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Wipro to train school teachers in US
Wednesday August 29, 2012 08:34:21 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Indian IT
major Wipro Limited will train 120 school teachers in partnership
with the University of Massachusetts in Boston, US, over the next
three years to foster excellence in science education among
students.
"The 12-month fellowship programme is aimed at developing
competencies in teachers and make them catalysts of change in
schools where less privileged students from Boston and New York
read," the global software major said in a statement here
Wednesday.
Funded by Wipro, the programme will select 40 science teachers
from Boston and New York for the fellowship by Jan 2013 and the
course will begin from Sep 1, 2013.
"The programme is part of our efforts to align with the US's goal
to engender an environment that instills and nurtures scientific
temper and innovative spirit among young people," Wipro chief
executive T.K. Kurien said in the statement.
"The programme involves a set of activities to improve teachers'
pedagogical and content knowledge with the aim of boosting the
performance of underprivileged students," Kurien said.
The University of Massachusetts will partner with a university in
New York and multiple school districts in Boston and New York to
administer the programme.
"Wipro's science education initiative aligns with the 'educate to
innovate' campaign to improve the performance of US students in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)," Kurien
noted.
University of Massachusetts Chanceller J. Keith Motley said
effective STEM education was crucial to students' success.
"We are upbeat on playing a role in providing Boston's teachers
with new skills for imparting mastery in these fields," Motley
said.
For the past decade, Wipro has been working towards empowering
education in India with its 'Applying Thought in Schools'
initiative to help in societal change and development by improving
the quality of education.
The company works with teachers to enhance employability skills of
engineering graduates across India through its not-for profit
initiative Mission10X.
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