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Carving out a niche in annals of the global education architecture, New York University School of Medicine has said that it will pay the tuition of all its students regardless of merit or financial need, becoming the first major American medical school to do so.   NYU made the announcement at its annual White Coat Ceremony, where new students are presented with white lab coats to mark the start of their medical education.. “Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our trustees, alumni, and friends, our hope—and expectation—is that by making medical school accessible to a broader range of applicants, we will be a catalyst for transforming medical education nationwide,” said Kenneth G. Langone, chair of NYU Langone Health’s board of trustees But if NYU can do that why not others? The step has ignited imaginations across the globe, and   some has started flagging the issue.   In India too, the burden of tuition fees in professional courses is becoming unbea...

As Unemployment is   assuming alarming proportions in India, Eminent Academician Prof. PB Sharma,President of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has asserted that new education policy, being framed now, should be targeted to boost employability of professional education, from currently 15-20 % to 120% on one hand and ensuring relevance of research and innovations to the needs of the society and industry at home on the other. He says it should also meet the regional and global aspirations, adding “We need to align India's Education Policy to National Development to pay attention to creating “Advantage India” from the efforts we invest in education and research and make education a powerful vehicle of societal transformation”.     Unfortunately, the goal of successive education policies in the past revolved around increasing access in the name of increased Gross Enrolment Ratio, GER, in higher education and inclusive education being grossly misundersto...

Fizzing with enthusiasm on Teacher’s Day today, President of Association of Indian Universities and Vice Chancellor of a NCR based International University Prof.PB Sharma paid glowing tributes to revered teachers but ripped open crevices of the country’s education policy for urgent radical reforms to stave off lurking perils of irreperable damage.   Asking for a fresh narrative for education,  the eminent educationist said it is absolutelyS essential that Indian Government pays the highest attention to creating an illustrious clan of its teaching faculty for its 800 plus Universities and 45000 Colleges in India, currently facing a severe shortage of quality teachers. Prof Sharma paid glowing tributes  to Dr Sarvapallai  Radha Krishanan on his birth day  which is marked as Teacher's Day on this day ( September 5 ) every year.  According to him, the noble profession of teaching requires self-motivated, talented and inspired minds for whom te...