Tag: Higher Education
Transforming Indian Education: What Should the New Education Policy Tackle?
Researched by Tanvi Mehta
Written by Amrita Singh
The first National Education Policy of independent India was drafted and implemented in 1968, followed by a second...
Bursting the Bubble: Bad Education Loans in India
A competitive job market mandates that only ‘well-educated’ potential employees may fight for its spoils. It is this simple axiom that has guided the...
NEET Medical Exam: The Untidy Aftermath
The National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) was implemented in 2016 to be the sole medical exam for any medical college in the country....
Promise in 2014 vs Practice in 2017: Assessing the BJP’s Education...
Despite efforts by previous governments, India’s education system's quality struggles with problems of accessibility, transparency, research and innovation. When the Bharatiya Janata Party campaigned...
Taking the Classroom Online: E-Education for India
India’s education landscape is vast ─ close to 260 million students attend more than 1.5 million schools and around 30.5 million college students attend...
A Diamond in the Rough: Replacing the UGC and AICTE in...
The Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA) was proposed by the Narendra Modi led NDA government in June 2017. It was intended to replace...
