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Annual Report 2012-2013 P1
AREAS OF FOCUS
1. Elementary Education
(i) School and Teacher Education Reform
Programme (STERP), Rajasthan:
ICICI Foundation’s flagship education programme,
STERP, is being implemented through a six-year
partnership with the Government of Rajasthan. The
programme endeavours to deliver a child-centric
learning environment in Government elementary
schools with the aim of instilling critical thinking
and meaningful learning among students. In its
second year now, STERP aims to bring about a
strategic shift in the State’s elementary education
system and bring it in line with the National
Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, the National
Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education
(NCFTE) 2009 and the Right to Education (RtE)
Act 2009.
The STERP programme has four key objectives,
the progress of which are as below:
(a) Revision and renewal of curriculum, syllabus
guidelines and development of new textbooks:
During fiscal 2013, the curricula and syllabi for
Classes I to VIII have been revised and new
English textbooks for Classes VI, VII and VIII have
been developed. Publication of 13 new textbooks
has also since been approved, taking the total
number of new textbooks developed to 16.
(b) Education and training of in-service teachers:
At least 300,000 in-service teachers in Rajasthan
need proper training to professionally develop
themselves in line with NCF 2005, NCFTE
2009 and RtE 2009. The training is being
conducted on a ‘cascade’ model through a
two-tier structure involving 250 Key Resource
Persons (KRPs) and 2,500 Master Trainers
(MTs). Training modules for English textbooks
(Class VI to VIII) were developed and training
was conducted by 70 KRPs and 500 MTs for
25,000 in-service teachers.
ICICI FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE
GROWTH
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI
Foundation) was set up by the ICICI Group in
early 2008 with a view to carry forward and build
upon its legacy of promoting inclusive growth.
ICICI Foundation works primarily with government
authorities and specialised grassroot organisations
to support developmental work in identified focus
areas.
In fiscal 2012, ICICI Foundation moved its focus
from being just a donor to becoming a key
stakeholder in design, implementation and impact
evaluation of its programmes and projects. During
fiscal 2013, ICICI Foundation further strengthened
its efforts in identified areas - Elementary
Education, Sustainable Livelihoods, Primary Health
and Financial Inclusion. All of ICICI Foundation’s
activities are focused around building capabilities
and developing innovative models that can be
replicated and scaled up in the future.
Promoting Inclusive Growth
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Communications &
Information Technology, and Ms. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO,
ICICI Bank at the Inclusive India Awards function