Colloquium

On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Akshara Foundation is hosting a colloquium on 'Equitable Quality Education for all children' Date: Saturday, December 4 th, 2010
Time: 9.30 am to 5.30pm
Venue: Bangalore International Centre,
TERI Complex, Domlur, Bengaluru

Prof. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights will deliver the keynote address

The programme schedule is

9.30 AM Registration

10.00 AM Welcome remarks followed by lighting of the lamp

10.10 AM Presentation on Akshara Foundation

10.25 AM Talk by Rohini Nilekani, former Chairperson, Akshara Foundation

10.35 AM Talk by Dr. R.G. Nadadhur, IAS, Principal Secretary, Primary & Secondary Education, Karnataka Government

10. 45 AM Keynote address by Prof. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

11.15 AM Tea Break

11.30 AM Session 1: Early Childhood Education

Plenary by Dr. Venita Kaul

Panelists: Dr Mala Giridhar, Dr.Shamla Iqbal, IAS,

Dr. Saraswathy Ganapathy, Mr. G.R. Shivashankar

Moderator: Ms. Rekha Menon

1.00 PM Lunch

1.45 PM Session 2: Learning Outcomes in Primary Schools

Plenary by Dr. Madhav Chavan

Panelists: Mr. K.R. Shashidhar, IAS, Mr. S.Giridhar,

Ms. Vyjayanthi, Mr. Basavaraj Gurikar, Mr.Bharashetty

Moderator: Mr. R. Dhirendra

3.15 PM Tea Break

3.30 PM Session 3: Building Support Systems for Good Schooling

Plenary by: Ms. Nina Nayak

Panelists: Ms. Sandhya Sharma, IAS, Ms. Srija, Dr. R.

Balasubramaniam. Mr. K.C. Venkatesh, Dr. Fahmida Begum

Moderator: Dr. Archana Mehendale

5.00 PM Concluding remarks and Vote of thanks by Ms. Kanchan Bannerjee