Ironically, the ISB is one of the few world-class institutions of higher education in India.
It also raises some important questions about the future of these approaches in health education in India.
Yet, in what was the first imperial education policy in British India, Macaulay aggressively pushed for English as the medium for as many Indians as possible to be given a Western education.
The first thing that pops out from the article is the vast nonconsumption of higher education that exists in India.
It was only after independence from the British in 1947 that adult education instilled itself on a national level in India as a domain that was in need of collective help, restructuring, and positive change.
Others, such as James Tooley, a British academic who advises a chain of low-cost for-profit schools in India, say private-sector education in poor countries routinely outperforms the free, taxpayer-subsidised version.
One part of a documentary about America falling hopelessly behind China and India in education features BASIS as the rare exception.
Those in India's Education Ministry say they dream of a day when students around the world are able to get their hands on an Aakash computer, because of its affordability.
Less ambitious projects could be, say, online health education via Skype for villagers in rural India or Africa, perhaps by charitable volunteers in developed nations, or remote diagnostics aided by camera phones, Mr Shibulal suggests.
The reasons for this lie in the structure of technical teaching in India's higher-education system.
Today, farming families throughout the foothills of the Himalayas have better health, education and prospects than many other rural communities in India.
India's failures in elementary education should not obscure the excellence of some of its colleges.
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The Education Ministry says it will send those to colleges in India's 33 states and territories.
He drew particular attention to the enactment of the Right to Education Act in 2009 that guarantees compulsory education, noting that it represented a historic decision by the Parliament of India.
Despite impressive progress in enrolling children in school in countries like India, the Report shows that few are on track to meet the six Education for All goals set in 2000, and some are a long way behind.
Some 35% in China and a stunning 70% in India have no more than a primary education.
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The Datawind-built Aakash 2 is finally a reality, launching in India on the nation's National Education Day.
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But I think there's a chance to provide a much better education for hundreds and hundreds and thousands of young people in India.
With the support of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, RLEK started the Adult Education Programme in the Van Gujjar Community in October 1993.
The new series of reforms that India is looking to make in higher education would do well to unleash the drive for research, innovation and entrepreneurship among its abundant young population.
The other thing that was happening was that we were becoming less competitive internationally, so manufacturing jobs were moving overseas, you saw countries like China and India and Brazil investing heavily in their education systems and in infrastructure.
Poverty levels are measured in India on the basis of household spending on food, education and other items.
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To make India more competitive, though, the biggest gains in education must come after school: in vocational and higher education.
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In emerging nations such as China and India, where a college education was a rarity just a generation ago, tens of thousands of students graduate each year from universities that are on par with the best in the world.
The NAO report looked in detail at the government's work in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and India, where it has major education programmes.
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So we've already taken some steps that are building the foundation for a 21st century education system here in America, one that will allow us to compete with China and India and everybody else all around the world.
Great New York Times article on Vinod Khosla and his plans to start a venture capital fund to invest in companies that confront poverty in India, Africa and elsewhere by providing services like health, energy and education.
Myanmar, Bangladesh and some east African nations, however, have lagged behind India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in their investments in public education, Jegillos said.
Another realization was that education is considered the panacea for problems and English language was the language of business (especially in India) and people were willing to pay to learn these skills.
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Participants included the Government of India, State Secretaries of Education, academic and TVET institutions, national and international experts in planning and assessment, NGOs, industry partners and UN agencies.
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