Education as a right across the levels: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies - International Education Conference 2014

We welcome to all dignitaries, faculty and scholars from across the world to the ‘International Education Conference 2014’ organized by the Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India in collaboration with UNESCO, New Delhi, India.
The theme of the conference is
'Education as a right across the levels: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies'.
IEC 2014 is scheduled between March 10 - 11, 2014. The mission of the Conference is to guide the provision of education for all across all levels (primary, secondary and higher education) so that they are able to pursue knowledge and skills, manifest excellence in performance, defend democratic ideals irrespective of gender, religion, caste, creed, economic status or any other discriminatory characteristic.
Themes/Subthemes
In consonance with the conference theme topics include but are not limited to the following issues at different levels.
Elementary level
Status of elementary education : policy initiatives at national & global levels
Inclusion as a mandatory commitment.
Curriculum, text books, pedagogical practices, school ecology and assessment.
Innovations and success stories - case presentations.
Exploring alternative modes
Technology for leveraging RTE.
RTE : Legal discourses
Literacy as an empowering tool
Issues in implementation, regulation and accreditation
Secondary Level
Policy Initiatives across different countries.
Context sensitivity and Community Orientation in secondary school curriculum
Inclusion : Challenges and Possibilities.
The issue of Vocationalization at secondary level
Liberalization Privatization Globalization: Implications for secondary level
Role for Technology
Issues in universalization of secondary education
Wellness for all
Higher Education
Access and Participation Issues.
Unpacking the notions of ‘merit’, excellence and ‘quality’.
Public Private Partnerships: Concept and issues.
Egalitarian
Distance and open learning paradigm.
Intellectual property rights and open access sources
Teaching - learning considerations
Financial issues
Mechanisms for Quality assurance : Accreditation agencies, credit based semester system etc.
Emerging trends in higher education: Virtual, collaborative ventures etc.
Autonomy and Accountability
Life Long Learning
Building lifelong learning communities
Facilitating Inter cultural dialogues.
NGO initiatives
Technology as a learning tool.
Innovative Initiatives
Teacher Education
RTE as a challenge for Pre & In - service teacher preparation
Policy perspectives
Responsibility and accountability issues
Regional contexts in teacher education
Alternative models
Creative and innovative endeavours
Reality bites : reflections from the field
Technology: Issues of exclusion and inclusion