National Independent Schools Alliance, an initiative of Centre for Civil Society, is organising its annual School Leaders Summit (SLS) at India International Centre, New Delhi on 26 September 2013.
The summit will bring together over 150 budget private school leaders, educationists, researchers, investors, school principals and proprietors. These stakeholders, representatives of a diverse cross-section of society, will discuss the role of budget private schools in the education space, the existing challenges and gaps in the education system, and also explore opportunities and innovative practices to improve quality of schooling and student performance.
Honorable Member of Parliament Sh. Madhu Goud Yaskhi will preside over the event as the Chief Guest for the summit. Sh. Yaskhi is the MP from Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh and is currently serving on the Standing Committee for Human Resource Development.
An introduction about NISA by members of the NISA executive committee will be followed by an address by the chief guest. The day will further progress into four key panel discussions over the following issues:
Barriers to the Choice of Education: The session, chaired by Amit Kaushik, former Managing Director at Educomp, will explore parental choice in the education of their children and how these choices are being limited by government regulations. The key speakers for this discussion will be R Sridhar, Managing Director of Educational Initiatives, Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Professor of Education Economics and International Development at London University, R C Jain, President of NISA, and Delhi State Public Schools Management Association and Tejpal Singh, Secretary General of the Punjab Private Schools Organisation and NISA State Representative from Punjab.
School Leadership Training- Chaired by Azad Oomen, Executive Director at the Central Square Foundation, this session will aim to provide school leaders with high-quality programming, individualised coaching and leadership development opportunities in order to build, lead, and sustain outstanding schools. The key speakers for this discussion will be Aditya Natraj, Founder Director of Kaivalya Education Foundation, and Mohammed Anwar, Managing Director of Empathy Learning Systems Pvt Ltd. and NISA representative for Andhra Pradesh.
Running of Great Low Fee Private Schools- This session will aim to highlight the best practices in running low-fee schools and provide school owners with techniques for school improvement. It will be chaired by Amitav Virmani, Country Director for Absolute Return for Kids (ARK). On the panel, we have Ashish Rajpal, Founder and Managing Director of XSEED, Ashok Thakur, Founder of Muni International School and Siddharth Ajith who manages new initiatives at Gray Matters India.
School Financing Models - In view of the challenges faced by low-fee schools in school financing, this session will focus on how to create sustainable and lucrative finance models for these schools. Harsh Shrivastava, COO at Centre for Civil Society will chair the session and Lokesh Gupta of Spice Investment Fund and Neeraj Sharma, CEO of Indian School Finance Company will be on the panel.
The summit is an important step in helping the National Independent Schools Alliance achieve its dual aim of strengthening advocacy efforts for budget private schools with the government, amplifying the voice of these schools that currently face closure in the face of Right to Education norms for school recognition; and improving the quality of schooling and student performance in these schools.
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