If we divide jobs into technical and generalist jobs, engineers, doctors, educationists, agriculturists and scientists would fall in the first category while managers and administrators would come under
Educating children in the 21st century is about teaching them to appreciate the human condition in all its diversity. Holiday reading can contribute to this.
We have become quiescently satisfied with our tolerance for sub-standard public services and a degree of political meddling and kleptocracy that makes do with mediocrity
Lockdowns and learning from home have further embedded digital technology in young people’s lives. Educational theory and practice need to catch up fast
Whatever the leakages of laureates staying permanently abroad, talented and gifted individuals should be driven to explore their potential and raise their sights, even if their plough-back contribution
An enduring spirit of enquiry and a willingness to give up unnecessary baggage taken up at different stages of the education process will help create a fuller citizen
In any society, freedom, democracy and development are all closely linked. Neither democracy nor development can be achieved without civic right and freedom
We hope that our establishment will not replicate the failed UK models. Future technical offerings should not be conceptualised at birth as “pathways for failures”, while those fit
