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Azim
Premji Foundation ties up with AP Government to universalise
education
Hyderabad: The
Azim Premji Foundation and the Andhra
Pradesh Government have come together to reach out primary education by
jointly focussing on the complex problem of universalisation of
education in the State.
Having
entered into a memorandum of
understanding here on Tuesday at Dr. M.C.R. Institute of Human Resource
Development, both the parties have resolved to chart out a joint action
plan that will take up the task to cover the entire State in a phased
manner.
The
Chairman of Wipro, Mr. Azim Premji,
said the MoU clearly brings out the Government's inclination to commit
deliverables upfront in the area of elementary education.
The
State Chief Minister,
Mr.N.Chandrababu Naidu, said that the Government and the Foundation
will focus on the mobilisation of communities in the geographical area
identified under this initiative. The venture will focus on
universalisation of elementary education in every single town, village
and habitation in the select
geographical area. The objective is to ensure that every child is in
the school and learning.
The
mobilisation of communities is the
key and it will happen through the activists and youth from the
villages who are committed to education. The Government will provide
the infrastructure and teachers within a mutually agreed time frame.
The
emphasis will be on improving the
learning skills in school since it has a positive influence both on
attracting out of school children as well as retraining them in school.
The
Foundation has already initiated the
process of collaborating with the State Government in 500 villages in
Nalgonda district on a pilot basis. Plans have been drawn up to
initiate the process of universalisation of education in 100 mandals
across the State in the next six months.
The
Azim Premji Foundation was set up in
2000 with resources from Mr. Azim Premji. The foundation dreams to reach
out to primary education. It has already teamed up with the Karnataka
Government to work in over 5000 villages and plans to work in Gujarat
and Madhya Pradesh.
The
Foundation works within the existing
system and facilitates participation and support of large sections of
society. It supports bridge schools and alternate education systems to
integrate out of school children and provide remedial education for
children. More importantly, it explores the usage of IT to support
learning processes in schools.
Pic: The
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister,
Mr N Chandrababu Naidu, with the Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji, and
the Azim Premji Foundation CEO, Mr Dilip Ranjekar, after signing an MoU
to universalise primary education in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Picture
by A Roy Chowdhury
This article
appeared in Business Line, issue dated 4 July, 2001
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