Enterprising
Community Education - Perspective for Open Schooling
The
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), New Delhi has organised an International
Conference on the Theme "Entriprising Community
Education - Perspective for Open Schooling" at
New Delhi from 28 to 30 March, 2003. The Objectives of the Conference are
:-
- To
deliberate on strategies to identify models of community education through
open schooling
- Evolving
Strategies of Networking among NGOs, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Open
Schooling Organisations.
- To
evolve policy outlines, strategies and programmes for holistic development
of community in terms of (i) poverty alleviation, (ii) promotion of social
cohesion, (iii) strengthening cultural and community values, and (iv) sensitization
on global issues.
The
Conference proposes to deliberate on the following sub-themes :
- Models
of Community Education through Schooling.
- Networking
among Stakeholders in community Education - NGOs, people's representatives,
open schooling functionaries.
- Area
intensive development through enterprising community education.
- Developing
learners as potential entrepreneurs through Open Vocational Education Programmes.
- Technology
based sustainable enterprising community education with particular focus on
empowerment of women.
- Promoting
innovative entrepreneurship in formal schooling.
It
is expected that educationists, social workers, innovative entrepreneurs, community
leaders and peoples's representatives in the local self-government from both
India and abroad will participate in the Conference.