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          25 YEARS: MONITORING  .                                                        EDUCATION NEWS
                   .
           SHAPING   INFLUENCING                                                              Delhi: Belated
               INDIAN EDUCATION                                                                 awakening

             For the past 25 years,                                                            Bhutan: New
                your editors have                                                      happiness curriculum
              persevered to track,
          record and constructively                                                       Karnataka: Speech
              criticise lackadaisical                                                          freedom row
             initiatives of the Union
          and state governments to                                                            West Bengal:
            raise teaching-learning                                                       Emerging reforms
          standards in pre-primary,                                                             consensus
           primary, secondary and
            higher education which                                                       Tamil Nadu: Parents
           were — and are — lagging                                                         power initiative
            far behind global norms


                                          72      EW GRAND JURY INDIA SCHOOL
                                                  RANKINGS 2024-25


                                                  The annual EducationWorld Grand Jury
                                                  India School Rankings (estb. 2016) felicitate
                                                  schools that excel under parameters other
                                                  than the 14 under which schools are rated
                                                  and ranked in the annual EWISR
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                                                                             EYEWITNESS REPORT
         EW INDIA SCHOOL RANKINGS                           Gyanshree School, Noida was one of the first
         2024-25 AWARDS                                       institutions to act on a CBSE directive and   116
                                                            establish a state-of-the-art Gyanshree Skill
         Staged over three days on October                 Hub to provide vocational education & training
         17-19, EWISRA 2024-25 featured                           to youth in the age group 15-35 years
         stimulating keynote addresses,
         enriching panel discussions and
         awards presentation ceremonies                                   IN THIS ISSUE
         during which top-ranked schools
         were awarded certificates and plaques
                                                           Editorial           10  EW Grand Jury Rankings  72
         ANNIVERSARY ESSAYS                                Mailbox             12  International News   90

         Educational delusions endangering Viksit    32    Education  News     14
         Bharat goal  — Pratap Bhanu Mehta                                         Pictorial Essay    96
                                                           Education  Notes   24
          Viksit Bharat dependent on skilling success —   62                       Teacher-2-Teacher   114
          Neeraj Kaushal                                   Education Briefs   26
          Liberty, equality & fraternity must begin in   70                        Eyewitness Report   116
          common preschools — Sudheendra Kulkarni          Young Achievers    30
                                                                                   Books             120
          How India's schools compare with best in   88    Cover Story        34
          the West — Dr. Raymond Ravaglia
                                                           People             64   Postscript        124
          Inevitable exposure of the mediocracy—     94
          Rajiv Desai

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