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Date:
February 12-14, 2007
Venue: National institute of educational planning and
Administration (NIEPA)
17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016
The urban India is characterized by wide inequalities
in income and access to social and physical infrastructure.
The slums acutely epitomize the deprivation and inequalities
of urban India. The slum dwellers do not have access
to many of the benefits of urban development as they
have emerged in haphazard manner. The locational, social
and economic segregation of slums presents special problems
in the provision and expansion of education. Besides
the impact of current changes in urban governance with
regard to financing and provision of urban services
on access and equity in education remains uncertain.
It is in this context that the issues and concerns relating
to universalisation of elementary education in urban
areas in general and slums in particular need to be
paid greater attention. Against this background, NIEPA
proposes to organize a Seminar, which would focus on
issues and problems related to educational planning
and management in slums. It is expected that the Seminar
would identify key concerns and suggest alternative
strategies for improving access, retention and achievement
levels of the urban slum children.
Papers are invited from professionals and practitioners
on the following themes:
1. Planning for Educational Provisions in Urban Slums
2.
SSA and Urban Slums
3. Issues
of Access, Retention and Achievement in Slum Areas
4. Alternative
modes of provision including NGOs Efforts for UEE
in Slum Areas
Contributors are requested to send a copy of their abstract
in around 1000 words on any one of the above-mentioned
themes to mailto:confslums@gmail.com
by October 16, 2006. Short listed contributors would
be required to submit the full paper (8000-10000 words)
by December 15, 2006. Those who wish to send it by post
may address to Dr Sunita Chugh, Seminar Coordinator,
NIEPA, 17-B Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016.
Further details can be found at
http://www.niepa.org/download/call
for papers.pdf |
