PSB, Gurgaon organizes Convention for School Principals

The aim behind the convention was to familiarize the principals with the concept of entrepreneurship, globalization, and socially responsible citizenship. The conference discussed topics such as building entrepreneurial leadership in schools, emotional intelligence for educational leadership, strategy for globalization in schools, creating socially responsible learning environment in schools, education for citizenship and linking school education to professional academic programmes.

Giving insights on need for principals to become entrepreneurial leaders and how entrepreneurial leadership can bring change in schools, Prof IM Pandey, Director, Pearl School of Business, said, aThe present education system in India, so far, has not been able to promote independent thinking, creativity, spirit of innovation and motivation for setting a challenging and achievable goal. There is, thus, a need to inculcate the spirit of enterprise into the psyche of the present generation. And this is possible only when the principals and academicians become catalyst of this changea.

Emphasizing the importance and implications of citizenship at school level, Prof Jagdeep Chokkar, Distinguished Professor, PSB, Former Dean, IIM, Ahmedabad, said, aGood quality Citizenship Education is not only crucial in its own right but is an important component in school improvement and transformationa. Earlier, in his opening comments, Dr VS Ravindran, Chief Mentor Eduexcel, elaborated on importance of understanding emotional understanding for building educational leadership; need to recognize oneas own emotions and managing emotions.