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doubt the managements of the Top 3 schools are denied the privilege of
colleges and universities are bound school-based teacher recruitment
to have positive reactions. But given which private schools enjoy.
that print space is precious, perhaps The centralised teacher recruit-
you could consider highlighting 5 ment and transfers system for gov-
USPs of these stellar educational ernment schools invests tremendous
institutions to enable school-leavers power in the hands of bureaucrats
and graduate students to make in- and politicians which they will never
formed higher education decisions. give up. The many teacher recruit-
Himanshu Jain ment scams that surface with mo-
MUMBAI notonous regularity are more than
enough proof that this system needs
For this they need to study parame- to be replaced, and fast.
ter scores in the league tables which Mitali Basu
are presented in detail — Editor KOLKATA

APRIL 2023
Gritty young achiever Corruption sword
THANKS FOR highlighting the THE DELHI EDUCATION News re-
GDCW pride achievements of promising sailor port ‘No let up in education reform’
I WAS DELIGHTED to learn that my Preethi Kongara in your Young (EW April) seems to side-step the
alma mater — Government Degree Achiever section (EW April). fact that several AAP leaders are fac-
College for Women, Begumpet, Hy- Her story of grit and determina- ing allegations of corruption.
derabad — is ranked among India’s tion against all odds is inspiring. It’s First, Manish Sisodia and now
Top 3 government autonomous col- heartening to read that she greatly chief minister Arvind Kejriwal are
leges in the EW India Higher Educa- values the importance of education under the CBI scanner for allegedly
tion Rankings 2023-24 (EW April). for success in life. Wishing her a sea favouring liquor traders. If these
Congratulations to principal Dr. of opportunities! allegations are true, it won’t be long
Padmavathi, faculty and students Kannagi Maria before corruption creeps into the
for continuing the GDCW tradition CHENNAI much-hyped Delhi school education
of empowering women with quality model as well.
higher education. Cinthya Anand
I was also pleasantly surprised Important omission NEW DELHI
to discover from the distinguished I WISH TO draw your attention to
alumni information provided on the the misrepresentation of India’s map
college website, that many alumnae in your magazine (EW April). Al- Time to reboot NAAC!
have taken up teaching as a profes- though you have taken the trouble of RE YOUR EDITORIAL ‘Time to end
sion. Kudos to them for taking up including the Andaman and Nicobar higher ed infantilisation’ (EW April),
the challenge of educating the next Islands this time, you have failed to the resignation of NAAC chairperson
generation! include the Union territory of Lak- Bhushan Patwardhan has indeed
Renuka Reddy on EMAIL shadweep. However small this region opened up a can of worms. Patward-
is, it belongs to the Indian Union. han’s allegations of “malpractices”
Let’s get our geography right! at NAAC, call for not just urgent
USPs suggestion Madhavan Iyer introspection but also immediate
CONGRATULATIONS FOR publish- KOZHIKODE action. Several mediocre colleges
ing the comprehensive EW India and universities have been awarded
Higher Education Rankings 2023-24 Sorry — Editor highest NAAC grades. Many gullible
(EW April). At a time when UGC has students and parents get taken by
allowed foreign universities to set up high NAAC grades and make their
campuses in India, the country’s best Flawed recruitment system admission decisions.
higher education institutions need to IN THE INSIGHTFUL Expert Com- The Union education ministry
be acknowledged and celebrated. ment essay ‘Transfer sword over needs to protect the interests of
However as a well-wisher, I have government school teachers’ (EW students and immediately initiate a
a suggestion for conducting your in- April), Prof. Krishna Kumar has thorough clean-up and reboot NAAC.
terviews more innovatively. Without rightly questioned why government Bablu Srivastava on EMAIL

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