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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

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BOARD OF ADVISORS
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla T he prime cause of post-colonial India’s disappointing nationall de-
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan velopment effort is continuous neglect of K-12 education. Seven de-
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, cades after independence and a quarter century after this publica-
Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, Kirit Mehta, Balkishan
Sharma (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); tion was launched with the mission to “build the pressure of public
Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. opinion to make education the #1 item on the national agenda”,
Parth Shah, Jeroninio Almeida (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); I still can’t understand why post-independence India’s omniscient central
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta planners and panoply of acclaimed economists and intellectuals didn’t/don’t
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama Thakore (London)
exert heavy pressure on Central and state governments to accord top priority
EDITOR to public primary, if not secondary, education. It’s not rocket science that a na-
Dilip Thakore tion hosting 300 million-plus adult illiterates whose number is augmented by
MANAGING EDITOR millions of under-schooled, unemployable youth streaming into the workforce
Summiya Yasmeen every year, cannot possibly prosper.
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Yet 75 years after independence when other formerly under-developed
Sundar Anand countries such as China, Indonesia, and South Korea have attained full literacy
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi and developed nation status, 20 percent of India’s population is illiterate.
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) Meanwhile, numerous solutions — including a calculus repeatedly presented
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) by EducationWorld to mobilise Rs.8 lakh crore per year for investment in edu-
9500506102 cation (see https://www.educationworld.in/union-budget-2023-24-260-mil-
CHIEF EXECUTIVE lion-children-shortchanged-again/) — are greeted with deafening silence or
Bhavin Shah +91 9867382867 indulgent condescension.
MARKETING Against this backdrop of continuous ignorance about the critical importance
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West: Aasana Jain 9820319127 new report published by LoEstro Advisors, a reputable Hyderabad-based
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E-mail: marketing@educationworld.in State of K-12: Resilience Amidst Uncertainties paints an optimistic picture of
GRAPHICS the future of private school education, which the authors believe is leading the
Chandrashekar L. modernisation and internationalisation of K-12 education in India.
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The knee-jerk reaction of socialists and left-liberals who dominate the acad-
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For one, this common assumption is untrue. Almost half (48 percent) of the
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EDITORIAL future for private schools projected by the LoEstro report, is not to devise laws,
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Printed and published by Dilip Thakore on behalf In this issue, we also present a report on the inaugural EducationWorld-
of DT Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. BSAI Education Leadership Retreat 2024. This three-day workshop attended
Printed at Rajhans Enterprises, 134, 4th Main, In- by 70 school leaders from across the country, is a creative response towards
dustrial Town, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-44. Published improving the leadership skills of school promoters, directors and principals.
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