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Tata STRIVE: An Innovative Skills Development Program

20 September 2016
Tata STRIVE, an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives Trust and the first Group CSR program of the Tata Group, addresses the pressing need of skilling India's youth for employment, entrepreneurship, and community enterprise. It reaches out to communities and develops skills of people from…

Employer Engagement/Student Work Experience: the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre Approach

20 September 2016
A technology trades training and experience center is engaging young people in productive future pathways of learning and career development. Located in Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, the Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC)’s focuses on…

Mindtree’s Experience in Global Learning Centre

20 September 2016
Mindtree Ltd. is a publicly-traded information technology services and solutions organization serving global customers. Changing learning models to adjust to client needs based on demographics, fine-tuning approaches on a continuous basis, and removing the fear of assessments while learning are…

University-Industry Linkages: Experiences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

20 September 2016
Facilitating the natural flow of knowledge generation and innovation to its logical conclusion through academia-industry-state (AIS) linkages leads to societal benefits. With the aim to catalyze entrepreneurship for positive socio-economic impact, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur’s AIS…

What We Can Learn from PISA and PIACC

19 September 2016
Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), shares talks about what we can learn from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and…

Session Video - Driving Business by Building Better Trade Portals

19 September 2016
PM Group’s Chris Lewis-Jones in this video talks about trade information portals (TIPs). He explains the importance and benefits of a TIP, and offers suggestions on how to make it sustainable. A summary of lessons learned based from his experience on designing, building, and launching TIPs is also…

Driving Business by Building Better Trade Portals

19 September 2016
This presentation discusses what a trade information portal (TIP) is and the importance of having one. The goal of a TIP is to support the development of trade and enhance employment and economic growth. The implementation of and the challenges and risks associated in TIP are also explained.

Quality Education and Economic Development

19 September 2016
Educational quality, measured by cognitive skills, has a strong impact on individual earnings. More than that, however, educational quality has a strong and robust influence on economic growth. In both areas, there is credible evidence that these are truly causal relationships.

Boosting Student Learning: Programme for International Student Assessment for Development

19 September 2016
Issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science. PISA for Development, among…

Scale With Quality: The Citizens' Foundation Approach to Providing Education

19 September 2016
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF provides student-centric academic interventions and offers leadership, teacher, and pre-service training programs.