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Agenda
​Launch of Handbook on 21st Century skills
19th december 2017

9:00-10:00
Registration, Networking & Activity
 
10:00-10:30
Session 1, Opening
Welcome and Agenda Setting: Introduction to the series of events, significance of the conference.
Introduction to Handbook: Current Frameworks, constructs, definitions and measurement methods, instrument and item development in the Indian context
Dr. Akanksha Bapna, Evaldesign
Video Address, Prof. Fernando Reimers, Harvard Graduate School of Education
 
10:30-11:15
Session 2, Keynote, includes 15 Min Q&A
Why 21st Century Skills: The requirement of 21st Century Skills and socio-emotional learning in the current day and age, and for the future. Evidence of why and how 21st Century Skills would impact long term outcomes
Dr. Tara Beteille, PhD (Stanford University)
Senior Economist, World Bank
 
11:15-11:30
Coffee Break
 
11:30-12:15
Session 3, Presentation
Impact of 21st Century Skills on skilling and skills agencies: Linking 21st Century Skills to Hard Skills, what does it mean for skill development organizations like NSDC? What would it mean to incorporate SEL into accreditation criteria for skills development?
Isabel Sutcliffe, International Education Consultant, Ex Pearson Edexcel
 
12:15-13:00
Session 4, Panel
How to teach 21st Century Skills: Teaching and learning 21st Century Skills, the need for assessment
Vishal Talrej, CEO Dream a Dream
Suchetha Bhat, COO, Dream a Dream
Sashwati Banerjee, MD, Sesame Workshop
 
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break & Networking
 
14:00-14:40
Session 5, Panel
Assessing 21st Century Skills: Challenges of designing assessments for measuring 21st Century Skills and assessing them at scale
Pranav Kothari, VP Large Scale Ed. Reforms, Education Initiatives (EI)
Vyjayanthi Sankar, Founder and Executive Director for Centre for Science of Student Learning
 
14:40-15:00
Session 6A, Presentation
Systemic Change: Role of leadership in initiating large scale change and supporting the adoption of teaching, learning and measurement of 21st Century Skills
Aditya Natraj, Founder, Kaivalya Foundation
 
15:00-16:00
Session 6B, Presentation and Discussion
Policy Perspectives: Alignment of 21st Century Skills with the Indian Curriculum, policy perspective, challenges and way forward
Honorable Anil Swarup
Secretary, School Education and Literacy, MHRD, Govt of India
 
16:00-16:15
Closing, Summary and Next Steps
Dr. Akanksha Bapna, Evaldesign