National Conferance on Primary Education An IDPAD (Indo Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development) Initiative December 11-13, 2001 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi The Centre organised a National Conference on Primary Education for the Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development (IDPAD) in December 2001. Eminent activists, policy makers, and academics presented, discussed, and debated innovations in government delivery of education, role of new technologies, barriers to the entry of educational institutions, methods of assuring quality of education, and decentralisation of curricula and textbook authorship. All papers and written comments will be published in a volume to serve as a powerful policy guideline in future.
PROGRAMME
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Inaugural Programme |
Welcome: |
Mr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, Indian Coordinator, IDPAD, Member Secretary, ICSSR |
Inaugural Address: |
Mr. K. S. Sarma, Co-Chairman, IDPAD, Chairman, ICSSR |
Keynote Address: |
Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian, Member, Union Planning Commission |
Vote of Thanks: |
Dr. Parth J. Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society |
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Innovations in Government Delivery of Primary Education |
Chair: |
Mr. Anil Bordia, Lok Jumbish |
Presenters: |
Professor R. Govinda, NIEPA
Ms. Amita Sharma, RGSM, Madhya Pradesh |
Discussants: |
Mr. Gurcharan Das, Management Consultant
Professor P. V. Indiresan, IIT Delhi |
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Edupreneurs: Private Initiatives in Primary Education |
Chair: |
Mr. Rohit Dhankar, Digantar, Jaipur |
Presenters: |
Dr. Madhav Chavan, PRATHAM, Mumbai (Indian initiatives)
Professor James Tooley, University of Newcastle, England (international perspective) |
Discussants: |
Mr.Vivek Ramchandani, Global Education Consultancy Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Dilip Thakore, Editor, Education World |
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Regulatory Barriers: Scarcity of Schools, Teachers, and Governance |
Chair: |
Professor James Tooley, University of Newcastle, England |
Presenters: |
Professor Bibek Debroy, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
Mr. Amarjeet Sinha, Education Advisor, DFID |
Discussant: |
Mr. T. K. Mathew, Principal, Deepalaya |
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New Technologies in Primary Education |
Chair: |
Mr. P. Rajendran, Chief Operating Officer, NIIT |
Presenter: |
Mr. Vivek Agarwal, eGurucool.com |
Discussants: |
Professor Marmar Mukhopadhyay, NIEPA
Professor Dinesh Singh, Delhi University |
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Discussion on the 93rd Amendment |
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Mr. Sanjiv Kaura, National Convenor, National Alliance for Fundamental Right To Education
Dr. Parth J. Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society |
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Assuring Quality Education |
Chair: |
Mr. Rajiv Desai, Indian Public Affairs Network (IPAN) |
Presenters: |
Professor Janaki Rajan, SCERT, Delhi (government efforts)
Mr. Joe Overton, Vice President, Mackinac Centre for Public Policy (private efforts) |
Discussant: |
Dr. Vandana Sipahimalani Rao, World Bank, Delhi |
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Curricula and Textbooks: Decentralisation and Participation |
Chair: |
Ms. Amita Sharma |
Presenters: |
Dr. Anita Rampal, Eklavya, Bhopal |
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Mr. Steven Rudolph, Education Director, Jiva Learning Centre |
Discussant: |
Mr. Rohit Dhankar, Digantar, Jaipur |
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Summary and Action Plan |
Panel on Curricula and textbook: Decentralisation and Participation at the National Conference on Primary Education. From left to right: Steven Rudolph (Education Director, JIVA Institute); Rohit Dhankar (Digantar, Jaipur); Amita Sharma (Mission Director, Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Madhay Pradesh); and Anita Rampal (Eklavya Madhay Pradesh).
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