A village kid gets into Medicine. Now what?

Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Chitra

Read in the papers today about Shrishaila Kumbar, who is from a village near Hubli and who is all set to start his studies in Medicine. He is a Kannada medium student, who scored about 85 per cent in PUC. He secured a good enough rank in CET and has a reservation under 2A category. Poverty came […]

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Tuition classes - What do Bangalore teachers and parents have to say?

Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Chitra

In the last week’s Education Supplement in the Deccan Herald, one of my articles appeared. The online version is here.
Here’s a slightly longer version of the same.
Tuition classes have come to be a mainstay and are a big part of our educational ecosystem. With the kind of competition children these days face at every stage, […]

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Filed under: Schools, Education, Children, Bangalore

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