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Young Achievers

July 2009

Letter from the Editor
Editorial
Mailbox
Education News
Education Notes
Education Briefs
Young Achievers
Institution Profile
Cover Story
Teacher-to-Teacher
Sports Education
Career Focus
People
International News
Special Report
Leisure & Travel
Books
Postscript
Expert Comment

Institution Profile

Study Hall, Lucknow

Founded in 1986 as a protest against the “oppressive, rote-centred and examination-obsessed” traditional school system, Study Hall has matured into one of Lucknow’s most respected primary-secondaries

Institution Profile

Full Sail University, USA

One of America's premier institutions for film, television and new media education, Full Sail offers "real world education" across a range of entertainment media disciplines

Cover Story

Education Agenda for UPA-2: Great Expectations of Kapil Sibal

Following the return to power in Delhi of the Congress-led UPA-2 government and the appointment of Congress party heavyweight Kapil Sibal as Union HRD minister, there’s new hope that the education sector, completely bypassed by the socio-economic reform process of the past two decades, will be given top priority

Career Focus

Big money in private tutoring

Unlike in the past, when private tutors were engaged to help laggard learners, today even high-calibre students sign up for private tuition to score the 85-95 percent cut-off averages demanded by best colleges

Special Report

Rampage Down Under: Why Indian Students are Soft Targets in Australia

In the past three months over 17 Indian students have been assaulted in Melbourne and Sydney in a pattern of crimes which have become infamously known as “curry bashing”. Since then the 95,000 strong Indian student community in Oz has suffered a disproportionate share of violent crimes

Leisure & Travel

Footloose on the islands of Penang & Sumatra

Their growing sophistication, stylish resorts and spas offering ever smiling hospitality and superb service, have prompted a shift in Indian tourist traffic in favour of south-east Asian destinations. Yoginder Sikand took time off to visit some islands of Malaysia and Indonesia