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Obama Continues Pushing Absurd College Agenda
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
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Obama's idea that we should raise the college graduation arted to regail leadership is as absurd
as his notion that the way to increase employment and output is through government "stimulus" spending. Many college graduates end up in low paying jobs. Marginally performing students are coming to the conclusion that college won't do them any good, and they are right taking in the context of their lives. More Government spending will put money in the pockets of bureaucrats, professor and other parasites, but won't do any good, writes George Leef in American Thinker. |
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Hidden Assets: South Africa's low-fee private schools
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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Centre For Development And Enterprise has conducted many studies on private schooling in South Africa. In a recent study, it was found that 30 percent of the total sample are private school, which is much higher than the official figures. Students perform much better in standardized tests, and the teacher-pupil ratio is much higher in private schools. Paying for schooling plays a significant role in making school authorities more accountable to parents, says a study of Centre For Development And Enterprise . |
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Law threatens low-cost private schools
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Friday, June 25, 2010 |
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The Right To Education Act threatens many schools which operate on a shoe string budget. There are more than 75,000 such schools in India, operated by small businessmen. RTE stipulates that the schools should have huge pay grounds and high salaries, but if implemented, the fee would rise four fold, writes Anupama Chandrasekaran in Mint. |
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More than just a slap on the wrist
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Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
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Corporal punishment is a barbaric practice. Yet, it flourishes in India. It is partly because school authorities think they can get away with anything they do to our children. The Government has artificially restricted the supply of schools serving the middle class, writes Vir Sanghvi in Hindustan Times. |
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Indian Students and the Strangulating State
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010 |
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The results of IIT Entrance, one of the most competitive exams in the world were out last week. Students from varied backgrounds managed to clear the exam. India has one of the youngest workforces in the world, but very few of them have formal training and most of them are unemployable.The Right to education act will aggravate the problem. Government has virtually prohibited for-profit activity in education, writes Barun Mitra in The Wall Street Journal. |
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Building Bostons, not Kanpurs
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
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Indian cities do not think of their universities and research institutes as important drivers of urban growth. At most, they are seen as utilitarian places for teaching students. Their importance for clustering human capital and driving innovation is simply not seen as part of overall urban strategy, writes Sanjeev Sanyal in Business Standard. |
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Why quantity is important in education
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Friday, April 23, 2010 |
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The recent public policy decisions in education evade the fact that quantity leads to quality. the Governmnet artificially restricts the number of admits in higher education institutions. This is license Raj and not unfettered competition. Institutions are figuring out ways to differentiate and be more creative, writes Manish Sabharwal in the Financial Express. |
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Education Is Not A Birth Right
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Sunday, April 04, 2010 |
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The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, needless to mention, is based on the notion that education is a birth right. It should be obvious that there are no such free gifts. Positive “rights” do not exist, as it would mean infringing the rights of others-specifically, their property rights. No man should be legally obliged to provide others with particular goods and services, writes Shanu A. |
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Education mission is decades away from making a meaningful impact
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 |
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An all-India survey by NGO Pratham found that only 4% of the students in the age range 6-14 are not attending school. The quality in rural areas lag behind their urban counterparts. Most children in Government schools are unable to do simple tasks of learning which is expected of them, when students in private schools perform better, mostly as a result of external factors, writes Tina Edwin in The Economic Times. |
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