.
In India, the Right to Education law, providing free and compulsory schooling to children in the 6—14 year age bracket, came into force yesterday.
With the new education act now operational, India has joined some 20 other countries including Afghanistan, China and Switzerland which have laws guaranteeing free and compulsory education for eight years of elementary education.
India’s neighbours such as Sri Lanka and Pakistan do not have any law providing free education, where as Bangladesh and Myanmar have such provisions for a four-year-period while Nepal has five years of compulsory schooling.
According to the report, there are seven countries, including Romania and Brazil whose laws define seven years of compulsory education for a child, while five countries, including the Philippines and Georgia give children legal right to education for a period of six years.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq and eight other countries have the provision of five years of free education for children.
However, there are over 50 countries, including the US, South Africa, Malaysia and a majority of Sub-Saharan African countries which do not have any constitutional provision to provide free and compulsory education to children.
The UNESCO report, however, does not have data about certain countries on whether they have any constitutional provision of providing free education.
The report also states that some countries have achieved extraordinary progress in their education system and the number of children dropping out from schools has declined by 33 million worldwide since 1999.
Source: PTI
What are your views on the decision? Let us know in the comment below!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Explore a Bright Future For Your Child - Top Careers in 2020
As another year of rapid change passes and the shadow of recession lifts slowly, a slew of new careers are waiting to be explored in the new decade. How is it going to unfold for your children who will stand at important crossroads in 2020? What kind of career options will they have? As we grow into an information-driven society and technology advances, Generation 2020 will find itself caught in a brain race. The youth of the future are likely to consider becoming space architects or genetic counsellors, careers that we can only dream of at this point in time.
Lets take a look at some careers of the future.
1. Healthcare:
Healthcare involves the diagnoses, treatment and care of people, whether newly born, terminally ill or the elderly. The scope of this field has remarkably evolved over the last few years due to increasing investments, growing hospital chains, changing lifestyles and longer life spans. Apart from the traditional areas of medical practice (physicians, dentists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists etc.), careers such as hospital administrators, health technologists and technicians and medical research will see a surge in the long term. Nursing as a profession, will also evolve owing especially to rising numbers of the aged population striving for a better life. The latest additions to the series of upcoming careers in this field are those in brain analysis and genetic counselling.
2. Wealth-care:
Though the finance sector was badly hit by the recession, the clouds have slowly begun to shift and make way for new vistas. Individual earnings are on the rise and so is their willingness to take risks with their money. That being the case, there is a need for professionals who understand, explain, save and multiply their money for them. This opens up doors to careers in financial/investment advisory, risk management, wealth management, and corporate finance.
3. Engineering
With boundless innovation in technology, careers unheard of until now are being touted as options for the new generation. Move over computers and telecommunication engineers, your children will specialise in fields such as robotics, teleportation, simulation and space tourism.
4. Education:
Education is another field where investments are pouring in. Also, it is gradually taking a global as well as commercial avatar. As more foreign universities collaborate with Indian educational institutes and organisations, the latter have begun to move towards organised recruitment processes. Apart from the traditional positions such as chancellors and vice-chancellors, positions such as CEO and COO are also making way into the system.
As teaching methods continue to reform, the 'e' word has already made its way into teaching methods. Thus educational content developers will gain increasing importance in the years to come.
5. IT:
An intelligent network has become a necessity for any setup. Therefore web and system analysts, designers and developers will continue to remain in demand and will be required to undertake increasingly complex profiles. So will software designers and developers, web consultants and information mangers. Also, parallel programming is a relatively new career, likely to become popular in the years to come.
6. Green Jobs:
The pressure of demand on depleting resources is only likely to increase manifold in the future. In such a scenario, we will need people who can come to our rescue; people who specialise in 'resource recycling' and 'intelligent infrastructure'. So when your children grow up, you may see them working on jobs involving renewable energy, biogas, solar and wind power systems, environmental products and services and so on. Other areas include research and development, manufacturing, consulting, energy generation, energy efficient buildings and construction and project design and implementation. Sustainable environment-related fields are expected to lure future job seekers in huge proportions, akin to what IT did a decade ago.
7. Biotechnology Jobs:
Another sector likely to see high growth is biotechnology, which will also create several jobs in the fields of manufacturing, sales, research, development and so on. Careers options in this area include drug discovery, cell therapy and tissue engineering, bio-informatics, clinical research, intellectual property, bio-analytical chemistry, plant engineering etc.
8. Agriculture and other Agriculture-based careers:
Despite making progress in several sectors, agriculture continues to be an important source of income in India. The advent of agricultural technology is expected to foster growth in agriculture and other agriculture-based sectors. There is and will continue to be ample scope for making successful careers in flower farming, spices processing, pharmaceutics, dairy, fruit and vegetable, meat and fish and other food processing sectors. Also, several job seekers are expected to opt for the relatively less explored organic food and beverages industry.
9. Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is fast becoming popular and offers plenty of career options in fields as varied as medicine, engineering, cosmetics, computer hardware and software, robotics, defence, research and development and so on.
10. Other Opportunities:
a) Experimental Petrologist: These are people who study the evolution and formation of rocks on other planets.
b) Realizer: A realizer creates real versions of virtual objects.
c) Weather Modification Police: These people supervise over those who produce iodine induced rainfall from passing clouds. They are responsible for controlling the iodine quantities used for weather modification.
d) Unplugging: This is a mental health professional responsible to help wean people from excess technology dependence.
These are the promises that the future holds for children of today. It seems like a difficult path to tread, but then it always is and cannot be any different. One thing is for sure though, given the immense scope for exploring a wide array of career choices, providing your child the space for self exploration is imperative.
Also the future of your child, education and success depends on how well you plan today.
Be prepared and everything will fall into place.
What do you think about this article? Let us know in the comments below!
Lets take a look at some careers of the future.
1. Healthcare:
Healthcare involves the diagnoses, treatment and care of people, whether newly born, terminally ill or the elderly. The scope of this field has remarkably evolved over the last few years due to increasing investments, growing hospital chains, changing lifestyles and longer life spans. Apart from the traditional areas of medical practice (physicians, dentists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists etc.), careers such as hospital administrators, health technologists and technicians and medical research will see a surge in the long term. Nursing as a profession, will also evolve owing especially to rising numbers of the aged population striving for a better life. The latest additions to the series of upcoming careers in this field are those in brain analysis and genetic counselling.
2. Wealth-care:
Though the finance sector was badly hit by the recession, the clouds have slowly begun to shift and make way for new vistas. Individual earnings are on the rise and so is their willingness to take risks with their money. That being the case, there is a need for professionals who understand, explain, save and multiply their money for them. This opens up doors to careers in financial/investment advisory, risk management, wealth management, and corporate finance.
3. Engineering
With boundless innovation in technology, careers unheard of until now are being touted as options for the new generation. Move over computers and telecommunication engineers, your children will specialise in fields such as robotics, teleportation, simulation and space tourism.
4. Education:
Education is another field where investments are pouring in. Also, it is gradually taking a global as well as commercial avatar. As more foreign universities collaborate with Indian educational institutes and organisations, the latter have begun to move towards organised recruitment processes. Apart from the traditional positions such as chancellors and vice-chancellors, positions such as CEO and COO are also making way into the system.
As teaching methods continue to reform, the 'e' word has already made its way into teaching methods. Thus educational content developers will gain increasing importance in the years to come.
5. IT:
An intelligent network has become a necessity for any setup. Therefore web and system analysts, designers and developers will continue to remain in demand and will be required to undertake increasingly complex profiles. So will software designers and developers, web consultants and information mangers. Also, parallel programming is a relatively new career, likely to become popular in the years to come.
6. Green Jobs:
The pressure of demand on depleting resources is only likely to increase manifold in the future. In such a scenario, we will need people who can come to our rescue; people who specialise in 'resource recycling' and 'intelligent infrastructure'. So when your children grow up, you may see them working on jobs involving renewable energy, biogas, solar and wind power systems, environmental products and services and so on. Other areas include research and development, manufacturing, consulting, energy generation, energy efficient buildings and construction and project design and implementation. Sustainable environment-related fields are expected to lure future job seekers in huge proportions, akin to what IT did a decade ago.
7. Biotechnology Jobs:
Another sector likely to see high growth is biotechnology, which will also create several jobs in the fields of manufacturing, sales, research, development and so on. Careers options in this area include drug discovery, cell therapy and tissue engineering, bio-informatics, clinical research, intellectual property, bio-analytical chemistry, plant engineering etc.
8. Agriculture and other Agriculture-based careers:
Despite making progress in several sectors, agriculture continues to be an important source of income in India. The advent of agricultural technology is expected to foster growth in agriculture and other agriculture-based sectors. There is and will continue to be ample scope for making successful careers in flower farming, spices processing, pharmaceutics, dairy, fruit and vegetable, meat and fish and other food processing sectors. Also, several job seekers are expected to opt for the relatively less explored organic food and beverages industry.
9. Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is fast becoming popular and offers plenty of career options in fields as varied as medicine, engineering, cosmetics, computer hardware and software, robotics, defence, research and development and so on.
10. Other Opportunities:
a) Experimental Petrologist: These are people who study the evolution and formation of rocks on other planets.
b) Realizer: A realizer creates real versions of virtual objects.
c) Weather Modification Police: These people supervise over those who produce iodine induced rainfall from passing clouds. They are responsible for controlling the iodine quantities used for weather modification.
d) Unplugging: This is a mental health professional responsible to help wean people from excess technology dependence.
These are the promises that the future holds for children of today. It seems like a difficult path to tread, but then it always is and cannot be any different. One thing is for sure though, given the immense scope for exploring a wide array of career choices, providing your child the space for self exploration is imperative.
Also the future of your child, education and success depends on how well you plan today.
Be prepared and everything will fall into place.
What do you think about this article? Let us know in the comments below!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Best Answers - How important is quality education in terms of being successful in life?
Our Previous Post on Facebook Page asked "How important is quality education in terms of being successful in life?"
Here are the best 3 answers we received from our fans:
"Its just not education - It is education with the right attitude that matters ultimately. Can also be phrased - not as education, Knowledge with right attitude. Its not necessary Knowledge comes only through education."
- Vamsi Araveti
"Being Successful means different things for different people. Success is a state where you actually feel that you are being able to achieve what you considered important in life be it great living, great work, great life, great friends, great family. And the quality of education determines what route you took and how effectively you archived those gr8 things in life.
In this millennium of the "Mind", knowledge is the only factor which gives you a cutting edge over others and education is the only tool which helps you in rising above stereotypes. In fact education not only gives you knowledge it gives you the ability to apply that knowledge effectively in all your activities in life and arms you with an approach which has an answer for every problem.
So, quality of education is the most important criteria when you are deciding what SUCCESS in your life is as EDUCATION gives you an ability to take decisions wisely, the approach to apply logic in your thinking, helps in the process of re-inventing the "thinking" concept and guides you to make an informed choice always in life."
- Kiran Kanjani
"In short, Education with right attitude & knowledge will help to be successful and rich. And the most important thing having all the experience and willingness to work hard is surely the key to success."
- Meenakshi Kondaskar
Here are the best 3 answers we received from our fans:
"Its just not education - It is education with the right attitude that matters ultimately. Can also be phrased - not as education, Knowledge with right attitude. Its not necessary Knowledge comes only through education."
- Vamsi Araveti
"Being Successful means different things for different people. Success is a state where you actually feel that you are being able to achieve what you considered important in life be it great living, great work, great life, great friends, great family. And the quality of education determines what route you took and how effectively you archived those gr8 things in life.
In this millennium of the "Mind", knowledge is the only factor which gives you a cutting edge over others and education is the only tool which helps you in rising above stereotypes. In fact education not only gives you knowledge it gives you the ability to apply that knowledge effectively in all your activities in life and arms you with an approach which has an answer for every problem.
So, quality of education is the most important criteria when you are deciding what SUCCESS in your life is as EDUCATION gives you an ability to take decisions wisely, the approach to apply logic in your thinking, helps in the process of re-inventing the "thinking" concept and guides you to make an informed choice always in life."
- Kiran Kanjani
"In short, Education with right attitude & knowledge will help to be successful and rich. And the most important thing having all the experience and willingness to work hard is surely the key to success."
- Meenakshi Kondaskar
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