Azim Premji FoundationB: A Philanthropic initiative to Improve Indian Rural Primary Education (B) |
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Academic performance alone was not APF’s focus. A holistic plan was devised to address all the possible components which directly or indirectly affected the performance of students. As a pilot project, APF tied up with the government of Andhra Pradesh and kicked off the Andhra Pradesh Randomized Evaluation Study (APRESt) which comprised a series of projects. The Department for International Development (DFID), UK, and the Government of Andhra Pradesh sponsored the research program. ... |
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| The lessons from Phase I (the initial 10 years) resulted in more demanding spells ahead for APF. In Phase-I, APF’s inchoate exposure to the Indian primary education sector prompted it to play a mere facilitator’s role (Refer to Exhibit-III for Phase I: Objectives, Initiatives and Challenges). APF’s initial plans were largely based on rather impressive macro-level facts about the sector, like a million primary schools, more than 2 million teachers, etc. These facts led to positive assumptions about the efficacy of the stakeholders in the primary schooling, which eventually turned out to be grossly incorrect . A decade’s experience on the field offered enormous clarity, numerous challenges, and several lessons to APF. ... |
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| The challenges encountered by APF went much deeper than they appeared. There was a cobweb of tactical, strategic, and systemic issues. APF realized that there were severe gaps in institutional and individual competence in the government system, with a huge workforce of close to 8 million people. .. |
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| India, home to 1.2 billion people, produced a mere 70-100 specialists in education every year, which was far below the required number . The lack of experts in school education, and lack of knowledgeable people in critical activities like curriculum development, pedagogy, and school leadership resulted in the stunted growth of the primary education sector. .. |
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| After having chipped in for over a decade in the primary education system, Premji was all set for his third phase of transforming education in India (Refer to Exhibit-VI for Phase III: Objectives, Initiatives and Challenges). And this time, the initiative was really big and bold. In the year 2012, Premji announced his game-changing plan of kick-starting Azim Premji Schools (APS)... |
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Exhibit I:APF’s Organizational Structure
Exhibit II:APF’s Strategic Components and Intervention Programs
Exhibit III:Phase I: Objectives, Initiatives and Challenges
Exhibit IV:Characteristics of Winning Schools
Exhibit V:Phase II: Objectives, Initiatives and Challenges
Exhibit VI:Phase III: Objectives, Initiatives and Challenges
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