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“Quality Education is the world’s best investment.”….
-Dr Joseph Emanuel, Chief Executive & Secretary, CICSE….
Lucknow May 9: : “Quality in Education can never be compromised. Otherwise, a whole generation of students stands affected. Dr
Sunita Gandhi, Founder-Director of DEVI Sansthan is doing a tremendous job in taking educational literacy and numeracy to touch
the farthest corners of India and even beyond so that the country may reap a golden harvest of talented youth. She is preparing
them to face the challenges of the present and oncoming centuries by improving the quality of education making it more
purposeful, active, transformative and holistic than it was ever before. The new ALfA technique has brought about a complete
change of mindset and created athirst from knowledge in the minds of children as well as adults. Now no child will be left behind
and each and every child will get a chance to go to school and get quality education.“ These were some of the thoughts expressed
by Dr Joseph Emmanuel, Chief Executive and Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi.
Dr Emmanuel was speaking as the Chief Guest on Day 2 of the Leadership Circle 5 educational meet held at CMS Kanpur Road
Auditorium. The event was organised by Dr Sunita Gandhi, Founder of DEVI Sansthan, a non-profit organisation based in Lucknow,
India.
Earlier, Mr Nixon Joseph, Group Executive, DEVI Sansthan, greeted the audience and welcomed them to the 2nd day of this august
gathering of enlightened minds. A video was shown of DEVI journey on the threshold of progress. A live demonstration of ALfA in
action in Government School, Sorwa II, BKT Block gave an inside view of the programme and how quickly children learn from this
unique teaching pedagogy.
Mr Pankaj Chaudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance was an honoured guest at this conference. His dignified presence and
words of wisdom greatly motivated the participants. Mr Alok Ranjan, IAS (Retired), former Chief Secretary. Govt. of U.P., was also
present and was eloquent in his praise of the function as well as the thought behind the organising of this august conference. The gift
of literacy if the greatest gift to mankind, he said, is it enriches the teacher and the taught and is the real worship of the Almighty
God.
The AlfA way of teaching children and giving them quality education was demonstrated through various activities like teaching
Matras, learning Bengali proceeding from known to unknown, random pairing and writing activity, rhythmic clapping, showcasing
accelerated learning for all across India and so on.
Panel discussions were held on the themes like: The world’s best investment: Education vs other development priorities, Data to
delivery: How Government Systems can accelerate FLN outcomes; Multiplying Impact: CSR Beyond Cheque Embedding FLN in
Corporate Giving Strategies. A quiz was conducted on the ALfA system of education and a musical programme on Kaise Sundar ho
Hamara Gaon.
A special Honouring Ceremony was held to acknowledge and give awards to the people who had lent their distinguished services and
brought about revolutionary changes in the field of education and service to mankind.
Dr Sunita Gandhi, Founder of DEVI Sansthan thanked the distinguished guests, government officials and participants in making the
programme a success with their cooperation and contribution saying that this was a definite step in expanding educational research
and training.
Dr Bharti Gandhi, Chief Mentor of Leadership 5 organized by DEVI Sansthan congratulated the participants for giving a new direction
in education and delivered the final Vote of Thanks.
