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6/10/2019 CCS Impact - A Monthly Update on CCS Initiatives A Monthly Update on CCS Initiatives 6 November 2018 THE NEXT FRONTIER: LAUNCH OF THE INDIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY On 23rd October we launched the Indian School of Public Policy(ISPP), India's first definitive and immersive program in Policy, Design and Management. Conceptualised as a one year, Master's-equivalent program, the ISPP will commence with its first batch in August 2019. The keynote address at the launch was delivered by Gurcharan Das, Trustee, Centre for Civil Society and Former CEO, P & G India. Our esteemed speakers also included N.K. Singh, Chairperson, Fifteenth Finance Commission of India and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha; and Rajiv Mehrishi, Comptroller and Auditor General of India. read more REGULATORY REFORMS IN CBSE AFFILIATION The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently introduced reforms in the CBSE affiliation process, reorienting focus on learning outcomes. This reform stands to ensure that there is no duplication in the process, assert the need to focus on student learning, and promote transparency through the shift to an online process of affiliation. We have consistently advocated for the need for a shift to learning-outcomes based school regulations, and a move away from the input-centric norms of the RTE. read more NURTURING PARENT SPOKESPERSONS FOR EDUCATION REFORMS We brought together 18 parent members of our Parents Forum for School Education for a two-day workshop to train parents for outcome and evidence based policy changes. Our facilitators included Mr Kulbhushan Sharma, President, National Independent Schools Alliance; Dr Parth Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society; Nitesh Anand, Senior Associate, Advocacy, Centre for Civil Society; and Rahul Nainwal, Co-Founder India Fellow Social Leadership Program and MITRA iVolunteer respectively.
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