What is the Solution Exchange for the Education Community?

The Education Community promotes the national Five-Year Plan objectives of ensuring quality basic education, access to schools, sustained enrolment through the primary level, and creation of educational opportunities for girls and disadvantaged groups, within the context of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Education For All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals.

Solution Exchange connects members of this Community and increases the effectiveness of their individual efforts, helping them share and apply each other’s knowledge and experience. Through Solution Exchange, colleagues can turn to their peers across India for solutions to the day-to-day challenges they face.

What are some of the issues covered by this Community?

·         Access and retention of children in schools, including disabled, disadvantaged groups

·         Physical infrastructure for teaching and learning

·         Provisioning of schools

·         Policy issues and social concerns

·         Teacher motivation and training

·         Curriculum relevance and approaches to pedagogy

·         Monitoring and evaluating

·         Relevance of curricula to life skills

·         Free and compulsory education

·         National versus state-level mandates

·         Political, community and parental/family roles and accountability

·         Public-private partnerships

Who should become a member of the Education Community?

• Government officials at the centre, state and regional levels
• Representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies
• Non-government organizations (NGOs)
• Political authorities, community leasers and social activists
• Corporate and private sector professionals
• Researchers and Academicians
• Other professionals interested in education

Who are the leaders of this Community?

The Community is guided by a “Resource Group” of individuals representing key organizations and agencies in the field of education in India:

• Government of India
• Non-government organizations
• Multilateral and bilateral agencies
• Corporate sector
• Academic and research institutes
• Local self-government bodies
• UN agencies

The Community is facilitated by UNESCO and UNICEF.

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For further information about the Education Community email se-ed@solutionexchange-un.net.in or contact the Resource Team:   
                              

UNESCO House B-5/29, Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi-110029

Solution Exchange is an initiative of the United Nations Agencies in India
www.solutionexchange-un.net.in

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