A New Indian University Hopes to Reform Public Education
Students from Azim Premji U. will eventually guide India's educational reform efforts, the university's leaders hope.
Bangalore
When it comes to education, there are two competing images of India. One is of the gifted student effortlessly making his way through an elite university program in science or technology. The other is of a dusty rural schoolhouse, where teachers rarely bother to come to class. It is this second image that the country's only school of education hopes to erase.More:http://chronicle.com/article/A-New-Indian-University-Hopes/131959/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
About Us
| Azim Premji University has a clear social purpose – to make significant contributions towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The University aspires to do this through the development of talent and the creation of knowledge which can facilitate systemic change in education and allied development areas. This is an explicit commitment to the idea that knowledge and learning have human and social consequences and that their pursuit cannot be separated from these consequences. The roots of Azim Premji University lie in the learning and experience of a decade of work in elementary education by Azim Premji Foundation. The University is one of the key responses to the constraints and challenges confronting the education and development sectors in India. It is also the direct result of a purposeful philanthropic initiative and which by definition is not-for-profit in its orientation. Guiding PrinciplesTwo key principles guide the process of the University’s continued evolution. Firstly, the University exists to make significant contributions to education in a manner consistent with social justice, equity, humane values and sustainability within the framework of a secular and democratic Indian polity. This commitment to a specific value orientation is not to be interpreted as a narrowly utilitarian view of the University and is at all times, consistent with academic and institutional autonomy and excellence. Secondly, the University, though constituted as an independent entity, is organizationally continuous with Azim Premji Foundation and integral to its vision. This intimate and unusual linking of the two organizations creates valuable synergies. The close working of the University with the Foundation and its practice informs all learning and research programmes. The Foundation and its teams in turn gain from the interaction with a vibrant academic community that contributes rigour and focus to the field of practice. GoalsAzim Premji University is committed to developing outstanding programmes of learning, research and advocacy in education and allied development domains. The objectives of the University are:
About Us Azim Premji Foundation is a not-for-profit organization in India with an overarching goal to create and sustain initiatives to contribute to a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The Foundation’s work is aimed at enriching and enhancing the capabilities of individuals, groups and institutions to achieve well-being and harmony in a socially and culturally diverse democratic polity. The Foundation was instituted in 2001 to make a significant and long-term contribution to national development. For this, it identified “Education” as the primary domain of work because of the direct impact and the large positive multiplier effect it has on different aspects of development – economic, social and cultural development and the attainment of the promise enshrined in our Constitution. For over a decade now, the Foundation has been active in supporting the primary education sector. It has partnered with state governments across India to pilot initiatives that have the potential for systemic reform to enhance the quality of elementary education within government run school systems. The Foundation’s programmes have reached out to over 20,000 schools through its work in partnership with the Governments of 13 Indian States. Through these rich, grassroots level engagements, the inter-related nature of education, livelihood, governance and sustainability and their contribution to human and social development has become well appreciated by us. The strategy of the Azim Premji Foundation is to address these inter-related domains while keeping Education as a core area of focus. The Foundation does this through integrated approaches that deeply complement each other and contribute to a dynamic strategic response. These include:
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