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<font color="#222222">Dear all,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">We are planning a
virtual press conference on Tue, 02.11.2021 at 5 pm to formally
release '<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11sNGmQEGbk689q3__QGJv3Vnc8BUKwRv/view">A
Future at Stake</a>' (the Guidelines prepared by Sajitha with
inputs from us) and the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="educationemergency.net/policy-tracker/">Education
Emergency Policy Tracker</a>. The aim is to bring greater
awareness about the education emergency and its key
recommendations, including focus on socio-emotional learning,
untied additional funding, role of the teacher education and
education administration systems in supporting schools, engaging
parents and communities into the public discourse. Thanks to
Manisha Priyam, NUEPA who has helped us in organizing this
event. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">Please do share
the invite mail (below) and the attached PDF with your media
networks, so that we can have a good attendance in the press
conference. Please do attend the press conference as well. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">Request your
acknowledgement of this mail. Let me know if you need any
further information or clarifications.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">regards,</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">Guru</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%;
page-break-before: always"><font color="#222222">TUE 02 NOV 2021 -
Release of English
Publication </font><font color="#222222"><i><b>“ </b></i></font><font
color="#222222"><i><u><b>A F U T U R E A T S T A K E </b></u></i></font><font
color="#222222"><i><b>”</b></i></font><font color="#222222"><i>,</i></font><font
color="#222222"><b>
</b></font><font color="#222222">on the Covid Pandemic and
Education
in India, by the </font><font color="#222222"><b>National
Coalition
on the Education Emergency</b></font><font color="#222222">.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">We
are writing to invite you to a press conference on </font><font
color="#222222"><b>Tuesday
November 2, 5:00-6:30 p.m (IST), </b></font><font
color="#222222">to
release an important publication : </font><font color="#222222"><i><u><b>A
FUTURE AT STAKE</b></u></i></font><font color="#222222"><i>,</i></font><font
color="#222222"><i><b>
</b></i></font><font color="#222222">which unravels the
education
emergency being faced by the nation due to the COVID-19
lockdown.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">The
publication discusses the health, education and life
implications of
the Covid-19 pandemic on 26 crore children of India. The
document
identifies and discusses specific steps that need to be taken by
the
national and state education systems, schools, teachers, parents
and
communities to respond to the education emergency and to save
the
future of our children.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><b>ZOOM LINK: </b><font
color="#222222"><b>Tuesday November 2, 5:00-6:30 p.m (IST)</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 107%"><a
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83044273925?pwd=N09Sai9LOWxOd0k4MU9oWG96WHdiZz09"
target="_top"><font color="#0e71eb"><font face="Lato, Helvetica,
Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u>https://tinyurl.com/ncee-future-at-stake</u></font></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">The
</font><font color="#222222"><b>publication</b></font><font
color="#222222">
</font><font color="#222222"><i><u><b>A FUTURE AT STAKE</b></u></i></font><font
color="#222222">
will be released by Magsaysay awardee, and ex-head of the
National
Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Padmasree </font><font
color="#222222"><b>Smt
Shantha Sinha</b></font><font color="#222222">.</font><font
color="#222222"><b>
Dr. Sajitha Bashir, </b></font><font color="#222222">former
Adviser
in the Office of the Global Director of Education Practice,
World
Bank, the primary author of the publication will briefly talk
about
the publication. </font><font color="#222222"><b>Mr. Gurumurthy
K</b></font><font color="#222222">,
Director IT for Change, and member core group of National
Coalition
on the Education Emergency, will release the </font><font
color="#222222"><b>Education
Emergency Policy Tracker</b></font><font color="#222222"> and
a
recent survey </font><font color="#222222"><i><b>TeacherSpeak</b></i></font><font
color="#222222">.
</font><font color="#222222"><b>Dr. Manisha Priyam</b></font><font
color="#222222">,
National University of Educational Planning and Administration
(NUEPA)</font><font color="#222222"><b> </b></font><font
color="#222222">will
comment on the publication. Please see agenda below.</font></p>
The release event
will bring together members of the <font color="#222222"><b>National
Coalition on the Education Emergency </b></font>who are working
in
different parts of India on the issues relating to the emergency,
severely affecting children from marginalized groups, who are the
most vulnerable of India’s citizens.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%">Co-organisers -
Dr. Manisha Priyam, Dr. Sajitha Bashir and Mr. Gurumurthy K.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%">Topic: NCEE
Press Conference - A Future at Stake<br>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 0.1cm"
width="644" valign="top"> Time: Nov 2, 2021 05:00 PM India<br>
Join Zoom Meeting<br>
<a
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83044273925?pwd=N09Sai9LOWxOd0k4MU9oWG96WHdiZz09"
target="_top"><font color="#0e71eb"><font face="Lato,
Helvetica, Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt"
size="2"><u>https://tinyurl.com/ncee-future-at-stake</u></font></font></font></a><br>
Meeting ID: 830 4427 3925<br>
Passcode: 919301<br>
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<b>Agenda</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">1.</font><font color="#222222"><b>Introduction</b></font><font
color="#222222">: Dr. Manisha Priyam</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">2.
Release</font><font color="#222222"><b> </b></font><font
color="#222222">of
</font><font color="#222222"><b>“A FUTURE AT STAKE”</b></font><font
color="#222222">:
Padmashree Smt Shantha Sinha</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">3.
Brief presentation on </font><font color="#222222"><b>“ A
FUTURE
AT STAKE”: </b></font><font color="#222222">Dr Sajitha Bashir</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">4.
</font><font color="#222222"><b>Education Emergency Policy Tracker
and TeacherSpeak </b></font><font color="#222222">release</font><font
color="#222222"><b>:
</b></font><font color="#222222">Shri Gurumurthy Kasinathan</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">5.
</font><font color="#222222"><b>Question and Answer and
discussions </b></font><font color="#222222">:
Padmashree Smt Shantha Sinhaji, Dr Sajitha Bashir and Shri
Gurumurthy
Kasinathan</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">Encl:
</font><font color="#222222"><b>Brief note on the National
Coalition
on the Education Emergency</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.28cm; line-height: 107%"><font
color="#222222">RSVP:
</font><a href="mailto:info@educationemergency.net" target="_top">info@educationemergency.net</a></p>
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<div class="moz-signature">Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
www.ITforChange.Net| Cell:91 9845437730 | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="Tel:91">Tel:91</a> 80 26654134,
26536890<br>
National Coalition on the Education Emergency.<br>
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