CII Northern Region announces School Summit 2018 – A Million Good Schools Now!

The need to improve the quality of school education as a vital precursor for the country’s economic growth can hardly be overstated. It is at the school level that the intellectual and moral foundations of children are built so they grow to be responsible and contributing citizens. While some schools are performing well, most of the schools in India are yet to gear up to take on the increasing demands of quality education as per international standards. With increasing awareness, there is tremendous pressure on the education system to provide quality education in an affordable manner.

CII perceives these challenges as opportunities for all stakeholders, including government and private sector schools.

According to Amit Kaushik – Chairman, CII School Summit 2018 & CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research (India), “The biggest challenge before us today is achieving quality education for all children while ensuring equity. In our pursuit of this goal, the CII Northern Region national summit on school education promises to provide an opportunity to share ideas that have worked and to learn from the best.”

Amit Kaushik – Chairman, CII School Summit 2018 & CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research (India)

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To address these issues and concerns and to discuss quality education in the country, CII Northern Region is organising a mega CII School Summit – A Million Good Schools Now! on 17 – 18 July 2018 at Chandigarh.

The objective of the conclave is to bring together all concerned stakeholders like Public / Private schools / Academics / Educationists / Centre & State Governments / Consultants to brainstorm on emerging trends/concepts in school education.

Vaibhav Srivastava, Head – Business Development (India and SAARC DTO), CISCO Systems India Pvt Ltd. says, "A million good schools now” Schools Summit is a great initiative by CII to bridge the gap between Schools & Industry. With the ever-changingg face of technology, it is imperative to align our school system to the desired outcome of Industry Ready Workforce. I applaud CII’s efforts & am excited to be a part of this Summit as a Distinguished Panelist Speaker".

Vaibhav Srivastava, Head – Business Development (India and SAARC DTO), CISCO Systems India Pvt Ltd.

According to Mr. Nirav Khambhati, Partner, Kaizen PE, "There are very few catalysts – as powerful as education – that are available to any nation for ushering in broad-based and rapid development. CII’s School Summit is an effective platform for bringing together all the relevant stakeholders and discussing a broad range of issues that are currently most relevant for India’s K12 system."

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 Mr. Nirav Khambhati, Partner, Kaizen PE

The Focus areas of discussion at CII School Summit – A Million Good Schools Now will be:

• Quality in School Education – Opportunities & Challenges
• Importance of Setting Clear Learning Outcomes & Using Systematic Assessments
• The Role of the Teacher
• CSR in School Education
• Education Revolution through Technology Innovation

Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, HRD Ministry, India has been invited to be the Chief Guest at the summit. Leading thought leaders, government functionaries, and experts will be presenting at the CII School Summit (A few of them are listed below):

• Mr. Amit Kaushik, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for Education Research (India).
• Mr. Narayanan Ramaswamy, Partner & Head, Education Sector, KPMG.
• Mr. Ashish Dhawan, Chairman, Central Square Foundation.
• Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Pratham.
• Mr. Arunabh Singh, Director, Nehru World School.
• Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Podar Education Network.
• Ms. Euphrates Gobina, Chief Executive, UNICEF, India.
• Dr. Madhav Deo Saraswat, Principal, Scindia School, Gwalior.
• Dr. Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT).
• Ms. Vinnie Jauhari, Director – Education Advocacy, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
• Ms. Garima Babbar, Head Strategic Alliances – Education & Skill Development, Adobe Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Nirav Khambati, Partner, Kaizen PE.
• Ms. Divya Lal, Chief Operating Officer, SmartClass Educational
• And many more…

A report on Quality in School Education – The Untapped Potential by KPMG & CII will also be released at the summit.

The summit is an ideal opportunity to learn, network and meet with the think tanks present.

for more information, please contact:

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Vishal Beri, Deputy Director (Confederation of Indian Industry)
+91-172-2607228 | +91-9878834500 | vishal.beri@cii.in