Pune Education Meet Stresses Education for All
EDUCATION for all on a common platform, with availability of the necessary resources, has been emphasised as part of the Pune Declaration which came up in a day-long workshop hosted by the Indian Consortium for Educational Transformation (ICONSENT) on Saturday.
ICONSENT consists of institutions such as Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL), the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Indian Institute of Education (IIE), SNDT University among others.
The Pune Declaration will be put up on the website for three weeks inviting suggestions and objections. The declaration will stand to be implemented by educationists under ICONSENT.
Ram Takawale, chairperson of ICONSENT, said the Pune Declaration that focused on quality education for anyone, anywhere, enlisted points which focus on incorporating policies and resources for quality education.
The one-day workshop held to mark the birth centenary of educationist JP Naik, saw discussions which encapsulated education in the state. “Quality of education has dipped with a high dropout rate and there is a good percentage who are not even attending schools. Among those attending, it is seen that 40 per cent are hardly able to read and write well. There is a need to bring them all at one level,” said Takawale.
He also pointed out the discrepancies in education meted out by the private and government schools with many students actually going to the latter. “There is a huge divide and this needs to be bridged,” he said.
The meet also emphasised on meeting the learning needs of every learner with internet facility to be made available in every school. “Technology is the need of the hour and this needs to be made available,” he said
Among the other recommendations: Emphaisising on self-learning and not rote learning, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship and not content memorisation was also highlighted. Mutual cooperation between private and government players and introduction of policies to go with the present global scenario too were put in the declaration.
Courtesy: PUNENewsline Monday July 2 2007
ICONSENT consists of institutions such as Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL), the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Indian Institute of Education (IIE), SNDT University among others.
The Pune Declaration will be put up on the website for three weeks inviting suggestions and objections. The declaration will stand to be implemented by educationists under ICONSENT.
Ram Takawale, chairperson of ICONSENT, said the Pune Declaration that focused on quality education for anyone, anywhere, enlisted points which focus on incorporating policies and resources for quality education.
The one-day workshop held to mark the birth centenary of educationist JP Naik, saw discussions which encapsulated education in the state. “Quality of education has dipped with a high dropout rate and there is a good percentage who are not even attending schools. Among those attending, it is seen that 40 per cent are hardly able to read and write well. There is a need to bring them all at one level,” said Takawale.
He also pointed out the discrepancies in education meted out by the private and government schools with many students actually going to the latter. “There is a huge divide and this needs to be bridged,” he said.
The meet also emphasised on meeting the learning needs of every learner with internet facility to be made available in every school. “Technology is the need of the hour and this needs to be made available,” he said
Among the other recommendations: Emphaisising on self-learning and not rote learning, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship and not content memorisation was also highlighted. Mutual cooperation between private and government players and introduction of policies to go with the present global scenario too were put in the declaration.
Courtesy: PUNENewsline Monday July 2 2007
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