SCHOOL
CHOICE NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010
The Right to Education Act: Revolutionary, Redundant, or Regressive? |
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Program Schedule
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PROGRAM |
SESSIONS / SPEAKERS |
| 10:00 AM |
Registration |
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| 10:30 AM |
Welcome Address |
Welcome
Speakers: Dr Parth J Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society |
| 11:00 AM |
Session 1 - RTE: Challenges & Opportunities
Chair: Mr Amitav Virmani, Country Director, Absolute Return for Kids |
Comparison of State Rules
Speaker: Mr Vinod Raina, Member of the Central Advisory Board for Education |
Monitoring of RTE in Government and Private Schools
Speaker: Ms Kiran Bhatty, National Commissioner (RTE), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights |
Impact of RTE on Alternative Education
Speaker: Mr Sitanshu S Jena, Chairman, National Institute of Open Schooling |
| 12:30 PM |
LUNCH |
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| 1:30 PM |
Session 2: Framework of Ideal School Ecosystems
Chair: Dr Parth J Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society |
Encouraging Edupreneurs
Speaker: Mr Manish Sabharwal, CEO, TeamLease Services |
Innovative Policies & Programs
Speaker: Ms Baela Raza Jamil, Public Policy Specialist and Coordinator, South Asian Forum for Education Development, Lahore, Pakistan |
Italian School Voucher Program
Speaker: Ms Monica Grazia Boni, Direttore Marketing, Incentive e Servizi Allaa Persona, Edenred |
| 3:00 PM |
TEA BREAK |
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| 3:30 PM |
Session 3: Accountability in Education
Chair: Ms Urmila Sarkar, Chief, Education, UNICEF India Country Office |
Towards Informed Choice: School Ratings
Speaker: Mr Pradeep Sharma, Country Director, Gray Matters Capital |
Teacher Effort and Teacher Accountability in India
Speaker: Ms Geetha Kingdon, Professor of Education and International Development Institute, Institute of Education, London University |
School Accountability: Models and Practices
Speaker: Ms Yamini Aiyar, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi |
| 5:00 PM |
Closing: Revisioning Indian Education
Chair: Ms Premila Nazareth, Research Advisor, Griffin Strategy Partners |
Speaker 1: Ms Gowri Ishwaran, Educationist and founder principal of Sanskriti School, New Delhi
Speaker 2: Mr T K Mathew, Chief Executive & Secretary, Deepalaya
Speaker 3: Mr K Satyanarayan, Director, New Horizon Media |
| 5:45 PM |
VOTE OF THANKS |
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| 6:00 PM |
COCKTAILS |
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