| Keynote Speaker |
Eric Hanushek
Stanford University | Â Schooling Quality and Economic Growth |
| Session I: Measuring and Enhancing the Quality of Education  |
Krishna Kumar
Director, NCERT, India | Â |
Sir Michael Barber
McKinsey Consultants | The Challenge of Achieving World Class Performance: Education in the 21st Century |
Abhijit Bannerjee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Improving the Quality of Education |
John Ainley
Australian Council for Educational Research | Measuring Learning and Improving Education Quality: International Experiences in Assessment |
Luis Benveniste
Country Sector Coordinator, World Bank | East Asian Experiences with Measuring Quality and Enhancing Learning |
Eduardo Velez
Education Sector Manager, World Bank | Latin American Experience with Enhancing Quality and Measuring Quality |
Syed Kamal-ud-Din
Ministry of Education, Pakistan | National Assessment Findings (Grade 4 & 8) and Achievement in Relation to Background Factors |
| Session II: What Works to Improve Quality (three parallel sessions) |
| Session IIa: Teacher Professional Development, Incentives and Accountability |
Peter Dolton
Royal Holloway University | Recruitment and Retention of High Quality Teachers: Some International Evidence |
Robert Floden
University of Michigan | Paths to Improving Teacher Education in the US: Promising Ideas and Supporting Evidence |
Richard Kraft
University of Colorado | Teachers, Pedagogy and Student Achievement |
Karthik Murlidharan
Harvard University | Teacher Performance Pay: Evidence from the Andhra Pradesh Randomized Evaluation Study (AP RESt) |
Wilfred Perera
National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka | Teacher Professional Development -Integration with School Quality - A School Based Approach -The Sri Lankan Experience |
Deepa Sankar
Education Economist, World Bank | Teacher’s Time-on Task: Quantity and Nature of Tasks |
| Session IIb: Decentralization, Quality Assurance and School-Based Management |
Emanuela Di Gropello
World Bank | School-Based Management in East Asia and Latin America |
David Hopkins
Institute of Education, University of London | School Effectiveness and School Improvement – The UK Experience |
Martyn Roebuck
Glasgow University | The Relationship between Inspection and School Improvement: Scotland and Uganda |
Stuti Khemani and Priyanka Pandey
World Bank | Information Campaigns to Strengthen Participation & Improve Public Schools: Experimental Evidence from Two Studies in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh |
Mr. Chandamouli
State Project Director, SSA, India | Â Andra Pradesh CLIP/CLAP approach |
Gajendra Man Shrestha
independent consultant, Nepal | Community Managed Schools in Nepal: Glimpses of Transformation |
| Session IIc: Teaching, Learning Processes and Pedagogy |
| Angela Little, Institute of Education, University of London | Multigrade Pedagogy and Assessment |
Eduardo Velez
World Bank | Multi-Grade Teaching: The Latin America Experience |
Professor Mukherjee
Delhi University | The Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme |
Vijay Kumar
SPD, Tamil Nadul, India | Â |
Madhav Chavan
Pratham, India | The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and The Read India Campaign |
Stuti Khemani
World Bank | Â |
| Session III: Innovations in Improving Access to Quality Education (two parallel sessions) Â |
Ariel Fiszbein
World Bank | Helping Reduce Poverty in the Short- and Long-Term: The Experience of Conditional Cash Transfers |
Harry Patrinos
World Bank | International Evidence on Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access and Quality in Education |
| Session IIIa: Regional Case Studies on Equal Access to Quality Education |
Vrinda Sarup
Joint Secretary, India | Â |
Susan Wardak
Ministry of Education, Afghanistan | Providing Access to Education Opportunities in Afghanistan |
Dilip Parajuli and Nazmul Chaudhury
World Bank | Pakistan Punjab Female Stipend Program: Evaluating the Impact |
Nias Asadullah
Reading University | Madrasa Education: The Bangladeshi Experience |
| Session IIIb: Regional Case Studies on Public Private Partnerships to Improve Access and Quality |
Md. Ashraful Moqbul, Additional Secretary
Ministry of Education, Bangladesh | Public-Private Partnership to Improve Access to and Quality of Secondary Education in Bangladesh |
Shahid Kardar
Punjab Education Foundation | Punjab Education Foundation: Promoting Quality Education Through Public Private Partnerships |
| Balochistan Foundation | Balochistan Education Foundation: Quality Improvement Measures in Our Programs |
Geeta Kingdon
Oxford University | Public Private Partnerships in Education in India |
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