National Geography Youth Summit — 2014
Envisioning Geography Education For 21st Century India
9–11 June 2014, Bangalore
Students empowering students to rejuvenate geography education in India
Do you want to …
- Learn geography in innovative and exciting ways?
- Join a network of your peers who are interested in geography?
- Make a difference in geography education in India?
- Build a career in geography?
- Be in a database for potential employers who seek geographical skills?
If so, the National Geography Youth Summit (NGYS) — 2014 is your starting point!
Through this exciting event, you can become part of the force to strengthen geography education in India — from school to college and university. A group of students will be invited and selected to form a working group to help make geography education more relevant to 21st-century India in a global context.
So, join us in organizing this event! And participate in it!
Are you a geography teacher? Then come to the NGYS to
- Strengthen your content and pedagogical knowledge
- Network with geography teachers to share resources and ideas
- Join a database of geography teachers so potential employers can find you
The syllabus is not the end! It’s only a means. Empower yourself to go beyond the syllabus!
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Open to students and teachers, the Summit will explore creative and innovative ways of teaching and learning Geography and its applications. This Summit envisions a transformation of Geography from a subject to a discipline.
For this, we welcome the participation of students and teachers across India at this Summit. Led by students for students, it will be open to all students interested in Geography. It will offer a variety of engaging and stimulating activities and events designed to promote Geography education.
The Summit has three aims:
- Popularize Geography education.
- Develop ideas to empower Geography students.
- Develop ideas to empower Geography teachers.
Get involved!
We are seeking a variety of volunteers, sponsors, and partners for this event. There are many ways in which you and your organization can get involved.
- Share the information flyer (right) with others.
- Join the NGYS-2014 page on FaceBook.
- For more information, contact us.
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NGYS-2014 information flyer.[/caption]
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