Azim Premji Foundation was set up in 2001 with the idea of setting two free schools in every district of India."We felt the need to graduate from programme interventions to institutions building," says Dileep Ranjekar, APF's CEO. Infact initial idea was to set up a separate education board like ICSE/CBSE.But most of the Foundation members felt that setting up schools would be a better idea.
The 9,000-crore project associates say that the school will focus on the overall development of their students, including health and nutrition."The endeavor is to establish schools in the educationally under-served areas where there is no competition with existing schools, whether private or public, " says Ranjekar, he added seven schools will start within a year-and-a-half in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Chhattisgarh. If everything goes as per forecast, then by 2025 all 1,300 schools should be up and running. All the districts will have an Azim Premji Centre for Learning and Development as well.
The aim behind the schools is two-forked. "One is to build social pressure for other schools to follow the suit and provide quality education.Second, we want to test ourselves, understand what it takes to deliver quality teaching and learning. One cannot tell the world to improve unless one actually leads by example, "says Ranjekar.
The 9,000-crore project associates say that the school will focus on the overall development of their students, including health and nutrition."The endeavor is to establish schools in the educationally under-served areas where there is no competition with existing schools, whether private or public, " says Ranjekar, he added seven schools will start within a year-and-a-half in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Chhattisgarh. If everything goes as per forecast, then by 2025 all 1,300 schools should be up and running. All the districts will have an Azim Premji Centre for Learning and Development as well.
The aim behind the schools is two-forked. "One is to build social pressure for other schools to follow the suit and provide quality education.Second, we want to test ourselves, understand what it takes to deliver quality teaching and learning. One cannot tell the world to improve unless one actually leads by example, "says Ranjekar.
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