Educationists’ meet to identify best learning, teaching practices

LUCKNOW: Over 60 leading principals and educationists from across India and Bangladesh are set to meet in the state capital to identify the best practices in education and develop a ‘standards driven’ conducive teachinglearning environment.

They will be sharing their ideas at a consultation of educational leaders on ‘Education Today-Preparing our Students for the Future: From the Best Practices to the Next Practices’ organised by the Institute for Career Studies (ICSInternational) to commemorate its 30th anniversary at the Hotel Taj Vivanta on November 23.

In addition to the eminent principals f rom Lucknow schools, outstation educational leaders will include John Mason- former head master of The Doon School; Jonathan Long, principal, Woodstock School, Mussoorie; Jyotsna Brar, principal, Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun; Sr Ananda Amritmahal, principal, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai; Ranjit Dass, principal, Nath Valley School, Aurangabad; Mahi ne Khan, director, Chittagong Grammar School; Pritam Benjamin educationist and consultant, Bengaluru; Leena Aparajit, executive director, Shiv Nadar Schools and Amita Mishra, principal, DPS-International, Delhi.

The consultation will be inaugurated by Nilou far Pourzand, chief, UNICEF State Office for Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow and the keynote address will be delivered by prof Debashis Chatterjee, professor-HRM, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Amrita Dass, educationist, career consultant and the founding director of ICS said, “The outcome of the collective wisdom and experience of the participating edu-leaders will unfold a dynamic road map for the next decade in all spheres of education.”