Can additional time after school help improve academic performance?

Aug 14

Is learning only about cognition or does alertness, self-confidence and interest have a role to play? Answers to such questions are being explored by social researchers, psychologists, educationists and governments to create a balanced environment for academic excellence. No wonder then that after-school programs are...

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Making a Career in Maths

Aug 13

It is worthwhile for students to consider a career in mathematics when they are deciding on what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Mathematics has several uses in many aspects of life today. This is especially true when one considers the impact that computers are having in twenty first century life and the...

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Nation State, Natural State

Jul 27

The Hindu state government in the narrower sense of that term’s usage, constituted the last pillar of the ideological construct of an ancient India and the complement of the village and caste, her exotic substitute for the development of a true civil society. Anyone interested in developing a theory of human agency,...

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Calculating machines

Jul 27

The application of appropriate analogies and even further-reaching comparisons to electronic calculators led to the tremendous achievements which finally brought about the highly misleading names of “electronic brain”, “giant brain”, or “thinking machine.” The performance of these machines is truly...

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Prospects of higher education for women in India

Jul 19

In India empowerment of women is considered as a very important component of social development. The growth of the community depends highly on the growth of women in that community. One should always believe that men and women are equal, and a woman contributes equally for the development and growth of society. In...

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