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committed to putting Indian higher beyond doubt that 80 percent of
education on the global map. India’s brain development occurs in the
top-ranked private varsities are first eight years of life. Therefore
world-class with superb campuses, as Sudha Malini, principal of RMK
highly qualified faculty and research School says, an hour of curated digi-
focus. They could do much more tal learning per day is a much better
if the government loosens the option than no education at all. The
regulatory shackles imposed on minds of youngest children need
them. to be active and stimulated in their
Seema Bahai early years.
GURUGRAM Lata Chimalapati on EMAIL

Necessary tall order Insular universities

I REALLY LIKED Dr. Krishna Ku- THE Teacher-2-Teacher essay
mar’s timely essay ‘Repair & recovery ‘Reviving India’s laggard universi-
JUINE 2021 after Covid’ (EW June). The coun- ties’ by Dr. Amarendra Sahoo (EW
try’s school education system has hit June) was thought-provoking. He
an all time low after the pandemic. has rightly described India’s higher
Millions of children have dropped ed institutions as “insular”. They
Welcome innovation out of school while others are learn- have made little effort to collaborate
I AM A regular reader of Education- ing sub-optimally online. and interface with academics and
World and have been following the Government needs to urgently universities in foreign countries. The
annual EW India Higher Education chalk out a plan to intensively train government has also done little to
Rankings for the past three years. teachers to conduct bridge and incentivise colleges and universities
Congratulations to C fore and EW for remedial classes, to enable children to sign up for international linkages
conducting and publishing a compre- to make up for their learning loss. and collaborations. In fact India’s
hensive higher education institutions It’s a tall order that needs to be tightly regulated higher education
rankings survey, despite the huge implemented with imagination and system discourages foreign univer-
disruption caused by the deadly patience. sity linkages.
Covid-19 pandemic. Smita Mathur Though the National Education
The newly introduced rankings of DELHI Policy 2020 proposes initiatives to
Top 10 institutes for most popular connect Indian universities with
undergrad courses serve a useful global academia, it’s a long haul and
purpose. Ranking colleges and uni- ECCE misconceptions arduous proposition.
versities according to subjects/de- THE TAMIL NADU Education News Harsimrat Kaur
gree programmes will help students report (EW June) highlighting the CHANDIGARH
to choose the best college for aca- phenomenon of dwindling nursery
demic programmes of their choice. and preschool admissions across the
Piyali Baruah state, indicates that parents have Wrong nomenclature
KOLKATA fallen prey to false propaganda that I WOULD LIKE to bring to your
youngest children will not suffer attention that DAV College, Abohar
learning loss if they miss a year has been misprinted as the DAV
Most positive development or two of professionally provided College of Education, Abohar in the
RE YOUR COVER story on the EW early childhood care and education Non Autonomous Colleges Rankings
India Higher Education Rankings (ECCE). Moreover there is a popular 2021-22 printed on p.63 of the May
2021-22 (EW June). I whole-heart- misconception that online schooling issue of EducationWorld. Please cor-
edly agree with Prof. A.S. Seeth- serves little purpose for preschool rect this error immediately.
aramu’s views that the emergence children. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mahajan
of globally benchmarked private As an early childhood educator, Principal
universities is the most positive I can vouch that formal ECCE is the DAV College, ABOHAR
development in Indian education of most important stage of the learning
the past decade. continuum and critical for children We regret the error. A correction
Most of them are promoted by to develop strong foundations for has been made online. Please see
philanthropists and corporates future learning. Research has proven www.educationworld.in — Editor

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