The Premier Global platform for Education, World Education Summit 2011

The first World Education Summit (WES) 2011, the world's premier platform for education thought leadership, is being produced by digitalLEARNING (www.digitalLEARNING.in) and jointly organised by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS), and Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. on 13-15 July 2011 at The Ashoka, New Delhi, India

Shri Kapil Sibal, the Hon'ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India will inaugurate the Summit on 14th July 2011. Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India and Prof Yashpal, Former Chairman, UGC will also grace the Summit by their presence.

Other speakers at the Summit include: Dr D Purandeswari, Minister of State, MHRD, Government of India; Shri Thakur, Singh Powdyel, Hon'ble Minister of Education, Bhutan; Smt Vibha Puri Das, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MHRD, Government of India; Amit Khare, Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of India; Mr Goeffrey Conaghan, Commissioner to India, State Government of Victoria, Autralia; H E Mr Prasad Kariyawasam, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka; Prof S S Mantha, Chairman (Acting),All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)...and many more.

World Education Awards 2011: Recognizing Global Innovation and Excellence in Education
Inviting Nominations from Innovative Educational Projects
The World Education Awards have been instituted with the aim of felicitating and acknowledging unique and innovative initiatives in the field of education globally.
Nominations are invited from schools, higher education institutions, vocational training institutions, government organizations, non-governmental organizations, private institutions and enterprises across the globe engaged in the field of education.

Award Categories available under:

• School Education
• Higher Education
• Vocational and Skills Education
• Government Initiatives
• Private Initiatives

Awards will be given under two sections:

World Education Public Choice Award

• Nominated projects will be screened and uploaded on the website for the public to vote. Projects receiving the maximum number of votes under each category will receive the World Education Public Choice Award.

World Education Jury Choice Award

• Nominations will be screened by an eminent panel of jury members, who will then choose the best project from each category. The selected project will receive the World Education Jury Choice Award.

Key Thematic Tracks at the Summit:

• School Education Track brings together Principals and leading functionaries of schools from across the globe for discussion on education models, pedagogy and andragogy in improving teaching learning practices in classrooms
• Higher Education Track focuses on systemic enhancement of learning and teaching, innovation, research and development, education governance in universities, collaborations with world class higher education players and quality standards in higher education.
• Distance Education Track highlights the role of open and distance learning, across the globe, in promoting education for all.
• Skill Development & Vocational Training Track focuses on skills and information literacy, PM's national skills mission, skills development and training, certification and quality assurance in providing employable skills to the youth.
  Participants:
• Education Ministers and Secretaries
• Vice Chancellors, Pro-Vice Chancellors
• Principals, teachers and trainers
• Senior Administrators, Educationists, Chief Executives, Directors, Deans and Registrars
• Foreign university and school representatives
• Education technology providers
• Education and IT policy makers
• Institutional investors and entrepreneurs
  
  For details of the Summit, log on to www.worldeducationsummit.net