The Star – Matt Symonds

“Some prospective MBAs, however, are swayed by the increasingly popular argument that the economic balance of power is shifting away from the West and to the emerging markets of the burgeoning economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Which perhaps explains why Canadians applications to business schools in China jumped by more than 380 per cent since 2005. Schools such as CEIBS in Shanghai now regularly count five or six Canadians among the international cohort, including University of Toronto graduate Frank Pan.”(more)

Business Standard – Staff Writer

“The largest numbers of international students to countries in the 33-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) grouping are from China and India, with the highest number of Indian students choosing the US as their proffered destination for tertiary education. …“In a global economy, it is no longer improvement by national standards alone. The best performing education systems internationally provide the benchmark for success,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, launching the report in Paris.”(more)

The Hindu – B. S. Warrier

“Most of our classrooms are teacher-centred, with one-way communication from the teacher to pupils. Here is what one needs to do change it.”(more)

The Wall Street Journal – Mayank Maheshwari

“It has long been advocated that in classrooms in the West, Indian students tend to be more hard-working than their non-Indian classmates when it comes to academics. A key reason for this is the inculcation of study habits in students from a very early age and a societal perception that children need to put their studies before all other aspects of their daily lives. Indeed, no other reason will get you excused from a family wedding in India than to say that you have an important class or a test coming up.”(more)

Hindustan Times – Staff Writer

“The state government has decided to fund educational expenses of children from more than four lakh farmers’ families facing financial troubles, in six Vidarbha districts. “With a view to encourage the children of farmers to complete their education, the government has sanctioned Rs 14.18 crore for their educational expenses by choosing 4.34 lakh families in Vidarbha who are facing an extreme financial crisis,” said a senior official from School Education Department.”(more)

The Hindu – Staff Writer

“Addressing members of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce as part of ‘Meet success first hand’ series, he said “We have a rigid higher education policy that never allows students to switch over to other subjects. We have to introduce flexibility. Curriculum has to be updated on a regular basis. Amendments have to be made to education policy and more money has to be spent on higher education.””(more)

Hindustan Times – Charu Sudan Kasturi

“You may soon get to join some of the country’s top colleges and graduate — with a PhD. India’s top brand of science institutions is looking at offering programmes that, for the first time, will allow students straight out of school to graduate with PhDs in under seven years, under a government plan to lure the best brains back to research.”(more)

The Two Million Minutes Blog – Bob Compton

“With China passing Japan and becoming the second largest economy in the world (behind only the U.S.), Chinese leadership is flexing it’s political and economic muscles….More Americans need to realize a global shift is happening – from the West to the rapidly growing Asian countries, particularly China and India – each with over a billion people.”(more)

Hindustan Times – Guarav Saigal

“The Medical Council of India’s Board of Governors has devised a three-tier approach to meet the crisis of medical teachers in the country. Talking to Hindustan Times on Friday, member BoG Prof RN Salhan said, “The board has decided to outsource teachers from the private sector, employ retired teachers and even draft distance education programme for MBBS to meet shortage of medical teachers.””(more)

The Hindu – Staff Writer

“The downturn caused by economic slowdown in United Kingdom has started showing signs of recovery as the number of students from India for education in that country has started picking up this year, Principal of Northam College, UK, Michael Mills said on Saturday.”(more)