NEW! A Report on The Proceedings ---> (Posted Feb 21, 2005)

Images From the Partners' Meet --->

Background material for Partners' Meet --->

India Literacy Project invites all its volunteers and supporters to a 2 day Partners' Meet in Bangalore on 4th Feb and 5th Feb 2005.

Venue: Indian Social Institute, 24A Benson Road, Benson Town, Bangalore
Tel. Numbers: 23536189, 23536364 and 23536960
Other Contact Numbers for ILP: 9342860855(Sindhu), 9844069931(Jagdish), 9448258281(Prakash Kamath).
Please RSVP by 3rd Feb 2005.

Highlights: Dr. Madhav Chavan, Member : National Advisory Council to the Government of India will be conducting an interactive session on 4th Feb 2005 between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the governments most ambitious scheme: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan- for the Universalization of Elementary Education.
Dr. Madhav Chavan has also authored the recommendations to the NAC on the implementation of SSA.

The partners' meet will also give you an opportunity for a face to face interaction with the 25 ILP Partners' from across the eight states.

Agenda
Feb 4th:
9:30- 10:00:	Registration
10:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m:	Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: Current Situation and Future Possibilities Speakers: Dr. Madhav Chavan- Member, NAC Sri. Chandrashekhariah - Joint Director Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Karnataka
2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m:	Continuing Education Programs: Goals, Challenges, Beliefs and Solutions Speakers: Dr. Nagambika Devi, IAS, Director, Directorate of Mass Education- Government of Karnataka Shri. Lingadevaru Hallemane, Sr. Professor, Central Institute for Indian Languages, Manasagangothri, Mysore Shri Sheena Shetty, Social Activist, Jana Shikshana Trust, Mangalore
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm :	Open Session
Feb 5th
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m:	Deliberations on the SSA and CEP
2:00 pm to 4:00 p.m:	Next Steps
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm:	Summing up

Directions to the venue from Cunningham Road
1.Take Cunningham Road. Turn RIGHT on Millers Road (Chandrika Hotel Junction)
2. Continue on Millers Road, past Ambedkar Bhavan to your left, until you reach the Cantonment railway bridge. Go under the railway bridge. Take a right at the circle. Continue past the Archbishops house till the Canara Bank (to the left) junction. Take a left at the Canara Bank to get on to Nandidurga Road.
3. Take a right at 2nd CROSS. This will end at Benson Cross Road. Take a right on Benson Cross Road. Continue till you see a Family Supermarket to the left. Take a LEFT here- you are on Benson Road. Indian Social Institute is very close and on the right side. Take a right into the institute and proceed to the Reception Desk.