Convoke 2019 – deliberating research for driving school excellence in India
December 2019, Mohali: Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, in association with Bharti Institute of Public Policy at Indian School of Business convened its pan India conference series ‘Convoke 2019’ at Mohali.
Theme for the fifth Convoke was ‘School Excellence – Preparing for the future’. The conference registered the presence of over 150 experts and policymakers from the reputed institutions like NCERT, Group Ignus, Sambodhi Research and Communication, and Indian School of Business along with principals and teachers from government schools/colleges of education in rural India. The conference witnessed research based paper presentations, discussions and exchange of ideas on three broad areas – policy framework and systemic support, importance of school leadership towards delivering the holistic education and role of technology for driving excellence in the rural schools. Sambodhi Research and Communication, jury partner, led the rigorous exercise of selecting the papers and giving feedback to the speakers for improving the content.
Convoke, a Bharti Foundation initiative, is a conference series designed to address challenges in imparting education and strengthening its quality, with a special focus on rural India. A forum for academic discussions, collaborations and intellectual exchanges for all those interested in academic research and practice including principals, teachers, academicians and educationists working at the grassroots. Convoke conferences in the past were held in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Sangrur and Jodhpur
Job Description Academic Mentor
- To support School Heads / Principals and strengthen the curriculum planning, delivery and class room transaction process for improved effectiveness.
- To optimize usage and improvement of school’s infrastructure and facilities especially working toilets, functional library, computer labs, Science labs and energized classrooms.
- To activate critical processes such as sports, drawing and other student cantered activities and events.
- To smoothen academic operations throughout the year and also non-academic operations viz sports day, annual day, republic day, community volunteering, PTM etc.
- To support teachers through interactive sessions.
- To conduct subject wise week in schools for Science, English and Math linked with the annual curriculum.
- To extend technical support to teachers on subject specific skills.
- To support on difficult concepts and conduct specific need-based refresher training.
- To extending support in planning the entire academic year including curriculum rollout, remedial, assessments and processes for ongoing monitoring and mentoring.
- Candidates should aware about local language.