Page 12 - EW FEB 2022

Mailbox

quality education. I also appreciated in future editions — Editor
the citations of the winners — Dr.
G.S. Madhav Rao and Dr. Ashok
Pandey — who were conferred the Wrong focus
EW Extraordinary Achievement in WHILE I applaud the Sri Chaitanya
Education Leadership Awards. Their Group’s vision and mission to deliver
dedication and commitment to the quality K-12 education at modest
cause of upgrading Indian education tuition fees, your cover story failed
is truly commendable. to attract my full attention. I suggest
Prarthana Sen EW should focus on macro issues in
KOLKATA education such as NEP 2020, schools
closure, pandemic learning loss, etc
rather than run biographies of pri-
Not ill advised vate individuals or school chains.

AS MUCH AS I enjoy reading your Soumya Bhattacharya via EMAIL
magazine, I must draw your atten-
JANUARY 2022 tion to the ‘ill-advised’ repetitive use
of the phrase ‘ill-advised lockdown Shocking scandal
and closure of schools’. When every THANKS TO your Maharashtra cor-
Inspiring model state government has taken the deci- respondent Dipta Joshi for exposing
CONGRATULATIONS FOR your sion to shut schools after consulting the ‘TET scandals’ (EW January).
brilliant news-breaking cover story a duly constituted technical advisory Her report highlighted shock-
‘National rollout of India’s largest committee comprising experts in the ing instances of malpractices in the
private schools chain’ (EW January). field of medicine and epidemiology, Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). I am
This is an unrevealed success why are you labeling the lockdown of a retired government school teacher
story of Dr. B.S. Rao and Dr. Jhansi schools ill-advised? and during my service, my respon-
Lakshmi Bai Boppana and their go- Ponder a moment on the psycho- sibilities went far beyond teaching-
getting daughters, who have quickly logical distress families would expe- mentoring. If applicants pay huge
built the Sri Chaitanya Group which rience if their children were infected amounts to fraudulently qualify as
has transformed Andhra and Telan- with Coronavirus, and worse if they teachers of government schools, I
gana into India’s most well-educated are hospitalised. can only imagine the pathetic quality
states within 36 years. It’s great news Shilpa Fadnavis of teaching they will provide to their
to learn that the group is establishing MUMBAI students.
its high-performance schools all over This report is a warning to the
India. Central and state governments to
Shri Chaitanya Group’s record in New Era query conduct stringent checks, set high
getting its children into the country’s IN YOUR latest EW India School merit standards, and organise face-
very best professional education Rankings 2021-22 issue (EW No- to-face interviews to assess the sub-
institutions — IITs/NITs, AIIMS vember), I wish to draw your atten- ject knowledge of candidates prior to
— is outstanding. And the tuition tion to the New Era School, Breach appointment. If we fail to do this, we
fees they levy are astonishingly low. Candy, Mumbai ranked #212 among fail our children.
Certainly a model worthy of emula- co-ed day schools in India. I am an Chinmayi Mathur
tion and replication. alumnus of a school of the same DELHI
Lipi Mishra on EMAIL name sited on Hughes Road/N.S
Patkar Marg, Mumbai and want to
make sure if the two are one and the Excellent advice
Welcome return same school. Thank you for the essay by Dr.
I AM AN avid reader of Education- Bhavik Shah on EMAIL Neeraj Kaushal advising the govern-
World and was delighted to read ment to substantially increase invest-
of the return of the annual Educa- Yes. Since New Era School, Hughes ment in the education and skilling of
tionWorld India School Rankings Road is located near Breach Candy, Indian children and youth to realise
Awards event (EW January). we referred to it as such. However the goal of transforming into an
I salute your magazine’s efforts to this school has shut down with the economic superpower. It’s excellent
recognise and celebrate the coun- last batch of students graduating in advice which must be taken.
try’s best schools providing high- 2018. Hence we won’t be ranking it Sarita Mehta on EMAIL

12 EDUCATIONWORLD FEBRUARY 2022