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>> We
must get more money into education
Article penned by Azim Premji, Chairman,
Wipro Corporation, 1 January, 2006
"Elementary
education system in the
country suffers
from two problems—one, availability of quality school infrastructure —
that is, classrooms, toilets, teachers, teaching-learning material,
etc, and two, most of the children are not learning at the deep level
and schools are not really helping every child to discover and realise
his potential." More
2004
>> ‘Government
of Karnataka up scales Learning
Guarantee Programme to all districts’
The Learning Guarantee Programme, launched
as a pilot project in North East Karnataka has been accepted and
adopted by Government of Karnataka across the entire state. More
>> Interview
with
Dileep Ranjekar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation
"Azim Premji Foundation
is very much aware of both the faces of our country. Yes, there are
problems about power in Bharat sometimes, but it is heartening to see
the overwhelming response that IT gets in the villages. In fact, the
thought of introducing computer enabled curricular education came to us
through the feedback the parents of these remote villages gave to us." More
>> ‘We
Try To Make The
Learning Process Exciting’
The
Financial Express, 21 March, 2004
Azim Premji Foundation aims
at making a tangible impact on identified social issues by working in
active partnership with the government and other sections of the
society. The foundation, set up with financial resources contributed by
Wipro Corporation chairman Azim Premji. More
>>
Premji underscores
quality
education
Deccan Herald,
17 February, 2004
Wipro Corporation Chairman
Azim Premji has stressed the critical need to ensure quality education
for all the children. More
2003
>>
Rs 7.5-cr scheme to
provide quality education
to children in Karnataka
Business
Line, 13 December, 2003
UNICEF, in association with
Azim Premji Foundation and the Karnataka Government, will be spending
Rs 7.5 crore on a comprehensive strategy to improve the quality of
education and infrastructure as part of the `Child-friendly School
Initiative' programme in the State. More
>>
Unicef, Foundation
will boost
education
The Times
of India, 13 December, 2003
The United Nations
Childrens Education Fund (UNICEF), the Karnataka government and the
Azim Premji Foundation has decided to integrate its resources to
promote education in north-east Karnataka. More
>>
Population will be an
asset if
education is
prioritised
The Hindu,
17 November, 2003
The Wipro Chairman, Azim
Premji, said today that India would be able to turn its huge population
into an asset if education was prioritised in the national agenda; not
just in discourse but in action also. More
>> Creating Learners
and Leaders: Interview with Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation
As in IIMB
Management Review, March
2003
Premji believes in creating teams of
highly charged individuals to deliver superior performance, investing
significant time as a faculty in
leadership development programmes. More >>
Premji
for
‘competency-based assessment’ in
schools
Deccan
Herald, February 23, 2003
Contending that ‘elementary
education for every child’ was the only hope for pushing India into the
circle of developed countries, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji today said
the goal can be achieved by effecting a few systemic changes in the
field of education. More
2002 >> What do Corporate
Leaders expect from 2003
Business Line, 30 December, 2002
The biggest challenge facing
the Indian economy is that of fundamental transformation which can
raise the GDP growth to a sustainable 8 percent
annually. More
>> Premji
Foundation pact with UNICEF
The Hindu, 2 March, 2002
The United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement with the Azim Premji
Foundation to jointly support universal primary education programmes in
the country. More
2001 >> Article penned by Azim Premji, Chairman,
Wipro Corporation on the Fundamental Right of Children to Education:
93rd Amendment
Times of India, December, 2001
"In addition to education, becoming a fundamental right, the proposed
central law has also underlined the need for education of "Satisfactory
Quality". The official stand that "…only if it (education) is of
satisfactory quality, will the people be willing to pay the opportunity
cost of entrusting their children to schools", sets the spirit and mood
of the proposed amendment and the corresponding legislation. This is
indeed the right direction to take with regard to the proposed
constitutional amendment." More
>> "A new
prescription
for revamping Primary
Education
to create a New Generation of
Employable Citizens"
Article penned by Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro
Corporation in Education World, 12 October, 2001
I firmly believe that every child in this world has a fundamental right
to childhood and education - both formal and informal is an integral
part of this childhood. If we do not enable the child to enjoy formal
education in the school and constant informal education outside school
(including at home) we would be depriving the child his/her fundamental
right.
More
>> Azim Premji Foundation ties up with AP Govt to
universalise
education
Business Line, 4 July, 2001
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. More
>> Primary
education for all --
Azim Premji Foundation ties up with Karnataka
Business Line, 13 June, 2001
The Karnataka Government
today signed an MoU with the Azim Premji Foundation to ensure education
for every child in the State, universal education for all. More
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