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UDISE+ 2023-24: EDUCATION NEWS
DIRE CONDITION OF Delhi: Controversial
WORLD'S LARGEST revised guidelines
CHILD POPULATION Karnataka: Slipping
advantage
The Unified District
Information System Maharashtra:
Plus Report 2023-24 Dashed RTE admission
provides a vast volume of dreams
data relating to primary,
secondary and higher
secondary schools. Yet West Bengal:
infrastructure deficiency, Little solace
child drop-out and
retention data project a Tamil Nadu:
disturbing picture Ill-advised politics

34 DEVELOPING NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC

TEMPER
Higher education institutions have a social
obligation to communicate scientific knowledge
to the broader public. Universities need to actively
engage with schools and local communities
— Somak Raychaudhury
56 DEVELOPING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS

EW GRAND JURY INDIA When taught mere coding students are trained
PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2024-25 to write basic instructions but not develop the 54
thinking of good engineers and mathematicians
Introduced in 2018, the EducationWorld that sparks innovation
Grand Jury India Preschool Rankings — Ashwini Chandrashekhar
felicitate pre-primaries that have
introduced contemporary pedagogies
and practices in early childhood care and IN THIS ISSUE
education (ECCE)
29 Editorial 10 Cover Story 36

Mailbox 12 People 46
YOUNG ACHIEVERS
30 Turiya Uma Kalyan Education News 14 International News 50
Anish Sarkar
Education Notes 22 Teacher-2-Teacher 54
BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GRH MARG, DELHI Preschool Grand Jury
Education Briefs 23 Rankings 56
Promoted over eight decades
ago in pre-independence India, Young Achievers 29 Interview 64
BBPS-GRH is ranked among the
national capital's Top 10 co-ed Institution Profile 30 Books 66
day schools in the EW India
School Rankings 2024-25
Expert Comment 34 Postscript 68

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