Courses & Learning

Education for Social Change
Education for Social Change

“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.” (James Baldwin) I would imagine that if we asked all teachers around the world why they got into education in the first place, a […]

NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020

The National Education Policy 2020 is an ambitious and progressive document that aims to transform and revitalize school and higher education in the country. In its overall scope and in its details, the policy seems to bring together best practices from successful education systems across the world. However, does the policy entirely reflect the ground […]

Education & Social Issues
Education & Social Issues

The correlation between education and social Issues cannot be overemphasized ever and yet the correlation is not entirely black and white. To explain this, let’s first get into defining both these very important words. Definitions To put it simplistically, a social Issue can be defined as a hurdle or challenge within society that makes it […]

We’ve taken a shared approach to managing our campus app. Here’s why

Building and maintaining an app is an IT project, but it’s also a communications project. We’ve solved this dilemma through distributed governance. By Craig Biles As the manager of UNCG Mobile, our mobile campus app at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, I have two bosses. On paper, my supervisor is our university webmaster within […]

What makes a truly international School teacher
What makes a truly international School teacher

In the last two decades, there has been a sustained growth in International Schools being set up across the country – both small and big, chains of school, franchises and their affiliations to various boards from National boards – CBSE and ICSE to International Boards like Cambridge Assessments International Education(CAIE) and the International Baccalaureate Organisation(IBO). […]