It’s all about helping teachers, educators, and students access the tools they need to embrace the joy of learning, including reading and critical thinking.
Over 600 educators met in Jaipur, Rajasthan, to discuss the way toward establishing India as the next global education powerhouse. The theme for this year’s fest was Transforming School Curriculum: Empowering Learning for Life.
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A teachers journey begins with the first step to the new life in transforming people into great personalities. She handles hundreds of kids, their parents, their learning and everything that affects a student's life. A teacher gets so much expertise in handling people that they turn out to be best life partners too.
Teachers' journey of learning and teaching touches every aspect of an individual's life, that can help the child to grow into a better individual. A child cries on the first day of school when the child tries to find his or her mother from the teacher. On the day, if the child is unable to find his mother in the teacher, he cries further. After a period of time, gradually the child stops crying because the child finds his mother in the teacher, and then the child starts sharing his heart with the teacher. What colour lunch box he has brought, what did mom say to dad in the morning etc, the child starts to share his journey of life with the teacher, this makes the teacher feel successful.
A successful teacher is one with whom a child can share his heart without fear because that's where learning and transformation begin, a child starts sharing his guilt, his sorrows, his fear and his happiness without fear. A great teacher is one who can read the child's heart in his eyes and make a child believe that nothing is wrong, all is well through her love for the child.
For a teacher when she gets old the best gift for her is when after many years an old student knocks at the door and say 'Good Morning teacher'. These words make a teacher feel awesome and take her back to the journey of school time where she loved all her life.
As a social entrepreneur, Sandeep has worked to empower young people all over the world. He has addressed students and young people in many schools and colleges, attended workshops, conventions and policy groups. Sandeep has been a leader for school-going youth, on adventurous journeys and expeditions. He conducts The YES Workshops and has trained thousands as volunteers, retail staff, teachers and youth workers. For the last few years, his focus has been on taking ahead Learning Forward, the professional learning association.
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There is one person whose contribution I would particularly like to highlight - Sandeep Dutt who joined us as Chairman and Executive Director of the Bhadrajun Artisans Trust in 2012. He has been responsible for facilitating many of the landmark achievements we celebrate today. - William N Bissell, Founder The Fabindia School & MD Fabindia Good work, Sandeep Dutt! - Hari Dang, Padma Shri It is not often that you come across a stand-out talent like Sandeep. He never fails to make a dramatic difference to any role he occupies. He has an ability to juggle multiple projects without compromise to the end results. Through a strategic and inclusive leadership approach, he is able to get teams to work to the highest standards. A committed humanitarian and educationalist, Sandeep has influenced change in both the development and the corporate sector. He is highly recommended as a leader and as a team member. - Cristal de Saldanha, Leading Commonwealth Youth Adviser Sandeep and I met each other when he was driving the Book Cafe business and I was heading Marketing; Consumer Products at Cafe Coffee Day. It has been a sincere pleasure doing business with him. He is innovative in his approach and has great clarity of vision. Sandeep is the kind of person who inspires trust, both professionally and personally. As a person, he is a thorough gentleman and has been a friend and mentor to many many people, including me. - Sudipta Sen Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer at Inox FMCG (An Inox Group Co.) & former Senior General Manager, Cafe Coffee Day Greetings from Kenya. This is excellent work for the good of the young people and society. I am deeply impressed with the creativity and productivity under your leadership. Thanks for sharing with us and wish you well in the undertakings. - Joram Otieno, External Relations & Resource Mobilisation, The President's Award-Kenya Good show Sir. - Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. MD Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
IAYP India is exploring the possibility of a partnership with the Australian Sports Commission supported ASOP Programme, to focus on sports development.
Under the ASOP-IAYP partnership, sports coach trainers, mentors, peer leaders and volunteer community sports coaches from marginalised communities, who work with the 5 existing ASOP India partner agencies, will be facilitated to undertake the Award programme, in order to incentivise and reward their spirit of volunteerism. They will undergo character and skill building experiences they would never normally encounter, leading to enhanced individual motivation. They will grow as individuals, become better coaches and eventually qualify as IAYP trainers authorised to deliver and certify the Award program amongst the youth communities they work with, through Open Award Centres (OAC) and Youth Engaging Society (YES) Centres.
Youth Engaging Society or YES is the way to go for fostering youth involvement in our country. The YES movement allows schools, colleges and Award units in different parts of the country to open their walls to the community around them. This allows integration of youth energy from the society through participation in the Award Programme.
We would like to welcome all our Award Operators in India, to work with us to further the goals of The Award Programme, and work to ‘Equip for Life’, young people in our society. IAYP today connects young people from all walks of life; the well off schools, the colleges, the social organisations, business and voluntary bodies, all work to help youth engage effectively with society. The four sections of Adventure, Service, Skills, Sports and Residential Projects for Gold all have the society at the core, and thus this campaign for YES.
Award Programme Foundation Trust operates the IAYP in India and aims to make this a premier youth programme for inclusive social development, as per the aims of the National Youth Policy. The Award Programme is delivered to the schools through our partner Zones, for more do visit our website www.iayp.in.
To celebrate the spirit of the youth and help build The Award Programme, the National Award Authority (NAA) works to promote, provide and preserveThe Programme. The NAA Office was set up in 2010 and has since been working tirelessly to raise the profile of IAYP, publishing Award India, e-newsletter The Award Weekly, road shows and events. We now introduce the monthly YES News for our Operating Units and partners. The monthly A4 single sheet, will focus on highlighting the new systems and help administer the IAYP more effectively, keeping in mind the needs of quality with a quest for numbers too. The Programme is open to young people from 14 to 25 years of age, without any discrimination.
We will be happy to receive feedback and share resources with the Award Units and Partners, please do write in to us, and most important do keep up the volunteer spirit to help build the trust of the youth in India.
The Gold Award Holders' Society of India, is doing a first of it's kind event! The Gold Holders' who have been change makers will meet the Award Friends and partners in New Delhi. This will be a one day Summit, and will facilitate an interaction between corporate organisations and volunteers of IAYP India. For details please write to "tripti.bansal@iayp.in