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CNN-IBN honour for Pratham
New Delhi:21/December/2009
Madhav Chavan after 15 years of hard and selfless work has
been rewarded by the Prime Minister of India.
The Co-founder and CEO of leading educational NGO, Pratham
received the CNN-IBN Indian of the year-2009 award for
Public Service here on 21 December.
Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh presented the coveted
award to Dr.Chavan.
Dr.Singh lauded the initiative and patted the Pratham Boss
for his innovative concept of a “societal mission” for
universal primary education. |
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Dr.Chavan requested the Prime Minister to
unveil the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and
Dr.Singh readily agreed for the same.
Pratham was set up as an initiative led by UNICEF in 1994.
In the Public Service category stalwarts like Anna Hazare,
Dr.Devi Shetty and leading NGOs like Association for
Democratic Reforms (ADR), Ecosphere and Naaz Foundation were
in the fray.
Though contest was tough, how ever Pratham came out
successful in the competition, said an organizer.
And Jury Members of the CNN-IBN Team found Pratham suitable
for Public Service Award for their outstanding contribution
in the field of universal literacy and education amongst
children.
With Pratham receiving the award, leading educational
activist Ashok Paikray congratulated the team and expressed
his happiness over the success. |
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BIHAR GOVERNMENT HONOURS dr.
RUKMINI BANERJI
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Director - Programs and senior member of
Pratham's national leadership team, received the Maulana Abdul
Kalam Shiksha Purashkar from Mr. Nitish Kumar, Honorable Chief
Minister of Bihar. Dr. Banerji received the award for the
exceptional work she has been doing with the government to
popularize education among out-of-school children and to
increase enrollment in schools. The award which has been
constituted for the first time was given at the Shiksha Diwas
function held in Patna on November 11.
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DR. RUKMINI BANERJI SPEAKS AT THE
ANNUAL CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, a senior member of the
Pratham team, recently spoke at the
Clinton
Global Initiative Annual Meeting held in New York on
September 24. Dr. Banerjee was part of the panel on the Global
Expansion of Programs That Increase Quality Education. |
Other Panel members included Maria Keita Diarra, Founder,
Institut pour l'Education Populaire and Michelle Rhee,
Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools. Dr.
Banerjee spoke about the work Pratham is doing to provide
disadvantaged children with access to quality education in
India and the Annual Status of Education Report.
To see the video of the discussion,
click here. |
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PRATHAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH
ASIA CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSTS A READ
INDIA CONFERENCE |
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The South
Asia Center of the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration
with Pratham hosted a conference on Read India at UPenn on Oct
3 and 4. The objectives of the conference were to share
experiences of Read India with researchers and other countries
to facilitate cross-learning of experiences. The conference
also sought to build a wider base of collaborations for
inquiry into key dimensions of elementary education and social
campaigns in India. While the Read India experience provided
the anchor for the discussions, participants used different
disciplinary perspectives and experiences from diverse
contexts to enrich the debate on how to generate and sustain
quality learning for children on a massive scale in developing
countries.
To find out more about the conference,
click here. |
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The ability to read, write and do simple airthematic
calculations shows the Primary education status of a
country. The scenario of Primary education in Orissa is
unfortunately not so good. According to ASER 06 report, 9.1%
of the total children are yet to come to school. ASER 07
showed a decrease of 8%. In the above scenario an
organization like Pratham Orissa which is devoted to the
cause to ensuring age level educational efficiency amongst
the children in the age group of 6-14 yrs is very important.
Keeping the above facts in mind Pratham started its
operation in the State of Orissa in the year 2003 in the
slums of Cuttack. For the last 6 months the organization had
been working intensly in 192 blocks of 26 districts also
better known as ‘Read Orissa Campaign’. As part of the
campaign a summer camp ‘PADHA ORISSA GADHA ORISSA’ movement
is in progress, which is designated to be held in all the
51,000 villages of Orissa. The camps are slated to start
from 1st June -30th June during the summer vacations.
Innovative Teaching learning Materials have been developed
which has already reached a major part of the State. A team
of approx 50,000 volunteers are involved in the venture to
ensure that every child of the village virtually attains
minimum educational efficiency.
If you feel responsible for you have the determination and
inclination to ensure that the children of your area attain
the minimum educational efficiency, something which is their
right and which is essential if India has to move a step
forward for attaining the status of a developed country, do
feel free to talk to our people and be a part of the vast
campaign
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