Education & Training
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min readWhy Leadership matters in scaling up and Globalisation of Education and Training Industry.Indian Education Congress 2017 witnessed the confluence of learned minds engaged in a panel discussion concerning the dire need for globalization in every aspect of Education and what has Leadership to do with the same. Today’s best Practices are tomorrow’s Reforms, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readSecondary Education in India Hard facts Government schools are enrolling approximately 59 percent of its students at primary level. Of these, merely 35 percent survive the rut to make it to the secondary level of education. According to Data Information System for Education (DISE), formed under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the only ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readA latest study and data compilation spearheaded by the National University of Education, Planning and Administration (NUEPA) confirms that the number of children studying in English-medium schools has spiraled to a 274% between 2003 and 2011 (that is literally over 20 million students). Currently, only 25 percent schools out of government run schools across India are using ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readMaintaining a steady track record, there has been a tremendous success in IIT-JEE Advanced this year with 40 of the 100 students clearing the examination who have studied in Kota.Coaching for entrance examinations to the sixteen functioning IITs, which test quantitative aptitude of high school graduates in Physics, Chemistry and Math, is today a multi-million-dollar ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readFrom smart phones to tablet computers and gaming consoles, it is not unusual to see toddlers intuitively swiping screens and confidently pressing buttons. Even if parents enjoy the momentary peace that comes with handing a small child a gadget to play with, parents secretly worry that this screen time might be damaging their brains. But, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readThere is hardly any country that is not attempting to improve its Education system. As can be expected, there is such enormous complexity in the efforts to improve school education systems that each country and society must be understood in itself. To improve Education, improvement is needed inside and outside the classroom.There are several parts ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read“I grew up in the physical world and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world and they speak social.” Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc., wisely quoted.In the new age of technology-enabled education, when one thinks of the traditional classroom set-up, one reflects back to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readEducation System in India As Malcolm X has rightly put, 'Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.' The best thing about education system in India is that it prepares the foundation of a child’s education very neatly by giving equal importance to the basics ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readIn-vogue and howSomething which was looked upon with suspicion and much inhibition, The preschooling regime has become a ‘necessary evil’ for toddlers and young parents alike. The Preschool market today, is a rising market in India. Also, with an increase in disposable income of many young parents, spending power on education has gone up. However, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readStress is an inevitable yet essential component of life- something that is impossible to exclude from daily routine. The beauty of life is that excess of anything destroys the fragile harmony of living. Likewise, excessive stress becomes a disease promoting agent and constitutes major health concerns. This can be detected from a tender age, as ...