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> From: Tapoja Chaudhuri <tapoja at u.washington.edu> > Date: January 10, 2009 1:21:55 PM PST > To: "uwdesi-all at u.washington.edu" <uwdesi-all at u.washington.edu>, > "soasiagrads at u.washington.edu > " <soasiagrads at u.washington.edu> > Subject: [uwdesi-all] Public Education System in India: Now and the > Future > > > FYI: A talk given by a grass-roots reformer of public education > system in India. Please see below for more details: > > > Asha Seattle > > Presents > > Sikshana & Public Education System > > Now and the Future > > A talk by > > E S Ramamurthy > > Sunday, 11th Jan 2009 at 5:00 PM > > Building 42, Conference Room 2200, > > Microsoft Campus > > 156th AVE NE & NE 31st ST, Redmond, WA ? 98052 > > (See Directions below) > > Contact: Saurabh (Saurabh.madan at gmail.com, 425- 591-7890) > > > > Asha-Seattle is delighted to present to you one of its esteemed > partners <http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=397> > Mr. E. S. Ramamurthy. After a distinguished career at Bharat Heavy > Electricals Ltd. and a stint with Govt. of India as a Senior > Adviser, Mr. Ramamurthy embarked on yet another career in the area > of education by starting Sikshana. Managed by Sivasri Foundation, > Sikshana aims to improve the quality of primary education by > evolving a sustainable model which will lend itself to replication > on a larger scale. As 90% of all children in the age group of 6-14 > attend government run public schools in India, Sikshana tries to > work with the government and attempts to reform the primary > education system by working within the system. Currently, 133 > primary schools, in and around Bangalore, with nearly 20000 students > have been adopted by Sikshana. You can find information about > Sikshana at www.sikshana.org <http://www.sikshana.org/> and attend > this talk to learn even more about this unique program from the man > himself. > > > > Asha-Seattle hopes that this will provide a platform and opportunity > where you get to interact with individuals who are undertaking > groundbreaking social work in India. It also hopes that its partners > get a valuable opportunity to learn and network with individuals who > may have valuable experience to share from diverse backgrounds. > > Directions From Interstate 5, or Hwy 405 - Go East on Hwy 520; Take > NE 40th ST. exit; Turn RIGHT onto NE 40th S.;Turn RIGHT onto 156th > AVE NE; Turn RIGHT onto NE 31st ST. and Bldg 42 will be on your right. > > Directions From Overlake Transit center: Walk to 156th AVE NE; > Head SOUTH on 156th AVE NE toward NE 31st ST; Turn RIGHT on NE > 31st ST; First RIGHT into parking lot with round island; walk across > the lot and Building 42 will be on your right. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20090110/c3bee37f/attachment.html>
