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8WORKSHOP 3Theme: Motivating and Empowering Young People to succeed inScience and MathematicsTheme Lead: Baldev Singh, Director of Education Strategy, ImagineEducation, UK1200 -1300 hrs Case Study 1: Kabir Shaikh: Director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Instituteof Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)1300- 1345 hrs LunchCase Study 2: Adrian Fenton, Young People's Programme Manager,British Science Association, LondonCase Study 3: Dilip Surkar, Executive Director, Vikram A SarabhaiCommunity Science Centre1345 - 1445 hrs Working Group Leaders: Annette Smith, Bryan Berry, Sally GogginYoung people across the world have various motives for studying oravoiding science. There are general perceptions that mathematics ishard, girls don’t do well in science, and science requires harder workthan other subjects. In many countries science is preferred subjectbut only because it offers higher employment opportunities. On theother hand there is a drop in the number of students taking science inthe UK. The working group may also explore how to bring science andmathematics in the workplace into the classroom and create a dialoguebetween young people and their potential employers once they leaveschool.1445- 1515 hrs Feedback from working group leads1515-1530 hrs Tea BreakConcluding Session1530 – 1600 hrs Feedback from the 3 Theme Leads1600 – 1615 hrs Summing Up by Alisher Umarov UNESCO Education Specialist1700 – 1715 hrs Vote of thanks by Sally Goggin, Director Education, British CouncilClose
9ABOUT THE PARTNERSBRITISH COUNCILBritish Council is UK’s internationalorganisation for educational opportunitiesand cultural relations. It works in over 100countries worldwide to build engagementand trust for the UK through the exchange ofknowledge and ideas between people. BritishCouncil was invited by India’s first PrimeMinister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to openits first centre in India in 1948. It became adivision of the British High Commission in1972. Its headquarters is in New Delhi withoffices in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. TheBritish Libraries run in co-operation withthe Indian Council for Cultural Relationsin Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh,Hyderabad and Pune.British Council’s three core business areasinclude the Arts, English and Education andSociety. It works in partnership with othergovernment and non-government organisationsin sharing expertise, best practices, facilitatingbetter understanding and cooperation amongstpeople of the world and the UK. It is currentlyworking with state governments for Englishlanguage teacher training and resourcesdevelopment in the states of Punjab, Delhi,Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal andTamil Nadu. British Council manages the multipartnerUK India Education Research Initiative(UKIERI) and brings many interesting works ofArt to India.POLICY DIALOGUE 9 - 10 January 2013
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