Speaking for the disabled Dr Rathna who served as the director of both
AIISH and Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of the Hearing Handicapped, speaks on the urgent need to pay attention to the education of children with special needs.
Less portions, less stress A heavy syllabus is a burden for students and teachers alike. It kills creativity and hampers learning. The need of the hour is a student-friendly curriculum.
Creating excitement in engineering The mushrooming engineering colleges may be
supplying workforce to the industry, but lack of proper infrastructure is affecting the quality of students graduating from these institutions. National Instruments is one of several engineering firms which are striving to remedy this woeful inadequacy.
Creativity and information A hallmark of successful creative thinkers is
the ease with which they can make strange things
familiar and the familiar strange.
The Centre’s proposal to introduce one year compulsory rural service for doctors has drawn the ire of medical students. Are the doctors justified in their stand ? What should the government do to make rural posting attractive?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their views. Most of them opine that compulsory rural services can be introduced after improving the infrastructure and facilities in villages.
