This article can help the parents to understand ways to help their kids in performing better in the upcoming board exams. With the CBSE Class 10th and 12th board exam 2020 around the corner, students have started preparing with their whole and soul for the board exam 2020,...
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February 5, 2020 Loknath Das
CBSE
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You can pretty much divide the people who pursue MBA degrees into two categories: career switchers and career enhancers. The former want the most popular business credential on their resume to help switch industries, disciplines or geographies. The latter simply want to accelerate their existing careers, in the...
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November 5, 2018 Loknath Das
MBA
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Mikhail Goldenkov/Strelka Institute/FlickrCareers don’t have to follow linear progressions, experts say. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, psychology researcher Tania Luna and Weight Watchers International executive Jordan Cohen say that people’s belief in the “career myth” – the idea that careers follow a linear path – is holding...
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July 19, 2018 Loknath Das
Career
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Six engineering institutes in India are being loaned over Rs 2,066 crores for research and infrastructure projects by a finance company established by the Union government for this purpose. These include the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (in Mumbai), Madras (Chennai), Kharagpur (in West Bengal), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) and Delhi,...
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December 11, 2017 Loknath Das
Education Loans
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New Zealand has launched an investigation after a secondary school examination reportedly left Class 11 students in tears over questions too complex for their syllabus. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has been criticised by students, parents and teachers for the “far too difficult” algebra examination that was held...
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November 24, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece for Salon about Michael Moore where I recounted the story of how he became the youngest elected public official in U.S. history. At 18, Moore decided to run for head of his Michigan community school board on the simple platform that he...
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October 28, 2017 Loknath Das
Schools
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