Introducing sex education in schools is controversial the world over, and even more so in our society. The government has set an ambitious target of training school teachers to be comfortable with the subject and solve all queries without inhibitions, while a more sensible method would have been to use experts or staff trained to deal specially with the subject.
Iodine is a micronutrient, found naturally in the soil and water, which is crucial for human growth and development right from the foetal stage. Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) leads to goitre, physical and mental retardation in children, frequent abortions in pregnancy, dwarfism and so on.
The basic aim of education is to improve the prospects of one’s livelihood, or so we have been brought up to believe. Higher education does lead to better incomes, but unfortunately, the possibility of being unemployed also rises with increasing education.
While examining the need for gender parity in tertiary education, the 172nd Report on University and Higher Education took up the issue of faculty-wise enrolments and urged the participation of women in professional courses, "which is abysmally low at present, ... be improved manifold without further delay."
The National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET) was introduced in 1989 to ensure a common minimum standard for lecturers in colleges and universities across the country.