OVERVIEW:

INCEED - (International Centre for Excellence in Education) is a well-known organization that offers various educational services to its audiences and is highly dedicated to operating as a catalyst with all its commitments to bring in excellence in education at all levels.

SPACE - (Society for Perpetuation of Art, Culture & Education) was formed in 1989 by like-minded educational experts and professionals who have been associated with education since decades and the purpose for such association is the promotion of Art, Culture and Education at the national and international level. Through the formation of SPACE, the educational leaders involved had the following major objectives in mind:

• To arrange, conduct and organize workshops, meetings, seminars, conferences, social as well as cultural programmes and exhibitions, with a view to promote and propagate art, culture and education.


• To collaborate with and help in the promotion of the objectives and ideals of national and international bodies like the UNICEF, UNESCO, ILO, NCERT, UGC, ICCR, ICSSR, Human Rights Organizations and Women and Child Development bodies.

INCEED and SPACE are committed to the development of the Learning Community in totality, including Teachers/Educators, Students/Learners and all other stakeholders. They have partnered and have come together to collaborate and conduct events and activities such as Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Educational Fairs, Professional Development of Teachers at all levels, Skill Development, Consultancy in Education, Publishing Journals, Promotional Activities for Art and Culture, etc. One regular feature, among the several activities of this collaboration, is the IESA (International Education Summit and Awards).

The first IESA Event was held in Bangkok on February 22, 2020. The highlight of this event was an international conference on the theme: “Quality in Education in Contemporary World Scenario – The Way Forward”.The conference was followed by an award ceremony, where prestigious awards and recognitions were bestowed on the most deserving Institutions/Organizations as well as outstanding and deserving Professionals working in the field of education. Other details of this Event can be found on our website.

Approach Paper for the Present Conference:

Theme: “Holistic Education for Life and Livelihood in Post Covid Scenario – The Way Forward”

Holistic Education is a philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to humanitarian values such as compassion and peace. Holistic education aims to call forth from people an intrinsic reverence for life and a passionate love of learning.

Education has two basic functions to fulfill:

1. Preparing our children and youth for life, for leading a good, quality oriented life
2. Preparing them to earn their livelihood.

Education will be holistic only if both these functions are fulfilled.

Thus, holistic education includes all 4 domains - Cognitive, Affective, Conative and psycho-motor. It includes values, skills and knowledge. It includes physical development, mental development (emotional, social and intellectual), ethical/moral development and spiritual development - hand, heart, mind and soul.

Holistic education will take care of all the four Pillars of Education as mentioned in the Delor’s Commission Report of UNESCO:

• Learning to Know
• Learning to Do
• Learning to Live Together
• Learning to Be.

The Post Covid scenario has changed the human situation drastically. It has affected the whole world. It has totally transformed our life style, our thinking, our social life, our economic life and what not. Naturally, our educational practices have also been disrupted. In this context, we need to think how to tackle the

challenge of providing holistic education to our children and youth in the present situation.

The objectives of this conference are to:

• Explore the concept of Holistic Education;
• Explore the dimensions of Education For Life;
• Explore the dimensions of Education for Livelihood;
• Discuss how education has been affected by the present post-covid scenario;
• Discuss how to provide holistic education in the Post-Covid Scenario

Highlights

• International Education Summit and Awards is an event of interest for Educational Schools/Colleges/Institutes/Organisations/Bodies as well as Teachers/Educators/Educationists/Educationalists/Educational Leaders of all levels/stages/forms of education. It is an endeavor to recognize/appreciate quality in education – both for institutions as well as individual professionals - in the field of education as well as other professional areas. It is a great opportunity for you or your institution to make a name and fame for yourself and get recognition/appreciation for your work or contribution that you have made in your field.
• This event will provide you with the opportunity to outreach your work and message to a wide variety of audience from all over the world.
• Several highly experienced veterans from the field of education are involved in the organization of this event.
• Along with the Distinguished Awards recognizing/appreciating Quality and Talent, the event will provide an opportunity for professional development through a conference on the important current theme “Holistic Education for Life and Livelihood in Post Covid Scenario – The Way Forward”
• There will be renowned, experienced inspiring speakers, who will guide the participants on how to provide holistic education in the present post-covid scenario.
• The Chief Guest of the Event is an internationally renowned personality, who is at present Consultant for EU (European Union) and has earlier worked as Director in UNESCO, as Senior Advisor in the World Bank and has been the Minister of Education in Mauritius.
• Other renowned educationists will be invited as speakers.
• All Awardees are invited to write a Paper on the theme of the Conference. These Papers will be published in a book form.
• INCEED and SPACE will continue to provide expert guidance in the field for the awardee institutions and individual professionals.
• It is an opportunity for global networking with likeminded professionals. Even though it is an online Event, the contact details of all participants will be shared for networking.