FICCI ARISE organized a workshop on Model Self-Financed Independent Schools Code on 25th August 2017 at FICCI, New Delhi. The objective of the workshop was to deliberate on the aspects of the model Codeandbuild consensus with various State Governments and Independent Schools. It impressed upon the need to have an independent code for recognition and regulation of schools established as self-financed independent institutions. The Model Code resonates with the Ministry’s vision of increasing supply and creating more competition thus bringing affordable education to the entire country.
The workshop was attended by key dignitaries including Mr Anil Swarup, Secretary, SE&L, MHRD, Mr Sanjay Aggarwal, Secretary- School Education, Govt of Uttar Prades, Mr BidolTayeng, Secretary, Education, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, Ms Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, Adviser, NITI Aayog, Mr Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Chairman, CBSE and key officials from Governments of Assam, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland etc. On the sidelines of the workshop, FICCI ARISE also presented their views on Formation of National Regulator and creating Third Party Framework, Right to Education Act, proposals for jointly working with CBSE and prospects for Public Private Partnership through their initiative, project ‘Hum Saarthi’that offers a framework for one to one adoption of government schools by well-performing independent schools to enhance the existing infrastructure and improve learning outcomes.
This was followed by a break-out session that allowed exhaustive deliberations on the salient features of the code including aspects on transparency, fee regulation, penal provisions, recognition, eligible entities and limitation on providing for ‘cost of capital’. The feedback shared by the participants during the session was captured and presented to Mr. Anil Swarup