Wipro Applying Thought in Schools
Wipro-EI Quality Education Study 2011
The QES-2011 study report has been released on 12th, December, 2011. This is a study of the best schools (as identified through a popular survey) in India on these aspects:
- student performance in Class 4,6,8 in Science, Social Sciences, Mathematics and English
- student attitudes and values
- learning environments & organizational aspects of the school - structure, decision making, leadership's vision and thinking, classroom practices etc
- co-scholastic areas - perspective and facilities provided
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Read the coverage of the findings in Mint and The Hindu newspapers Dec 12, 2011 The Hindu Wipro - EI Quality Education Study - op-ed link (scanned copy) Mint Quality Education Study coverage | Anurag's article link (Pg 10 scanned copy | Pg 11 scanned copy | Anurag's article - scanned copy) Dec 13, 2011 Mint QES - Student Attitudes & Values - A cause for concern | Education and Values - Venu's article (Pg 10 - scanned copy) Dec 14, 2011 Mint QES - Learning environments - The classroom conundrum | Learning environments- Sudhir's article (news - 1 news - 2 | Sudhir's article) Dec 16, 2011 Hindu Editorial Quality education still elusive Mint QES - Beyond the classroom | Education for creativity - Amita Chudgar's article (news - 1 news - 2 | Amita's article) |
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Download and read the entire report Quality Education Study - Main Report (includes an Executive Summary) Appendix (a large 21 MB file) |
Reports and Stories
We have a number of projects and initiatives with various partner organizations. A compilation of the project updates for 2010-2011 is now available. In PDF format
Read the same in a more friendly e-reader format by clicking the picture above.
Partners' Corner
An invitation to the children of Chandigarh.. to explore, to play, to think, to engage! A glimpse into CEVA's experiments in education. CEVA is one of our partner organizations engaged in education reform in Chandigarh.
Resources and Materials
Most of our projects have been interventions in schools, so it results in a significant amount of tangible and intangible learnings and experiences. In this page we publish this material or provide links and/or information for you to get the same.
All content created from Wipro projects are open source and freely available for non-commercial use.
Do write to us with comments/feedback.
News item on NCBS-Wipro SeasonWatch program
From the Times of India News item:
Read More on the Times of India website.
"They can choose from jackfruit or jamun, peepal or Pride of India. There's also tamarind, gulmohar, raintree and teak to pick. For a group of school children in Kerala, this is the season to select a tree in their neighbourhood and watch for the appearance of fresh leaves, flowers and fruits.
Once they make the selection, the flowering and fruiting details will be uploaded on SeasonWatch, an online database that gathers inputs from citizens.
The initiative, recently launched by Bangalore-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Wipro Applying Thought In Schools, aims to get volunteers to track the lifecycle of plants."
NOW Online - Water stories from around the world
“Water stories around the world” is now available online at
http://waterstories.tulikabooks.com/
Our objective has been to make this available to as many people as possible, to read, to reflect and to enjoy. So the website is designed to encourage interaction.
Please do visit the site and enrich the discussions around this. We would also like to hear ideas on how this literature could be spread around and used in a way that schools and children benefit from it.
Sharad Lele on 'Understanding Sustainable Development'
Understanding Sustainable Development - Sharad Lele - 10th Wipro Partners' Forum
(This is an unedited transcription of Sharad's session and has been retained as close to original as possible)
Dr. Sharat Chandra Lele: My environmental journey probably began in my school days when I was introduced to trekking in the Sahyadris. That time, I was in Pune in a school, I had a very enthusiastic teacher who took us hiking and trekking in the Sahyadris, more associated with the historical sights – forts of Shivaji and so on.
What did you ask at school today?
This book by Kamala Mukunda aims to inspire educators and parents to explore the skill of asking the right questions to their children. This would enable learning rather than focus on hastily eliciting the right answers.
A leader for an educated India
Business Today - Anniversary edition - December 2008
- Azim Premji
A friend and I were engaged in a discussion on education. I was onto my usual argument. That education is an important tool for individual development and for social progress. That the Indian IT industry is a good example of how knowledge can catalyse the fortunes of a nation.
My friend gave me a patient hearing, and then asked me, “Why is the ‘educated’ software professional unable to see that he should be bothered, directly and personally, by farmer suicides and melting Himalayan glaciers?”
