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Education Ministry was the biggest recipient of allocations in Malaysia's budget 2022, with an allocation of RM 67.1 Bn. The government allowed income tax exemption for nursery and kindergarten fees,increased the early school aid to RM150 in 2022 and providedsubsidy of RM 100 for each teacher to buy gadgets for online learning.

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Synchronized Learning: Synchronous online conferencing systems, such as Google Meet, have allowed experts from anywhere in the world to join online classrooms & have allowed presentations to be recorded for individual learners to watch at a time most convenient for them. Malaysia was the top number one to use Google Classroom among 52 regions worldwide between March 18, 2020, to May 2, 2020.

Strategic Partnerships and Digitization as an opportunity for Innovators: A sustainable business model and clear strategic positioning are key to competing in a saturated market. Creating value through strategic partnerships and digitization can help further strengthen a school's value proposition and student appeal.

Rising Enrolments in Pre-Primary Level:Private sector holds 75% of the total Pre-primary schools in Malaysia and will continue to dominate the Pre-Primary Level of Education due to limited presence of Government Public schools in this segment.

The report titled "Malaysia Private K-12 Education Market Outlook to 2026 Driven by Rising Population and Increasing Affluence along with Shift in Parent Preference Towards Holistic Education" provides a comprehensive analysis of the potential of Private K-12 Education industry in Malaysia. The report covers various aspects including the current K-12 education scenario, revenue generated by schools, its segmentations viz level of education Pre-Primary vs. Primary vs. Secondary, Gender (Male vs. Female), Geographic Distribution of Schools, major trends and development, issues and challenges, government regulations and competition analysis. The report concludes with market projections for future of the industry including forecasted industry size by revenue along with analyst recommendations and key market opportunities.

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The market has been given a boost due to Strong Government push towards online education during Covid-19 along with new continuous innovation by the vendors to differentiate their products from their Competitive firms. The Students have accessibility to wider Coverage of Courses at affordable prices and an option to customize the type of content that can be subscribed. Platforms such as Nafham, Smart Art Egypt, Noon Academy, Edraak, Korras, and Learn have recently entered in the market with very high Course completion rate. Continuous efforts by the Egyptian government and increasing private sector participation and investments in the education sector is expected to relieve budgetary strains along with higher growth rates in the future.

Landscape of Vietnam Medical Education Market- Outcome Based Curriculum Began with Clear Explicit Articulations that Medical Graduates should Demonstrate Acceptable Professional Standards

Vietnam Medical Education Sector has been facing many macro and micro challenges. Each challenge has a direct or indirect effect on the Quality of Education and Quantity of Medical Professional prevailing in the Industry. Some of the major challenges faced by the industry are lack of standard entrance exam, Statutory and Regulatory Body like Medical Council, Lack of standardized entry channels for Residency programmes, Diverse syllabi and heavy reliance on theoretical foundations. Major Enabler in the Vietnam Medical Education Market is mostly the capacity to accommodate medical students and imbalance in the medical ecosystem with increase in support staff like optometrist and technicians.

Landscape of Philippines Medical Education Market- Outcome Based Curriculum with Clear Explicit Articulations that Medical Graduates should Demonstrate

Philippines Medical Education Sector has been facing many macro and micro-challenges. Each challenge has a direct or indirect effect on the Quality of Education and Quantity of Medical Professional prevailing in the Industry. Some of the major challenges faced by the Industry are Malpractices by Education Agents, Regional Education Disparities and more. Major Enabler in the Philippines Medical Education Market is mostly the great environment to accommodate students especially International Aspirants provided by the country.

Landscape of Thailand Medical Education Market-Increasing Number of Top Rated Universities coupled with Undertaking Cutting Edge Research Driving the Industry

Medical Education in Thailand has seen a long journey with various turns with intense progress. The journey has given the system its fair share of challenges to deal with issues including keeping pace with rapidly changing knowledge and installing same coping abilities in the students, maintaining quality of training of students with their increasing demand, mental health issues arising for medical students under heavy pressure, funds and scholarships to arrange the education, to retain good quality staff and lack of private investment in medical education.

Various factors that drive the growth of Medical Education System in Thailand are expensive public infrastructure and universal coverage, postgraduate program is in alignment with international standards, the brain drain is at lower level in comparison to its neighbouring countries because majority of education is in Thai, changes in the need of society, changes in the nature of students, evolution in learning and teaching processes, rapid changes in technologies supporting medical practices and education, enormous explosion in medical knowledge and changes in the health system.

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Mom, how can I form a word with the character for nei?

The sound of my 7-year-old daughters voice broke my concentration for the umpteenth time that day. Sighing, I reminded her that Im not here to do her work for her and that I had just handed her a dictionary for this very purpose. No sooner had I turned back to my work, however, than my phone beeped with a message, this time from my sons math teacher, telling me that his revised homework was still wrong and implying that it was my job to make sure he fixed it.

Standing, I comforted myself with the knowledge that, after all these years, I still remember how to solve quadratic equations.

Such is the living hell Ive been trapped in since March 12, when Shanghai abruptly ordered all primary and secondary schools to switch to remote learning while the city worked to bring its largest COVID-19 outbreak in two years under control. Every day, my two kids attend classes via the Air Classroom platform, an online education and learning channel launched by the Shanghai Education Bureau with just this contingency in mind. My job is to watch over them and make sure the online education process functions. My other job the one that pays me I do whenever I can carve out a free moment.

Its not the citys fault. The official notice announcing the remote learning plan stated that Elementary and middle school students who have difficulty studying at home can apply to the school, which will arrange for classrooms to be made available for online learning and teachers to provide care and lunch for the students. But when I applied to my kids schools for help looking after them, I was told that I was the only parent at either school to do so. Perhaps other families dont find the new rules as burdensome as I do, or maybe they just dont want to admit they need help.

No matter how selfish I might be, I couldnt ask my children to go to school alone. So, every time my daughter finishes a lesson, which happens about once an hour, I log in to a school-designated chat app and check the relevant PowerPoints posted by her teachers.

China has sought to make up for the inherent weaknesses of remote learning models by shifting more responsibility onto parents. Im expected to go over the slides, review the key points with her, print out her homework and watch over her shoulder to make sure she finishes. When its done, I scan it using a school-designated app, upload it, and wait for the teacher to provide feedback.

Theoretically, my 12-year-old son is old enough to manage remote learning without my help. But if theres a teenage boy who can focus on his studies on an unsecured electronic device without constant supervision, I have yet to meet him. Almost every time I tiptoe by his room, I catch him secretly playing games or watching videos. Despite constantly reminding myself to keep my emotions in check, I still sometimes lose my temper at the sight. Humiliated, he yells back, bringing my daughter out of her room to play peacemaker.

The truth is, Im one of the lucky ones. I have the privilege to work from home, which obscures just how much my working time has been shredded into tiny pieces by a constant stream of teacher instructions, questions from my kids, and household chores.

Meanwhile, my kids teachers are expected to keep their students from falling behind under nearly impossible conditions. Every day, subject teachers review hundreds of electronically submitted assignments, mark the errors in photo-editing software, and send them back to parents. Homeroom teachers have it even harder because theyre also expected to keep everyones spirits up. In a chat group for my sons homeroom class, his teacher routinely shares Chicken Soup for the Soul-style articles like A Psychological Guide to Learning at Home and Positive Responses to Online Teaching. Once, she posted photos of the campus so students could enjoy the beauty of their classrooms even under lockdown.

In the early days of the pandemic, wealthy Americans hired top teachers to work as private tutors for their kids rather than subject them or themselves to schools remote learning plans. In China, hotels shuttered by the pandemic have started offering studycation packages for students aged 7 to 16. For 5,900 yuan per kid per week ($927), the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel in the citys Pudong District will provide students three meals a day and supervision butlers to ensure they stay on task.

That puts the market value of my unpaid labor at about 11,800 yuan a week far more than I can afford with what I make at my actual job. The irony is not lost on me.

Life is undeniably better now than in early 2020, when China was still battling its first wave of COVID-19. Yet, no matter how dark those days were, there was also a feeling of passion and hope, that we were all in this together: soldiers in a great war whose sacrifices would make a return to normal possible again.

Many of my fellow parents still seem committed to that ideal. After the remote learning announcement on March 12, the overwhelming sentiment in school chat groups was one of relief. Parents were pleased not to have to send their kids to school amid rising COVID-19 case counts.

For me, however, that positive attitude is increasingly hard to maintain. After two years of zero COVID, too much has happened. A return to normal, whatever that means, feels unthinkable now. The world my kids will inherit seems a place of division, crisis, and uncertainty. Rather than daydream about victory over the coronavirus, I find myself just holding on, taking things day by day.

The importance of persevering, rather than word games or quadratic equations, is the lesson I hope my kids take away from this experiment with remote learning. Ultimately, in times of chaos, there are only two things that really matter: a readiness to accept change and the willingness to keep learning.

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At the Rashtriya Rangshala camp in the Delhi Cantonment area, finishing touches are being added to the 21 tableaux that will be part of the Republic Day parade.

The floats of 12 states and nine ministries or government departments will participate in the parade. It was due to limited space and time that only 12 states were selected, according to Nampibou Marinmai, PRO (Defence), who was at the camp on Saturday.

So many states have raised their voice the thing is, we have limited space, limited time. There is a committee of experts from arts, music, culture, and other expertise. The committee has been looking into these things. We received applications from 29 states and union territories to include in the tableaux. But due to space and time, we selected only 12 states. There is no other reason, Marinmai said.

The Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala had written to the Prime Minister after their tableaux were not selected for the parade.

The overarching theme for the tableaux is Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, which is meant to commemorate 75 years of Independence.

Several students are among the performers who will be part of the floats and have been camping at Rashtriya Rangshala.

Aditi Ural, a 20-year-old final-year degree student from Bengaluru, is among a group of 12 Yakshagana artistes who are part of the Karnataka State tableau. The team has been camping at the site and practising there for around 10 days now, and they are excited about performing at the parade for the first time, she said. Her father is a Yakshagana artiste, and she has been practising and performing for around 10 years.

Another performer who is at the parade this year is Nisha Kharayat, a college student studying music in Pithoragarh. She is among 16 dancers, mostly students, who will perform the Chhapeli Nritya of Uttarakhand.

The Arunachal Pradesh tableau will have 16 dancers performing the Tapu dance, which David Darang, a 33-year-old from East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, refers to as the war dance. Darang, a shop owner, said that they needed little training since it is a dance that is performed for festivals back home. Darang will also be at the Republic Day parade for the first time, part of the tableau that is based on the Anglo-Abor War in which the Abor people resisted British expansion.

Dabs of paint were being added to some of the floats on Saturday, with workers milling around and making adjustments atop the elaborately designed tableaux. The tableaux have been painstakingly assembled over months.

The Karnataka tableau, for instance, which showcases the states traditional handicrafts, took 45 days and 140 workers to prepare, and was brought to Delhi in three truckloads and assembled here.

Other states that will be part of the parade are Meghalaya, whose tableau will pay tribute to women-led cooperative societies and self-help groups. Gujarats tableau will focus on the tribal revolutionaries of the State, Marinmai said, while the Haryana tableau will focus on the States contribution to sports.

The Uttar Pradesh float will showcase the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, and that of Goa will portray the areas historical and natural attractions. Maharashtras biodiversity will be represented in the states tableau, and Punjabs contribution to the Independence struggle will be on display. Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir are also part of the parade.

The ministries that will have their tableaux are the Ministry of Culture, which will display one on 150 years of Sri Aurobindo; the Central Public Works Department will have a tableau on Subhas Chandra Boses 125th birth anniversary; the Ministry of Education which will showcase a tableau on the National Education Policy.

Tableaux of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Jal Shakti, the CRPF, and the Department of Post, will also be part of the parade.

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It was a wintry December evening some six years ago that I chanced to meet young Shankar Chitre on the stone steps of Ahilyabai Ghat in Banaras, a city where many Hindustani Gharana of music bloomed over the centuries together with their legends.

In Banaras, one can hear folklore told and retold for centuries together pertaining to Apsaras and Gandharvas and their nexus with different styles of dance and Hindustani Raag. Chitre narrated to me one such story of Rag Basant.

Rag Basant is meant to welcome the Spring Season: the Basant. Said to be a Carnatic Raag originating from Vakulabharanam, it was blended with the Hindustani tradition to become known as Rag Basant, with variations like Basant Bahar, Basant Hindol and Shudh Basant.

A wave of this genre might have come from Persia centuries ago as it tallies in stylistic pattern with Maqam Hijaz. In Guru Granth Sahib also we find reference to this Rag. It is at least 1200 years old.

Basant was one of the pasandida (favoured) raags of Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh under whose kingdom Kashi and Banaras fell.

I also adore this Raga, particularly the song Phagwa Brij Dekhan Ko Chalo Ri

The oldest record of this song that I could find was by Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. His eight minute song was recorded some 97 years ago yet it sounds as if recorded just day before yesterday.

Khansahab was instrumental in developing the Kirana Gharana of Hindustani songs. The gharana traces its origin to Gopal Nayak who sang in the court of Allauddin Khilji together with Amir Khusro.

Both Gopal Nayak and Amir Khusro practised Rag Basant. Amir Khusro sang Rag Basant and Rag Bahar in the presence of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia.

Incidentally, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan sang Rag Darbari just before his death at a bench on the platform of Singaperumalkoil railway station, near Chennai.

Old records say he was journeying by train to Pondicherry at the invitation of Sri Aurobindo, a revolutionary turned philosopher from Bengal, to perform at his Ashram.

At Chingleput he suddenly experienced severe chest pain. He was brought down from the train at Singaperumalkoil and laid on a bench. He then recited the Kalma and sang a little in the form of Rag Darbari. He could not complete what he tried to sing.

The date was October 27, 1937.

On that day, every radio station across Imperial Hindustan interrupted all programmes to announce the death of Abdul Karim Khan.

Let us return to the Ahilyabai Ghat where Shankar Chitre narrated me a legend of Apsara Chandra and her earthling lover Madhavsen.

Can you believe Chandra killed her lover so that he could be her consort forever in Gandharva Lok?

Chandra wove magic through her dance. She also learnt to dance on Rag Basant rendered by Madhavsen.

Chitre, a young Marathi Manus of about 25 whose family settled in Banaras from Pune some 217 years ago, shared with me the story that he had heard from his Ustadji, Chhote Ali who was some 93 years old.

The tradition of Apsara, Gandharva, Hindustani music and musical instruments in Varanasi is very old. Findings of the Archaeological Survey of India during its various excavations of different ages prove the antiquity of the Apsara tradition here.

The ASI unearthed a large number of figurines of Gandharvas and Apsaras playing various musical instruments proving their interconnection with the Hindustani music of Banaras Gharana.

The early medieval Puranas also refer to Kinnars, Gandharvas and Apsaras living in twin cities named KashiVaranasi. They played instrumental music and songs in different Ragas.

The Banarasi musical and dance Gharanas attained great heights in the 16th century during the rule of King Govind Chandra. After this too the Kings of Awadh further promoted Hindustani ragas and dances.

In Wajid Ali Shahs time the twin cities became a vibrant centre of folk and classical songs including Chaiti, Kajri, Dhamar, Hori and Chaturanga. Both indoor Jalsa and outdoor singing concerts were held on boats floating on the Ganga.

It is said that nothing is new here. Even the new generation of singers and musicians are thought to follow the ancient tradition of Meer Rustam, Pandit Ram Sahai, Waris Ali, Akbar Ali, Nisar Khan, Sadiq Ali and Ashiq Ali Khan.

These past masters belonged to the courts of the Awadh Nawabs, Mughal kings and other Raja-Maharajas and Sultan-Nawabs of the Deccan and North India. It is said that even the tabla style developed by Pandit Ram Sahai 200 years ago is still followed.

Pandit Ram Sahai was a disciple of Ustad Modhu Khan of Lucknow.

Here an interesting fact needs to be recorded. Nearly 200 years ago, there was a shuffle of singers, dancers and musicians from Varanasi, Allahabad, Kanauj, Agra and Rampur to various other parts of Hindoostan.

Chitre enlightened me with this information.

How I met him?

That is quite interesting.

Chitre was sitting just a few feet away from me. Suddenly, his handset rang. He took the call to tell someone he cannot come today as he has to go to meet his Ustad Ji late evening.

The very word Ustad Ji made me curious as I knew Guru and Ustad means either a dance or music teacher. I just spontaneously questioned if he is learning music?

Yes, he said.

I dont know why but I asked him if he can present a Mukhda (beginning of a classical song) in Rag Basant or Basant Bahar, may be.

He smiled and without replying hummed Phagwa Brij Dekhan Ko Chalo Ri

The song that I like the most. Can we call it a coincidence? May be

Are you a vocalist too?

No, I am a journalist!

I see why did you ask me to present Rag Basant?

Because I like it

Then you, perhaps, have heard the legend of Chandra and Madhavsen?

No, I said. But I turned extremely curious know the legend and requested him to narrate it to me.

Well, my Ustad Ji Chhote Ali once told me an ancient tale that goes with Rag Basant. He is about 93 now and belongs to a musician family whose ancestors were said to be disciples of Muhammad Ghaus from whom Tannu or Tan Sen first took lessons in music.

Muhammad Ghaus was believed to have referred Tannu to Swami Haridas and he became Tan Sen in the court of Emperor Akbar.

Chitre began a story of Rag Basant:

Centuries ago when Varanasi was a young Janapada, an Apsara by the name Chandra (moon) descended in the city in the form of a beautiful maiden. She was in search of a consort who could sing and accompany her in dance in Gandharva Lok.

In other words, to become a Gandharva that male musician consort would have to die.

What a dangerous proposition, is it not?

Chandra wandered around Varanasi for her consort for quite a long time but found none. She was planning to return to Gandharva Lok.

Then one evening something happened during the season of Basant.

A disheartened Chandra was moving in the forest near the River Ganga. Suddenly, she stood still. A male voice was singing a honeyed song. An ethereal musical spell bound Apsara Chandra. She started searching the source of this music. A little ahead, inside the forest, a young man was singing seated under a Kadam tree, a tree beloved of Lord Krishna.

Is he a Gandharva? Chandra thought a male human being just could not be so handsome. Can an earthling sing like this? Hardly possible! He must be a Gandharva like her, Chandra concluded.

She moved towards him. He was singing with his eyes closed. This is a Rag new to her. But it is wonderful, simply wonderful.

Chandra stood right before him but he was so engrossed in the song that he could hardly feel her presence.

The song ended and he opened his eyes to find a beautiful maiden before him.

Who are you, Devi?

I am Chandra, a singer and dancer in a royal court in Ujjaini. She hid her actual identity of being an Apsara. What was the Rag your song was set in?

Rag Basant!

What is your name?

Madhavsen!

What is your name?

Chandra.

Can you dance in this Rag that I may sing?

Why not?

Well, he replied, in just about a week there would be a Basant Utsav in Varanasi in which men and women would dance to welcome Basant. I will be singing in Rag Basant for them.

Chandra said she would be very happy to dance.

With this deal, the dangerous nexus of an earthly Man with unearthly Apsara began which was soon to end.

Chandra was determined to have Madhavsen. But how? He is mortal, she is immortal. He could be made immortal only by entering Gandharva Lok. For that, of course, he would have to die in Marta Loka: earth.

Yes, he has to die, thought Chandra. She just could not allow the loss of such a talented singer and handsome man.

The Apsara began dreaming up ways to kill the Singer.

It became a daily affair for Madhavsen and Chandra to meet at the forest just after the sun set. He would sing and she would dance.

But Chandra was getting impatient to get back to Gandharva Lok with her consort forever. She was eagerly waiting for Basant Panchami: that would be the last day of Madhavsen in Varanasi.

Every evening, Chandra asked Madhavsen how many days are left of Basant Panchami?

Why do you ask this question to me every day as if that would be the last day of life in Martaloka?

Well, my handsomest man, you can guess!

Shankar Chitre really wove a Jaadu (spell, magic) with his story. I suddenly had a great desire to hear a Rag Basant Bandish set in ancient lyrics.

He smiled and without replying, began one of the ancient-most known lyrics on this Rag created by Amir Khusro. It runs like this:

Ban, Ban Phool Rahi Sarson Amwa Phute, Tesu Phoole Koyal Bole Dar Dar Aur Gauri Karat Shringer

Oh, what a nice scene Khusro has created!

Khusro, the first Hindavi poet, truly created a poetic canvas with actual description of Basant Ritu with its ripe and floral beauty.

It means the forests are wearing a yellow scarf as mustard flowers have bloomed. It is the season that Mangoes ripen and Tesu flowers smile. The Koyal is singing in the twigs of trees. The womenfolk wear all the fineries and make themselves up to welcome Basant.

Bravo Khushro, I bow before Thee!

Finally, the day of Basant Panchami arrived in KashiBanaras.

Varanasis Basant Utsav is over. It is now midnight. Shortly, Chandra will kill Madhavsen. He will become a Gandharva and the inseparable consort of Chandra Apsara.

Can we not spend a little more time on the banks of River Ganga?

But it is already getting late

Before Madhavsen could finish his words, Chandra nearly dragged him to the brink of the river.

How about we swim?

But I cannot swim, replied Madhavsen.

His reply eased Chandras plan.

She was holding his hand. Suddenly, with the swiftness of lightning, she hurled him into the river. Madhavsen was sinking sinking and Chandra jumped into the river to embrace him and quicken the process of his mortal end.

Madhavsen is dead. With her magical spell, the Apsara took his spirit to Gandhar Lok.

She now has an eternal consort in the form of Gandharv Madhavsen.

Smiling at me, Shankar Chitre stood up as he had to catch an auto-rickshaw to reach his Ustadjis house. I also have to get back to the hotel near Varanasi Railway Station.

Sky was dark. It looked like Aanchal of a black Banarasi Saree studded with silvery stars.

Looking at the stars up above the sky, I suddenly shuddered! Could one of them be Chandra, the killer Apsara watching me?

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Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre Samaveta Yuyutsavaha

The opening word of the magnificent scripture Gita is dharma, the great word of ancient India. Just as beauty was dear to Greece and power was dear to Rome, dharma was close to the soul of India. Our ancient rishis exhorted us to build our life in dharma.

Dharma is derived from dhru which means hold. Dharma is the power, the force, the jivan shakti which holds life. Kshetra means field. Let us therefore, ask ourselves: What am I sowing in the field of life, dharma or adharma? If you are one of the blessed souls who are sowing the seeds of dharma, your life becomes a song, a Gita of the Lord!

In this Kaliyuga, which is characterised by the degeneration of dharma, it becomes imperative for each of us, as individuals, to adhere to dharma in the measure that is possible to us. And, it is my firm conviction that the Gita can be our leading light, our beacon of hope in this endeavour.

I believe too, that it is necessary and desirable for all Indians, especially the youth, professionals and young parents to cultivate familiarity with this precious scripture which is our great heritage. Knowing the essence of its teachings and putting into practise its practical precepts is the best way of escaping the dominant dark forces of this age.

Sri Adi Shankara himself wrote one of the most respected and authoritative commentaries on the Gita. Sri Ramanuja, Sri Madhavacharya, Sri Vallabhacharya and Sri Jnaneshwar have added valuable insights to their respective bhashyas. In modern times Lokmanya Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo have written on the Gita. As for me, I was privileged to be the disciple of a great-souled saint, whom many regarded as a living Gita Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani. The Gita is the core strength of every Hindu indeed, the universal guide to every thinking, sensitive human being who realises that life does not stop at the physical and material level.

The message of the Gita is affirmative; the message of the Gita is dynamic. It is a message that we all need to affirm and internalise in our daily lives.

(Dada J.P. Vaswani is humanitarian, philosopher, educator, acclaimed writer, powerful orator, messiah of ahimsa, and non-sectarian spiritual leader.)

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Bengaluru: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Education Summit 2022, organized by Summit India in association with Tech Avant-Garde (TAG), successfully completed phase-1 of its event. The 3-day inaugural conference of the 3-month long summit came to a closure with some insightful debates, discussions and deliberations. More than 10000 people including educationalists, teachers, parents attended the conference over these 3 days.

The 3-day inaugural conference started with a message from the Honble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, followed by a recorded speech by Honble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, on NEP2020. The congratulatory message was given by the Honble Governor of Karnataka, Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot.

The 3-day inaugural conference saw policymakers, leaders, educationists, bureaucrats, education body heads and industry players speak, discuss, deliberate on the future of learning and what should we do to ensure that our Indian Education System stays robust and relevant. Some of the speakers included names like Smt. AnnapurnaDevi, Minister of State for Education India, Shri. Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for Skill Devp. Entrepreneurship, Electronic& IT., Smt. Renuka Singh, HonbleMinister of State for Tribal Affairs,Shri. M K Sridhar, member of the NEP 2020 Drafting Committee, Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE, Prof. Sridhar Shrivastava, Director NCERT, Dr. Biswajit Saha, Director Skill & Training CBSE, Mr. K V Vincent, National Secretary ASISC, Shri.Atul Kothari, National Secretary, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan, Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Director Education Advocacy, Microsoft India,Ms. Kirti Seth, CEO, IT-ITES Sector Skill Council, NASSCOM, Mr. Rahul Tandon, Design Head, BBP and Ms Roshini Kumar, President, Lycee Corp.

Some of the key outcomes from these discussions were:

India needs to reimagine its education system. The model that served us well till today is outdated and will not help prepare our children for the new future, NEP 2020 should be adopted in day to day educational practices.

We are at the end of the information era and entering the knowledge era. An education system that is based on information accumulation will be highly inadequate

Both educators and parents are concerned about the changing social, economic, technological landscape and need help and support to navigate the digitally transformed, post-pandemic education ecosystem

We need to make our children multidimensional in their capability. Acquiring tangible skills, physical and digital, will be key

The challenges and opportunities of a digitally transformed world are immense. An education system that is inclusive, future-ready, and technology-enabled will be key to facing those challenges and transforming India into a global superpower of the Knowledge Age.

The summit organizers have contacted Examination Boards, Universities, Schools, Colleges, Members of Management, Principals, Teachers, Parents and Vendors. The vision is to reach out to 10 million educators and parents of 250 million students to sensitize them on NEP2020 and the new genre of learning, Hybrid Learning.

The Summit is being supported by NCERT, AICTE, ASISC, NIELIT, Canara Bank, Universal Sompo General Insurance, Tech Avant-Garde, Maha Learning Tab, and Edqart. The summit is conducted on the Knowledge Lavenir Conclave platform.

Speaking at the event Smt. Annpurna Devi, Minister of State for Education India, said India has always been a seeker of knowledge. We should take inspiration from our past while preparing for our future. The education system that served us so well to date has its limitations and might not be ready to tackle the needs of the future. NEP2020 is prepared to keep future needs in mind as it incorporates feedback from different and prominent people from the education sector. It is framed keeping the changing landscape of education and learning and will help in taking India to greater heights.

Addressing the parents at the event and emphasising the importance of equipping students with the right skills, Shri Rajeev Chandrashekar, Honble Minister of State for Skill Devp, Entrepreneurship, Elec & IT. said, I encourage all parents to ensure that children are acquiring multi-dimensional skills to prepare them for the future. Be it traditional skills or carpentry, carpet making, whatever it is. Children should learn digital skills, not just be digitally savvy. Parents should now know that the future of India and the future of our children for the next 10-20 years will be totally different. Globalization will bring a lot of opportunities and most of these will be digital in nature. It is going to be very different, very positive and very digital. Every parent should be aware of that and every parent should prepare their children for that.

Speaking at the inaugural event, Smt Renuka Singh, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, said,This education summit will have large participation from the tribal, rural and urban sectors of our nation. Including government and private centres, schools and institutions of higher education. Knowledge Lavenir has emerged at the forefront of the quest to create a more educated, meaningful, purposeful, harmonious and compassionate society. The summit will comprise varied sessions with a focus on digital transformation and holistic learning along with NEP2022.

The inaugural event also featured Shri Audimulapu Suresh, Education Minister, Andhra Pradesh who spoke about the need for upskilling students with the right resources. He said, Our students need to be market-ready. and prepared to face challenges when they pass out of school in the coming years. Industries are constantly changing with technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality etc. Hence, our institutions should no longer be just specialised ones. As NEP2020 envisions, institutions should evolve to be multi-disciplined.

Speaking on the new education model, Sridhar Shrivastava, Director, NCERT, said, Education, going forward, needs to be adaptive. It needs to have three key elements flexibility, accessibility and customizability. A child should have the flexibility to learn what s/he wants to, have access to good teachers, content and eco-system and the learning pace and modules should be customised to his or her individual needs and temperament. We are focused to build the right digital technologies combined with well-trained teachers to deliver these elements in the new education model.

The event also had thought leadersincluding Swami Mitrananda, Chinmaya Mission who spoke about the concept of the event. He said, The very title Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam inspires us. We, the people of Bharat, were the first to ever claim that not just our world, but the whole universe is our family. That was the education Bharat had the oneness or Ek Atma Bhava. This education is very important for us to live harmoniously, and we the people of Bharat are custodians of this knowledge.

Several educationists also were in attendance, both as speakers and attendees. Speaking at the event Dr. A Chhalamayi Reddy, Principal Shri Aurobindo International School said, Sri Aurobindo establishes that, and I quote It is an education that is proper to the Indian soul, deed, temperament and culture, that we are in quest of. Not indeed, something faithful merely to the past, but to the developing soul of India, to her future need, to the greatness of her coming self-creation and to her eternal spirit.

Speaking about the format of the summit, Shri Shyam Jaju, Chairman Summit India said, This fact that this milestone event had to be done virtually due to Omicron indicates the impact of the pandemic. However, the summit being virtual is helping it reach a much larger audience, indicating the power of NEP 2020. I thank all our dignitaries, education experts, vice-chancellors, who have taken the time out and participated in this event and made it a big success.

Shri Mahesh Verma, Secretary Summit India, further added, The vision of NEP2020 is apt for the changes we are seeing happening in the education sector. The impact will truly be felt when we reach the maximum number of people in a minimum time period and develop awareness. We hope that this 3-month long summit will help us achieve that.

Because of popular demand from several educational institutes, educationists, teachers and parents, the 3-day inaugural conference will be re-webcasted again between January 27, 28, 29 and will be open to all. Following the three-day conference, there will be weekly panel discussions held from February 5th till April 9, 2022. These discussions will delve deeper into the various challenges and opportunities in the education world arising from a digitally transformed, post-pandemic world. The three-month-long summit will focus on the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), Digital Transformation and Holistic Learning (DTHL) and the role of Hybrid Learning in enabling the Indian Education System to re-invent itself and evolve into a robust framework that is in tune with the needs of the digital-native student.

Talking about hybrid learning and the role of technology, Ali Sait, Summit India Chairman South & CEO, Tech Avant-Garde, said,Communities have only begun to tap the potential of technology for learning. In a world in which knowledge is the number one asset, the benefits of this information-rich, technology-enhanced, collaborative learning environment must be extended even further to empower students, teachers, schools and entire communities to learn without limits. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Education Summit 2022 is one such initiative which will spread the awareness on Hybrid Learning and NEP 2020 which help reimagine education and make our society Future Ready.

The 3-month long Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Education Summit 2022 will open dialogues between thought leaders, bureaucrats, policymakers, industry players and educationists. With the pandemic induced turmoil, there is a lack of clarity about the best way forward. These events have been designed to offer educationists guidance in a collaborative yet flexible manner.

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Amidst this vexing pandemic, most of us have deliberately locked ourselves indoors, and othershave to face fear and restrictions to move around. Good news has become ararity. But before I divulge what to me is a piece of excellent news, it reallymakes me feel proud and happy that decades of wrongdoing have been finallycorrected.

The man who taught us pathology and histology in the third year of medical school, was four and a half feet tall and extremely obese. Given his lack of a neck and oval dimension, he was also secretly, though fondly, calledByang, meaning frog in Bengali! So, if you saw this person, afrog would indeed be the first impression that would come to mind! But he was anastounding teacher, and thats all that mattered.

He was a very well-trained craftsman who could read histological slides with an adeptness that would put modern-day technology to shame. For the uninitiated, slides are two small glass panes between whichbiopsied tissues or blood are placed. One needs years of training to examinethe patterns created therein to delineate and thus confirm a diagnosis of different diseases, including cancer.

As a young man, this Professor was in the British army, during the second world war. He told us a fascinating story once. British soldiers captured a place nearSingapore. His ship landed around a few hundred yards from the shore, andtroops embarked. Since he was a beloved but a very short doctor, hugetall Norwegian nurses almost carried him to the beach after treading throughwhat would be neck-deep water for these six feet tall gentlemen.

One evening he visited the Ramkrishna Vedanta Mission in Singapore. He sat in front of the large picture of the trio placed on a raised podium- Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramkrishna,and Sarada Maa. Engulfed in reverence, he suddenly realized it was almost an hour that he was sitting there. Then, through the corner of his eyes, he saw a gentleman in an orange robe standing at an angle. As he turned his head, he saw a tall, handsomesanyasi probably in his sixties standing there and smiling at him!

Are you fromIndia? the sanyasi asked, smiling.

Yes,

retorted the Professor, from Bengal, Sir.

I thought so, said the sanyasi coming closer as the Professor stood up and bowed tohim, touching his feet!

Exactly a couple of weeks before, Netaji Subhas had come, and he was sitting here in the samespot as you and was crying, the sanyasi said.

Crying, questioned the Professor, But why?

I do not know, but I asked him what he wanted from God? quipped the sanyasi.

I asked Swami Vivekananda to give me strength so that I can free my motherland. I have failed till now, Netaji told him!

The establishment of Netajis statue at the India Gate marks India paying homage to that son of the soil whosesacrifice to the motherland was inimitable! What was extremely sad was thatuncouth politics and nasty favoritism deluded him to the honor that was hisdestiny since independence.

The man who every Indian, including the present generation, irrespective of caste, creed, and religion, holds in the highest esteem, amongst all freedom fighters certainly deserves this.

Unfortunately, even today, others remain to be relegated to such a status. Let us take Surya Sen,who bravely led the Chittagong armory attack, or, Pritilata Waddedar, who was inspired by him and sacrificed her life for this country at the age of 21. Both were horribly tortured and finally hanged by the British!

Knowingly or unknowingly, weve been celebrating the wrong ones. While the likes of Rash Behari Bose and Rishi Aurobindo were kept in abeyance, a mammoth-sized statue of one of Russias oligarch stands in the most prominent Kolkata square called Esplanade. Where are the names of freedom fighters banished to the Andamans to serve Kala Pani for their audacity to challenge the British empire? Inmates likeFazl-e-Haq Khairabadi,Yogendra Shukla,Sachindra Nath Sanyal,Bhai Parmanand,Sohan Singh,Subodh Roy, andTrailokyanath Chakravartywere tortured, beaten, starved, and some finally hanged!

So why are their names not in the history books? Why are stadiums, roads, airports, and popular government schemes not named after them rather than political juggernauts whose claim to fame is either belonging to elitist dispositions by either birth or craftiness? An article like this can be a reminder to my readers to stand up to their legacy and honor the past that has granted them the freedom they enjoy. Otherwise, it will end up being just another epilogue to our unsung heroes who would remain hidden until time takes its toil to reveal the reality.

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Watch Video: Rapper Kanye West legally changes his name to 'Ye'

Looking back at the 20-year career arc of any musician would be revelatory.

But when that artist is Kanye West, its compelling, confusing and maddening. In other words, pretty much on brand.

Those looking for salacious details about the recently rebranded Yes celebrity lifestyle or explosiveKardashian drama wont find it here. Instead, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is a fascinating plunge into his relentless drive to succeed, his wavering friendships and the toll of mental illness.

DirectorsClarence Coodie Simmons started filming Ye in 2002 to document his signing to Roc-A-Fella Records and met Chike Ozah, a producer on MTV's You Heard It First, shortly after.

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Their film, which premiered Sunday at Sundance Film Festival and arrives on Netflix Feb. 16, is divided into three 90-minute acts: Vision, Purpose and Awakening.

Early on, Ye, now 44, saysdoing a documentary at the embryonic stage of his career shift from producer to rapper is a little narcissistic.

That self-awareness would, over the years, become clouded by hordes of enablers and adoring fans. The death of Yes beloved mother, Donda, caused a shift in molecules that Simmons captures withheartbreaking clarity.

He didnt seem like the same Kanye. We hardly ever spoke, Simmons says in a voiceoverexplaining a gap in footage from 2008 to 2014. Yes team told the filmmaker that there was no room for him to accompany the superstar on his Glow in the Dark tour.

But a call from Common askingSimmons to film his 2014 Aahh!Fest in Chicago proved fortuitous:Ye was booked as a surprise guest.As much as Simmons anticipated reuniting with his friend, it wasnt without trepidation.

It made me nervous because I knew Kanye, but Id never met Yeezy, Simmons says.

The pair renewed their friendship, and in 2017, he returned to filming the superstar.

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Simmons and Ozah have describedjeen-yuhs as a film rather than adocumentary. Its a notable distinction because there are no talking head interviews or footage other than Simmons' raw takes, aside from a few quick-cutscenes that include a Kardashian red carpet photo op andYes MTV Awards disruptionwith Taylor Swift.

Simmons'footage, culled from 330 hours of video, is unflinching. He thought the documentary was completed at various points in Yes life. But there was always another chapter.

This one ends with the rappers idiosyncratic unveiling of his Donda albumin Atlantalast summer, with his limp body being raised through the opening in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium roof at the end of the presentation.

Perhaps it was meant to symbolize a new beginning. But first, here are some jeen-yuhs highlights from the past.

After a twentysomething Ye teases his mother about the bottle of Zinfandel in her refrigerator, she notices the gold cherub hanging from his neck. You need an angel to watch over you, she says, flashing one of her infectious gap-toothed smiles.

The love and ease between West and her son is showcased in the most mundane moments, but its particularly sweet watching her rap Like Son, Like Mother beside him in her kitchen.

West is Yes compass and Simmons captures her dispensing poignant advice. A giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing, she tells him. Stay on the ground, but you can be in the air at the same time.

West died in 2007from heart failure following complications from cosmetic surgery.

I could tell Kanye was grieving, but he kept working, he refused to stop, Simmons says.

Ye never talks about his mothers death on camera, but there is a rare interaction captured with his father, Ray West.Following Yes admittance to a hospital for a psychological evaluation and his inflammatory 2020 presidential campaign speech about abortion, he is shown FaceTiming with his dad.

When you go out and say things like no abortion, you know how the medias going to be, Ye tells his dad. Thats a very strong Christian statement, and Christians are scrutinized and killed for our beliefs and following the word of God. And I use my voice and I wont not use my voice.

His father pauses. I would just say, write your speech next time.

Simmons was there after Ye, having justlanded a verse on Jay-Zs track The Bounce," crashed his car and broke his jaw in three places.

I was afraid hed never rap again, Simmons says.

But, as Ye lore goes, his ambition to finish his debut album, The College Dropout, couldnt be halted by having his mouth wired shut; instead, Ye had his first hit, Through the Wire.

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Simmons camera accompanies the rapper to the dentist (look away, needle-phobes) to have his wiring removed, but the bigger story is Yes capacity to continue working. Jamie Foxx, Ludacris and John Legend are enlisted to join Ye in the studio to restart the momentum behind his debut, which arrived in 2004 to massive success, including a Grammy Award for best rap album.

By the third act of jeen-yuhs, Ye is designing sneakersandembracing Christianity with the advent ofhis Sunday Service concerts.

Ye also retreats to his Wyoming ranch, where Justin Bieber is among those in the giant garage/studio, laying down vocals and listening to Yes numerous soliloquies.

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Its apparent as the film rolls on that Yes medications have slowed his speech his voice sounds deeper and more deliberate and Simmons is aware and respectful of his friends challenges.

A 2020 meeting with real estate friends in the Dominican Republic turns into a diatribe, even though Ye tells them, I took bipolar medication last night to have a normal conversation.

But the rappers discourse becomes so scattered, Simmons stops filming.

It was hard to tell how he was feeling, Simmons says. No matter what he was going through, he always buried himself in his work.

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