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l Leading Innovations in Schools
This theme highlights the role of school heads in facilitating innovations in schools significant to school
improvement. The theme focuses on the various ways in which school heads have led the way to bringing in
new ideas within the school process by looking beyond the normative framework.
l School Leadership for Building Effective Partnerships with Community

The theme centers around on the school heads’ role in facilitating establishment of meaningful relationships
with stakeholders including parents, community and officials in the education department. The theme covers
on the strategies adopted by the school heads in establishing effective partnership with the communities for
the holistic development of the students.

Venue: Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

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