Solution Exchange

About Us

Overview

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 Membership Profile

		Since its start in August 2005, the Education Community has grown to over 2,100 members, joining at an average of 17 persons a week. 17% of the members have posted one or more messages. Based on quarterly sample surveys of members, the benefits gained from membership averages out at 3.8 out of 5 "stars"

35% of the members work in NGOs, 12% in Government agencies, and 20% in policy or research institutes or academia. 14% work in the private sector or are independent consultants. 19% work for UN or other donor agencies, programmes and projects, or professional associations. Regionally, membership balances out between 27% in Delhi and 9% in the East; 5% come from outside India.