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Relates the experience on panel interview for employment regarding communication in England. Improvement of communication skills; Importance of respect in an interview; Advantage of white male in a job.

Reports on efforts to restore schooling in the stricken state of Orissa, India. Number of schoolchildren who could no longer attend their classes; Priority in the restoration of services for students who have high-school-leaving examinations; Probability for the Orissa government to declare a zero academic year for the cyclone-hit areas.

Reports that India has banned the teaching of Marxism in school starting 2000. Theories that will continue to be taught; Claims of opposing groups on the decision; Views of historians on the ban.

Reports on the plans of the Indian government to revamp the national curriculum by March 2000 to respond to technology demands. Year of the last curriculum change; Focus of the curriculum change.

Reports on the tampered examination questions shown on a private cable television channel in Uttar Pradesh, India before the annual school-leaving examinations. Number of times the examination questions were shown; Cost of the papers sold in the open market; Buyers of the questionnaire.

Focuses on the campaign against Christian missionaries in India. Information on Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a militant organization that initiated the campaign; Violent attacks on schools and churches run by Christian missionaries.

Reports on the re-introduction of English education in Calcutta, India. Reason for the re-introduction; Importance of English education; Information on the Bengal initiative launched by a group of industrialists, academics and technorats in the country.

Reveals that opposition campaigns against a central government bid to impose a Hindu agenda on schools has made education a key issue in Indian elections for the first time in 14 years. Information included in the reforms; Reason behind the chaos at an education ministers' conference in New Delhi.

Reports that the government of India plans to increase the education budget to six percent of its gross domestic product. Concern about how the extra money will be spent; Why many analysts feel the money should be spent to improve existing schools; The popularity of building new schools, both with the public and in government.

Reports on parents in India who have called for a ban on corporal punishment in schools. Concern of parents and education counselors over growing classroom violence of teachers; Fear of many children of going to school.

Cites the efforts of middle class families in India to have English re-introduced in primary schools. Effects of not knowing English; When English was abolished from primary schools.

Comments on the conditions experienced by school children in India's eastern state of Maharashtra. Information on the protests of students; Concerns of parents over safety issues.

States that in government schools in Uttar Pradesh India, children are no longer allowed to say `good morning.' What the Hindu nationlist Bharatiya Janata party said; How the Muslims feel about the issue.

States that retired teachers in Calcutta, India have turned to begging because the government is not paying their pension. Comments from Mangal Chandra Saha, a retired teachers; Statistical information from the All Bengal Primary Teachers' Association; Remarks from other retirees.

Reports on the violation of the education act by private schools in India. Notice from New Delhi government; Complaints of alleged profiteering; Protest by Forum of Public Schools.

Reports that the local government of Maharashira, India, has ordered private and public schools to restrict children's load to three kilograms up to class 10. Threat of prosecution on schools that violate the rule.

Reports on the passing of a bill in India criminalizing parents who refuse to send their children to school or employ them in jobs which could prevent their schooling. Backing of the government of the bill; Indication of alarming drop-out rate; Poverty as main hindrance to schooling.

Focuses on the status of education in Bihar, India. Children's prayer for basic school supplies such as blackboards, chalks and pencils; Irregularity of payment of teachers' salaries.

Reports that nearly 40 million children in government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh, India have been locked out of schools due to an indefinite teacher strike. The teachers as demanding a 200 per cent pay increase; The government's rejection of the demand; The literacy and educational conditions in Uttar Pradesh.