07 Oct 2015|Noida | Amity Campus, Saket
Amity Institute of Education Delhi organises National Seminar on “Right to Education: Equal Rights and Opportunities for Social Participation of Students from Marginalized Sections of the Society”
Amity Institute of Education (AIE), Saket, New Delhi organised a National Seminar on “Right to Education: Equal Rights and Opportunities for Social Participation of Students from Marginalized Sections of the Society” at Amity, Saket.The Seminar was sponsored by ICSSR and aimed at advocating innovations in the teaching-learning process for the marginalized.
The seminar was inspired by the intense concern for the underserved and the strong inclination of Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan -Founder President and Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan- Chairperson of Amity Group of Schools towards philanthropic values.
Prof. Anand P. Gupta,Director, Economic Management Institute,New Delhi, and Member, Board of Directors, IC Centre for Governance, New Delhi;Prof. Sushma Yadav, Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, New Delhi and Dr. D.S. Rathore, Chair Prof. for Chair of Wisdom, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the Seminar
Welcoming the gathering, Dr. Ranjana Bhatia, Prof. & Principal, AIE, New Delhi gave a brief presentation on Amity University
Eleven Universities participated in the event. Spread over four sessions, the seminar provided food for thought and inspired the audience to undergo a process of retrospection and to adopt a novel approach in teaching students from marginalized sections of society. The speakers raised some pertinent questions and impressed the audience with their thought provoking words.
During the first technical session on “Understanding Poverty, Gender Inequality and Social Inclusion”, extremely seasoned educationists-Prof. Anita Rampal ,Former Dean ,Faculty of Education, Delhi University; Prof. Minati Panda, School of Social Sciences, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and Prof.C. S. Sharma, Director, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies,New Delhi shared their views.
Prof. Nalini Juneja,Head of School & Non formal Education, NUEPA, New Delhi; Dr. Neena Pandey, Associate Prof.,Department of Social Work, Delhi University and Dr. Arvind Mishra, Asstt. Prof., Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Science shared their views during the Technical Session on Strategies for Equity and Social Inclusion
Prof. Sreemati Chakrabarti,Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi ; Ms. Ketaki Saksena, Program Coordinator, Save The Children, Delhi and Ms. Seema Rajput, Acting Technical Director (Education) CARE India shared their views on Role of government, NGO’s and other Agencies for Equity and Social Inclusion”
During the last session on “Education for All – Promoting Equity and Social Inclusion”, Prof.Y. Sreekant,Head Educational Survey Division (ESD), NCERT, New Delhi; Prof.(Dr.)Nirupama Prakash,Director, Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Dr. Bharti Dogra, Reader, School of Education, IGNOU, New Delhi; Dr. Renu Malviya, Associate Prof., Lady Irwin College, Delhi University and Prof. Debal K Singha Roy, Prof., School of Sociology, IGNOU shared their views.
The participants of each session were felicitated with a memento having a personalized note by Founder President , Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan.
The themes led to a very enlightening and thought inciting discussions and deliberations. It provided a platform to contemplate on the education of marginalized and under served sections of the society and the need to rethink and revamp the institutions offering them education.
The speakers highlighted on the urgent need to have best of the brains in teaching;RTE implementation at all levels; Sensitization of teachers towards education as a tool for liberation; teachers to act as messengers, nurturers and liberators and strengthening and nurturing the self efficacy in students by teachers.