Prof. Durgesh Mangeshkar

"I need to prepare for CET and JEE. My college does not teach that. My college teaches for XII Boards only. But XII Boards marks have zero weightage. Despite all this, Govt has made it compulsory for me to attend college. For CET + JEE coaching, I need to join private classes too which advises me to study for atleast 6 hours daily at home without compromising on sleep. Honestly, I don't need to attend college besides Practicals as I don't learn anything new in college since my classes cover everything. Why is the Government making college attendance compulsory ? " Is the Government listening ? Do they understand the plight of a student ? Making policies based on pseudo-socialistic ideologies leads only to the suffocation of the student. Instead of talking only about student-centric education, Govt better do a reality check and make amends. Either improve the quality of education in junior colleges drastically OR get out of the way and grant students freedom to att...

On the occasion of Teachers Day, I guess it is appropriate to ask what the new Government plans to do to revamp the Education sector in India. We hear of plans to unveil a New Education Policy for India whose first draft is likely to be released in December 2015. But no public debate yet in media or elsewhere on what should be the way forward. Almost everyone has an opinion when the matter is Education. But it is high time that the Union HRD Ministry constitutes a smart central team of accomplished people with proven track record to build educational institutions and solve real-world problems in Education sector who could advise the HRD Ministry and lead the way forward. Since Education is a concurrent subject, the Union HRD Ministry must work out a seamless consulting mechanism to take State Governments on board while framing the New Educational policy. Revenues earned in Education sector must be shared with States. Often the main reason to oppose Union Govt policy is losing Sta...