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MIT World Peace School, Pune hosts The New India Education Summit – Edition 2.0
To set a path towards a New India, NIES is focused on discussion, deliberation, and action.
The New India Education Summit edition 2.0 was held on 17th February 2023 at MIT World Peace School, Pune. To set a path towards a New India, NIES is focused on discussion, deliberation, and action. Over 100 educators from Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedanagar, Ambarnath, Nashik, Igatpuri, Chikhli, and Pandharpur gathered to discuss the theme – ‘Enabling New India’s Aspirations with the NCF’.
After the morning coffee and registrations, educators gathered in the Plenary Hall and were addressed by Abhishek Bagchi, Director, World Peace Schools. This was followed by a welcome note from Ravi Santlani, CEO, ScooNews. Lt Col A Sekhar (Chief Mentor), Principal, Hyderabad Public School, Kadapa delivered a brief introduction to begin the conference.
A digital note was delivered by Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, the Early Childhood Association (ECA) & Association for Primary Education and Research (APER) on the Crux of NCF-ECCE. Following this, Omkar Joshi, Head – Marketing, Teachmint, delivered a presentation on Integrated Curriculum.
Ratnesh Kumar Jha, MD & CEO, South East Asia, Burlington Group of Companies spoke about the Convergence of Design and Execution of NEP 2020 and NCF. He proceeded proceeded to introduce Lt Col A Sekhar, Principal, Hyderabad Public School, Kadapa, Gunmeet Bindra, Principal, Daly College Indore and Aarati Nagaraj, Principal, Purkal Youth Development Society, Dehradun, the lead mentors for the focused discussion groups.
After a quick tea break, the school leaders were divided into groups in three separate breakout rooms for discussion. The first group was mentored by Aarati Nagaraj on NCF-ECCE. The second breakout room was mentored by Lt Col A Sekhar on the topic NCF-School Education. The third breakout room was mentored by Gunmeet Bindra on NCF-Teacher Education.
Post-lunch, the leaders assembled back to Plenary Hall where Lt Col A Sekhar led an open house discussion. Following this, each group shared the findings on their respective topics led by their mentors. Ravi Santlani and Abhishek Bagchi delivered the thank you note. Educators gathered for a group photo after the conference and the evening concluded over tea and snacks.