शिक्षा का मंदिर या मंडी ?

शिक्षा का मंदिर या मंडी ?

महोदय, जिस तरह एक पंक्षी  अपने पंख के बिना अधुरी होती है उसी तरह से एक विद्यार्थी शिक्षा के बिना अधुरा होता है और उसी आधुरे चीज़ को पूरा करने के लिए विभिन्न जगहों से आए हुए छात्र- छात्राए यहा इस शिक्षा संस्थाओं के फैलाए हुए जाल में आकर फस जाते हैं। शहर के कई […]

Is Higher Education a money making racket?

Is Higher Education a money making racket?

Patna: The standards of premier educational institutions in India are falling, admitted Prof Satish Deshpande, head of Sociology at Delhi University. Prof. Deshpande was speaking at the first Vinay Kanth Memorial lecture organized by the East and West Educational Society at Nirtya Kala Mandir, last week. The program was started by Daisy Narayan welcoming the […]

Why Universities? Developing Character or Cogs?

Why Universities? Developing Character or Cogs?

I attended the First Vinay Kanth Memorial Lecture at the Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir conference hall. One reason I went was to ‘catch up’ with familiar faces I knew would be there , ( fully well knowing that most of the catching up would be a wave, a smile, and a nod), but it would […]

Nothing out of the Ordinary

Nothing out of the Ordinary

With the new semesters and fresh sessions starting in July, some young men give their opinions about higher education in Bihar. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, Said Nelson Mandela.  Bihar is known for the world’s prestigious university like Nalanda and Vikramshila; where students from all over […]

Why Bihar must take schools seriously

Why Bihar must take schools seriously

Education is one of the most powerful instruments for development and poverty eradication. It should be made a top priority in governance, if we want development in Bihar said Dr. D. M. Diwakar while delivering the 13th Arrupe Memorial Lecture on “Emerging Challenges of Education in Bihar”, March 21, at Gandhi Sangrahalaya in Patna. The […]

Attacks on Kids part of increasing Violence in Society

Attacks on Kids part of increasing Violence in Society

“Aawazein”, is a campaign initiated to raise a voice against all kinds of violence. Something is wrong and there is a need to know what? There is something seriously wrong when a seven year old boy is brutally killed in his own school. Or another child is raped. But let us look to a larger […]

Dream of a New India: PWC Founders’ Day

Dream of a New India: PWC Founders’ Day

The Governor of PWC reminded  the young women of their destiny to build a new India, and the responsibility to make India- free of communal disharmony and lynching. Patna Women’s College founded by Bishop Sullivan in 1940 celebrated its Founder’s day (August 22). It is the first women’s college in Bihar. Most Reverend Archbishop William […]

Two more years for untrained teachers to qualify

Two more years  for  untrained teachers to qualify

Good news for the untrained teachers in government schools; extension of two more years  to complete the required qualification for teaching. Lok Sabha has passed a bill on recently , which allows untrained teachers teaching in schools, time to complete their qualifications through Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El. Ed) or Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El. […]

Delhi Govt puts ice on funds for Headless Colleges

Delhi Govt puts ice on funds for Headless Colleges

New Delhi: Twenty eight Delhi University colleges are to face a government ‘fund freeze’ according to news reports (July 31). The Delhi government  ordered a freeze on funding of 28 Delhi University colleges — that are either fully or partially funded by it — following the Delhi University’s  failure to appoint governing bodies for months. […]

Is AKU: Bihar’s ‘Pride’ running out of steam?

Is AKU: Bihar’s ‘Pride’ running out of steam?

Sir Aryabhatta Knowledge University is supposed to be the Pride of Bihar. It has been running so many different streams like BBA, BCA, B.com, BBE and BMC. Being a student of Aryabhatta knowledge university, I would like to draw your attention to the problem we are facing. We have been waiting for the fifth semester […]