>> Learning Curve: Two ways to educate India
1 July, 2010
Far away from
the cut and thrust of running large corporate houses, there’s something
that’s keeping Azim Premji and Sunil Mittal, among the most successful
entrepreneurs in India, busy. For the last almost 10 years, both have
committed serious money, managers and their own time to providing
quality education for India’s underprivileged children. They recognise
that education has perhaps the greatest “multiplier effect”. More
>> Indian tycoon sounds a note of caution
9 May, 2010
India is very far from where it needs to be, globally
acclaimed Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Azim Premji cautioned
an elite gathering of his countrymen yesterday. More
>> Premji
varsity aims at improving education system
14 March, 2010
Azim Premji University
(APU), expected to come up in Bangalore, will aim at sharpening the
existing
skills of those working in education. The much-delayed Bill on
Karnataka's first
private university was cleared by the Assembly on Thursday. More
>> Government
gives go ahead to Azim Premji varsity
29 September, 2009
According to the provision of
the Azim Premji
University Ordinance, the
university will provide teaching, training, research and development in
the fields of elementary, secondary, education management
and policy.
Besides, courses in education in science, social science, humanities
and management will also be offered. More
>> 'Help
us improve government
schools'
26 February, 2009
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa launched the State
Government’s unique
“School Nurturing Programme” on Wednesday and appealed to the
private sector to come forward and adopt government schools to improve
the
quality of education and school infrastructure. More
>> Government
of Rwanda and Foundation sign MoU
22 October, 2008
The Rwandan Government and Foundation signed an
MoU on 22 October
whereby the Foundation's e-learning content will be utilised by the
Rwandan
government in their primary schooling system. More
>> Government
of Rajasthan and Foundation sign MoU
21 October, 2008
An
MoU for the second phase of the Learning Guarantee Program to improve
the quality of education in elementary schools in Rajasthan was signed
between the Government of Rajasthan and Foundation on 21st October. More
>> Govt schools
bid good-bye
to rote-based exams
29 September, 2008
Thanks to the Learning Guarantee Programme, a joint initiative of the
State Government and Azim Premji Foundation, for lakhs of primary
school children examinations will now be a lot more fun! In a move
deserving unreserved support, the Education Department has decided to
replace traditional rote-based annual examinations with a
competency-based and child friendly evaluation system. More
>> National
Teacher's portal launched
5 September, 2008
A national portal for teachers, developed by the
Foundation in collaboration
with National Knowledge Commission was launched by the President of
India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 5, 2008. More
>> Government,
Azim
Premji Foundation ink pact
29 February, 2008
The Puducherry government and the Azim Premji Foundation
on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct an
experimental project of computer-aided learning in 40 government
primary schools. More
>> More
funds likely for education
22 November, 2007
"Since quality human
resource development is the need of the hour, we have to plan and work
towards that. We want to make modern classrooms in government schools
with better facilities. We are studying as to how this could be done at
the primary level and will soon sign an agreement with the Azim Premji
Foundation for this," Mr. Shahjahan, Minister
for Education
and Information Technology, Puducherry added. More
>> Tools
for effective
literacy
drive
5 October, 2007
Linking
livelihood with literacy, the participants at the ICT for
literacy workshop for E-9 countries felt, would lead to better
productivity paving way for greater economic development. More
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