Conversation with Dr. Madhav Chavan of Pratham- The READ INDIA Movement- @ Asia Society NYC 06/18/08

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 6, 2008 --

Education is the responsibility of the government. But, what happens when governments do not deliver? In 2005, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), a survey of children’s learning levels facilitated by Pratham, India’s largest non-profit in the area of primary education, revealed that although more than 94% of children were enrolled in school, learning levels were low. In 2007, Pratham launched the Read India movement with the ambitious goal of teaching all children in India how to read, write and do arithmetic by 2009. Pratham has today mobilized volunteers in almost 300,000 villages across India and has formed partnerships with over 15 state governments to improve the quality of teaching in schools. Over 14 million children have benefited from the first 6 months of the campaign.
Dr. Madhav Chavan, Founder and Director of Programs for Pratham, will speak about how ASER and Read India, initiatives led by people, are bringing about social change on a large scale. More broadly, he will speak about how this education movement has become a learning school for a model of democracy in which the government is an effective instrument of the people and not an inadequate master.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Registration: 6:00 - 6:30pm
Discussion: 6:30-8:00pm
Reception: 8:00-9:00pm

Asia Society and Museum: 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City
REGISTRATION:(212)-517-ASIA (M-F 10am-5pm)

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