Meeting 2 – Announcement

Meeting Time: 12pm-1.30pm, November 9
Meeting Location: 1116, Duderstadt Conference Room 4, North Campus

Reading Materials:

Reading Meet 1 – Notes

Topic : Challenges for India’s education system

The papers informing the discussion are listed in the previous post.

Introductory Meeting – Notes

October 5, 2008, 12 pm – 12.45 pm

Manickam, Mekhala, Mouli, Anurag, Raghu, Keshav, Siddharth, Anirudh attended the meeting. The enthusiastic group discussed the concept of IRG and decided upon the meeting format over samosas and tea. The format is quite dynamic and flexible. We will try this out first:

• Everyone reads the assigned articles
• The ‘leader’ will make a presentation or come up with a list of talking points based on the assigned readings to initiate the discussion
• The ‘archivist’ will record the discussion
• The leader and archivist roles will rotate among the members

The next meeting will be on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 from 12 to 1.30 pm. The venue will be announced soon. Mekhala will lead the discussion and Raghu will record the minutes. The reading materials are listed below. Meanwhile, feel free to comment on this blog and initiate discussions.

1. The Challenges for Indian Education System (2005)
2. Indian Strategies to Achieve Universalisation of Elementary Education (K. Gopalan)
3. Annual Status of Education 2007 (Rural) Report, Pratham – The National Picture