9.44 hrs

9.45 hrs

9.46-9.47 hrs

9.48 – 10.00 hrs

Conference Inauguration

National Anthem

Welcome Speech by the President, Vidya Bhawan Society

Inaugural Address by the Honourable Governor of Rajasthan

Gratitude to the Honourable Governor of Rajasthan by Mr Vikram Sahay, Director, School Education and Literacy, MHRD

National Anthem

Opening Plenary Session

Address by a senior representative of the Planning Commission

1.Teacher Education Concerns and Challenges : Global Perspectives – Professor Krishna Kumar, Director, NCERT

2.Thoughts on Teacher Development and Management – Suggestions for Doing it Better: Dr Sheldon Shaeffer, outgoing director of the UNESCO Regional office in Bangkok

11.15-11.30 hrs

Plenary Session (Continued)

3. Developing Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills: Professor Anne Sliwka, Professor of Education, University of Trier, Germany

4. Teacher Management for Educational Reforms and New Learning:  Professor Cheng Yin Cheong, Chair Professor of Leadership and Change, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

5. Role of Regulatory bodies for ensuring quality teacher education  -  Reflection on NCTE, Professor Akhtar Siddiqui, Chairman, NCTE

Parallel sessions

The Prevailing Pattern

Session chaired by Professor Phal Chandra, NCERT

1.      Macro Scenario and Institutional Framework for Providing Quality Teacher Education in India

Mr Vikram Sahay, Director Teacher Education, MHRD

2. Emerging concerns and issues in Teacher Education, the Korean experience

Professor (Ms) Ee-gyeong Kim, Korean Educational Development Institute

The attraction, preparation and development of teachers

Session chaired by Professor Ahrar Husain, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi

1. Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers in OECD Countries

Dr Mihaylo Milovanovitch, Policy Analyst, Directorate of Education, OECD, Paris

2. The attraction, preparation and development of teachers in India.

Ms Shanti Jagannathan, European Commission, Delhi.

Policy and practices of in-service education and training of teachers

Session chaired by Professor M A Khader, NCERT

1. Policy Development In Teacher Education Through Peer Learning of Policy Makers

Marco Snoek, Hogeschool Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2. International Good Practices in training of primary and upper primary teachers: multi-grade teaching

 

Professor Angela Little, Institute of Education, University of London

The Prevailing Pattern(Continued)

3.  Policy Perspectives on Teacher Education in South Africa

Dr Diane C. Parker, Chief Director, Teacher Education Department of Education, Pretoria, South Africa

4-Role of DIETs in Quality improvement  in Teacher Education – recent evidence from India

Professor Caroline Dyer, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

1.      5. Curricular Concerns in Teacher Education in India

2.       

Rohit Dhankar,Diganter

The attraction, preparation and development of teachers (Continued)

3. Teacher Management Issues  in India

Professor Pranati Panda ,NUEPA

4. Teacher management Issues –Reaching the un-reached – BRAC Experiences

Dr Monica Gomes, BRAC University, Dhaka

Policy and practices of in-service education and training of teachers (Continued)

3. International Best Practice in Training Primary and Upper Primary School Teachers

Dr David Smawfield, Senior International Consultant, Cambridge Education Consultants, UK

4. In-service Teacher Training in Andhra Pradesh

Mr Upendra Reddy and Mr Vinayak Suvarna

5. Collaboration with Government on Functioning and Management of Primary Teacher Training Institutions in India

Mr Snorre Westgard, Humana People to People, India

Curriculum and practices

Session chaired by Dr Pratibha Sharma, Joint Director, SCERT, New Delhi

1. Teacher Education in the 21^st Century , a Global and Indian Overview from UNESCO

Dr Shubhangi Sharma, UNESCO, Delhi

2. Curriculum Development and Processes in India

Professor M.A.Khader,

Curriculum Group, NCERT

3.       

3. Curriculum and practices in teacher education: Mapping Contours of Teacher Education Content and Policies - international experience

Recruitment, deployment policy and career mobility

Session chaired by Professor Padma Sarangpani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

1. Policies for workforce reform and teacher quality

Dr Dahle Suggett, Deputy Secretary, Victoria Department of Education and Child Development, Australia

2. Teacher Incentives for Improved Learning Outcomes – Evidence from Andhra Pradesh.

Dr Venkatesh Sundaraman, Education Specialist, World Bank, Washington

3. Context of schooling  and working conditions of teachers in India

Leadership, autonomy, self regulated school programs and professional development

Session chaired by Professor Santosh Sharma, Head Curriculum Group, NCERT

1. Supporting teachers at work – international perspectives

Jonathon Marsh and Rupen Chande, Aga Khan Foundation, Paris

2. In-Service Teacher Professional Development – Making an Impact

Dr. Helen Craig, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank, Washington

3. Interactive in-service Teacher Training through distance mode.

5.      Curriculum and practices (Continued)

6.       

7.      4. Bridging the gap in content and pedagogy  - Reflection on field based experiences in India

8.       

9.       Professor Dorasami, DTEE,NCERT

10.   

11.  5. Assessment of teacher pre-service education at the secondary level in India

12.   

13.  Dr Sam Carlson, World Bank, Delhi

6. Teacher Education and Teacher Educators in India

Professor Padma Sarangpani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Discussion

Recruitment, deployment policy and career mobility (Continued)

Session chaired by Rohit Dhankar, Digantar

4. Teacher Performance Standards in India - ADEPTS

Subir Shukla, Chetna Kohli, UNICEF and Binay Pattanayak, Ed.Cil,  New Delhi,

5. Community Management of Teachers in Nepal

Mr. Chitra Devkota, Director, Department of Education, Government of Nepal,

6. The Recruitment of Teachers under SSA: Experiences from Bihar

Mr Rajesh Bhushan, SSA State Project Director, Bihar

Leadership, autonomy, self regulated school programs and professional development (Continued)

4. School Leadership Development Initiatives in the European Union

Dr. Michael Schratz, Professor of Education at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Innsbruck, Austria, and is presently Dean of the Faculty of Education.

5. Models and modules in in-service education and training of teachers in India

Mr Hriday Kant Dewan,

Vidya Bhawan Society

Building professionalism in teacher preparation/ quality in teacher education

Session chaired by Professor Dorasami, NCERT  

14.   

1. Assessment: A pivotal tool in the continuous development of teacher quality

Hans Cohen de Lara, Senior International Consultant, Cohen de Lara Advies & Begeleiding VoF, Netherlands

15. 

2. Role of Regulatory bodies for ensuring quality teacher education – an international perspective 

Dr David Royle, Senior Education Consultant, Cambridge Education Consultants, UK

Teacher Appraisal, for Raising Teacher Standards at Induction, Teacher Recruitment Policy

Session chaired by Professor Pranati Panda, NUEPA

1. Teacher appraisal and accountability, teacher performance assessment in New Zealand.

Peter Lind, Director, Teachers’ Council, Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

2. Teacher competency assessment in Indonesia

Dr Mae Chu Chang, World Bank

3. Teacher knowledge assessment for design of teacher recruitment policy

Continuous Teacher Professional Development, Performance Assessment and Teacher Accountability

Session chaired by Dr Hriday Kant Dewan, Vidya Bhawan Society

1. Teacher training in Activity Based Learning in Tamil Nadu

Mr Vijayakumar, Education Department, Tamil Nadu, Dr Michael Ward, Senior Education Adviser, DFID India and representatives of Rishi Valley

2. Raising the professional ethos and standards of teaching: the experience of the All India Teachers’ Forum for Child Rights.

Mr R Venkat Reddy, National Convenor, MV Foundation

In the three thematic groups the chairs of the previous session will facilitate an open house discussion with particular reference to the questions posed by the keynote speakers on the first day of the Conference.

Session to be chaired by Mr Vikram Sahay, MHRD.

What have we learned in the parallel sessions on

1. Pre-service

2. Teacher management

3. In-service

Presentations on the main proceedings from each of the thematic sessions by the chairs of the various sessions

The four key note speakers will then reflect on the questions they posed at the beginning of the Conference and discuss the extent to which these have been answered by the proceedings.

Session to be chaired by Professor S Chaudhury, Vice Chairman, NCTE

Open house discussion of the main proceedings of the three thematic sessions with responses to these from NCERT (pre-service and in-service) and NUEPA (teacher management)

1. Pre-service

2. In-service

Session to be chaired by Mr Vijayakumar, former SSA SPD Tamil Nadu

How will we take Teacher Development and Management forward in India?

A panel comprising Mr Vikram Sahay, MHRD, Dr Sudervadivelu, Director of School Education, Puducherry, Professor S Chaudhury, Vice Chairman, NCTE, Professor Phal Chandra, NCERT, Professor Anu Poonia, ML Sukhadia University and Mr Inder Shekhar Mishra, Teacher Union Representative will lead a discussion of how Teacher Development and Management should be taken forward: a Conference Action Plan may be a result.