The Red Pen to host International Boarding School Fair

Media Release
November 4, 2019

New Delhi, Nov 4: The Red Pen, a global education consulting firm, headquartered in Mumbai, along with Linden Educational Services - a US based global boarding school admissions marketing firm and Crayons Academy for Skills Excellence (CASE) - a Delhi based skills development and career counselling firm, are hosting an International boarding school fair in Gurgaon on 6th November 2019 at ‘The Leela’ in Gurgaon.

Kimberly Dixit, CEO and Co-founder at The Red Pen explains, “The Red Pen team has always taken great pride in our homegrown brand, which is reputed for its customised, signature advisory services. There is an increasing trend of parents in India sending their children to international boarding schools, as they recognize the value of preparing them for future education at top global universities. We are excited to be partnering with a world-renowned firm like Linden to offer a platform for Indian students to access a premium, global boarding school education.”

Since their inception in 2011, The Red Pen has supported over 5000 students with admission to best-fit institutions around the world – whether Ivy League universities, M7 business programmes, global management and technical master’s programmes, specialised colleges, small liberal arts institutions and recently boarding schools.

‘Linden has been an avant-garde leader and trusted advisor in global admissions for almost 40 years and has worked with over 450 boarding schools worldwide. In the upcoming fair, parents and aspiring students will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with my team and me. Since we visit and inspect these schools annually and know their Headmasters and faculty and understand their ethos, we can help families get an in-depth perspective on curriculum and school facilities. The intention is to enable each student to make informed decisions about their future education,” says John A. Williamson - Executive Director, Linden Educational Services.

Linden’s strength lies in over 35 years of continual expertise and local presence in India and other cities internationally. Their collective experiences provide families with strategic advantages they need to successfully gain access to some of the most revered educational institutions across the globe.

The fair will have representatives from over 25 international boarding schools across the US, UK and Canada.

India is the second largest student market globally with nearly 750,000students studying overseas. 

Vikram Anand, CEO, CASE says, ‘Our in-depth experience of working with students in their formative years to develop their intellectual and athletic potential gives us the strategic advantage to be able to provide access to the right demographic profile of students and their families for this fair.”

Case is the on-ground promotion partner for this boarding school event.

For additional information on the boarding school fair please log on to  https://theredpen.in/ 

and to register you can log onto https://theredpen.in/boarding-schools-fair/  

About:

1. The Red Pen

The Red Pen is an independent education consulting company that advises applicants to identify best-fit educational options at the school, university or postgraduate level. Additionally, they help high schools develop student-focused, scalable university counselling infrastructure that addresses the academic needs of varied communities. The 70+ member team is led by partners Dr. Kimberly Wright Dixit and Namita Mehta. Consultants with diverse backgrounds, who possess a wealth of education, experience and knowledge, represent the company’s strong foundation.

2. Linden Educational Services

Established in 1982, Linden offers an immersive approach to recruitment, admissions and marketing for universities. Boarding schools and universities have come to trust Linden's comprehensive, strategic, and forward-thinking education expertise in Indian and other International markets. They have a qualified, talented group of  admissions professionals whose collective experiences provide families with strategic advantages they need to successfully gain access to some of the most revered educational institutions across the globe.

3. Crayons Academy for Skills Excellence (CASE)

CASE is a Sports Recruitment Counselling firm for Students aspiring to seek admission to Colleges anywhere in the world.  We identify, develop and guide students seeking to play varsity sports, specifically popular sports in India which are also Varsity sports in Colleges such as Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Squash, Track & Field, Swimming, for both Men’s & Women’s.   Besides navigating the admission process as a student-athlete, foreign students face a challenging task of showcasing their ability to college coaches in USA, Canada, UK, Europe and Australia.  Our long-standing relationships with these coaches and thorough knowledge of the process helps bridge this gap. 

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The centenary year of St. Agnes College got off to a grand start on January 3, 2020 with a day of commemoration that involved staff, students, alumni and benefactors. The college is all set to celebrate its centenary with the community of Mangaluru on January 10, 2020 from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m with a daylong festival – Knowledge Factory. It will be held at the newly inaugurated air-conditioned auditorium with over 1000 attendees expected to be present. 

KNOWLEDGE FACTORY is the first of the five mega centenary programmes that St. Agnes College has envisaged.  The Promise Foundation and niiti Consulting – two organisations headquartered in the national capital under the mentorship of veteran journalist Madhavan Narayan are collaborating with the college to bring this event to Mangaluru for the first time.  A dozen icons will share the stage throughout the day and bring forth their thoughts and ideas enabling a culture of learning through fire-side chats and keynotes. 

The speakers include Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian Actor and Author; Sunil Buch, Director, Live Nation; Dipannita Sharma, Actor and Supermodel; Kriti Tula, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Doodlage; Nandini Srikar, Singer and Composer; Prakash Belawadi, Movie and Theatre Actor,  Manasi Paresh Kumar, Senior Journalist; Swati Pande, Co-Founder and CEO, Arboreal; Anuradha Kedia Parekh, Co-Founder, The Better India; Arokiaswamy Velumani, Founder and Chairman, Thyrocare Technologies; Heena Sidhu, the former world  number 1 pistol shooter. The event anchor will be the celebrity news reader Rini Simon Khanna who has been anchoring the event since its first edition in 2017.

Gaurava Yadav, a well-known quiz master will conduct a quiz focussed on History.  Based on a written prelims that will take place at 8.15 am in the designated room, four teams of two members each will compete in the finals at 4.45 pm. The winning team will receive a prize of INR 30,000 and the runner up team will receive INR.20,000/-    

The event is put together by social entrepreneurs - Meena Vadiyanathan and Amith Prabhu (who is of Mangalorean origin). All who desire to attend the event and participate in the quiz may buy donor passes costing Rs 500/- per head which includes lunch.  Sale of donor passes will close on the 8th. The college cordially invites the community of Mangaluru to join hands with it in making this programme a great success. 

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Agencies
July 3,2020

New Delhi, Jul 3: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging Karnataka government's decision to impose a 25 percent domicile reservation in the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru.

A division bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that the impugned law is passed by the State of Karnataka, and the respondent university is also situated in Karnataka.

The court granted liberty to the petitioner to move the appropriate forum with their grievances.

The Karnataka Assembly had passed the National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020 in March this year, which provided a 25 per cent horizontal reservation for students of Karnataka in the NLSIU.

The High Court observed that the main contesting parties in the present case were the NLSIU and the Karnataka Government. As the court did not show any interest in entertaining the plea, the petitioner withdrew the plea.

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News Network
August 9,2020

 

New Delhi, Aug 9: With the National Education Policy 2020 recognising the need for flexibility in choosing the subjects that a student wants to study, implementation of this policy will boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in India, edtech startup SP Robotic Works has said.

The new education policy also recognised that skills like coding and scientific temper and evidence-based thinking should be learned by all students to become good, successful, innovative, adaptable and productive human beings in today's rapidly changing world.

With the semester-based pattern, there is a lot of relaxation with respect to a child's choice to select their interest in subjects, according to Sneha Priya, CEO and co-founder, SP Robotic Works.

"This will promote the kids to explore various segments which otherwise I believe was restricted to an extent," Priya told IANS in an interview.

On July 29, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to a new National Education Policy (NEP) which aims at bringing about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the NEP is the foundation of a "new India" and that it will help close the gap between education and research.

It is now well recognised that in opening the door to myriad opportunities offered by STEM education, online platforms have played a pivotal role.

Coding-related courses have picked up well and the online platforms have seen a lot of kids enrol in block programming, artificial intelligence (AI) and android app development.

"As the field of STEM education gained immense popularity in India, this online learning platform has seen 80 per cent increase in the number of renewal of programmes, which implies the increase in interest and is a positive sign for the future of STEM education," she said.
The proposal to introduce coding from Class 6 and onwards is one of the best decisions of the policy, Priya added.

"With importance being given to coding in the NEP, the schools will be more open to adopting new ways to ensure their children master in what they are learning which will automatically result in better outcomes," she opined.

"Focus on these skills is crucial during the formative years for the development of the children. Hence, this new policy will prove beneficial for growing kids to gather their interest in coding at an early stage," she said.

According to Priya, it is important to deliver the coding concepts in the right manner to captivate and encourage the child to engross his/her attention towards the subject.

She also stressed that both robotics and coding courses have seen a huge upsurge this year.
In addition to what is being taught at school, the online learning platform has seen an increased number of queries from parents with regards to shaping up their child's coding skills.

"Especially with the current situation, the Covid-i9 lockdown has given more time to students to explore their interest in this field and we have seen double the demand in participation just in the previous few months from children," Priya quipped.

Even during the lockdown, SP Robotic Works said they have seen an increase of 55 per cent in the revenues.

"Additionally, we have seen around 1 lakh new enrolments during the last four months which demonstrates that Indian children are exploring their interests across segments," the CEO said.
"For the next six months, our focus is going to continue educating and engaging more students in experiential learning as we work towards building a nation that's truly 'Aatmanirbhar'," Priya noted.

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