Should medical students protest compulsory rural service?

A brewing storm is gathering momentum countrywide following a proposal voiced by Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss to make rural service mandatory for all medical students. The proposal will impose a year’s hardship posting in the under-provided outbacks of rural India

Clearing the mess in teacher education

The original sin of failure to build sufficient teacher training institutions is being compounded by the imposition of under-qualified and untrained teachers upon the school system. Almost half of the country’s 4.7 million elementary school teachers have not studied beyond class XII

Great opportunities in public relations

The once somewhat suspect vocation that was PR has suddenly become big business. Entry level pay packages for certified PR professionals tend to be an attractive Rs.12,000-15,000 per month

International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts

ICFPA 2007 attracted a record number of 5,000 children, teachers, artists and educationists from 30 countries and over 100 schools in India to New Delhi’s National Bal Bhavan, where they made common cause for world peace