Wipro's chairman Azim Premji, on Wednesday tied up with Tata Institute
of Social Sciences (TISS) to set up a school of education at the
latter's campus in Hyderabad for offering degrees and other related
programmes.
The foundation will provide financial support to the new school for
infrastructure, programmes and to conduct research in the field of
education.
"Improving quality of education must be one of the country's key
goals. We think this task needs organizations, which have shared
vision to collaborate. We are honored to collaborate with TISS, a
pioneering institution on social issues," foundation chief executive
Dileep Ranjekar said in a statement here.
To become operational in the next two years, the Azim Premji School of
Education (APSE) will leverage the work being carried at the
75-year-old Tata Institute and Azim Premji University, being set up by
the foundation in Bangalore.
"The Azim Premji University is uniquely focused on education and
development. Our collaboration with the foundation will strengthen
both the institutions, towards the goal of improving education in the
country," TISS director S. Parasuraman said.
Both institutions believe the joint new initiative would need a large
cadre of capable and committed education sector professionals and
experts, as well as pursuit of high quality research, relevant for
India.
The Azim Premji University will commence the new academic year
(2011-12) in July with three post-graduate programmes - Master of Arts
(MA) in education and development and Master's in teacher education.
IANS
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