The Tata Education Excellence Programme (TEEP) awarded the Dr. JJ Irani Award for Excellence in Education to Kerala Samajam Model School and Baug-e-Jamsheed School in an award ceremony at the Tata Auditorium in Jamshedpur on April 8, 2015. Both the schools scored over 600 out of 100 to claim the TEEP award for 2014. While Kerala Samajam Model School won the coveted award for the first time, it was a second win for Baug-e-Jamsheed School, having won it in 2013 for the first time.
K Radhakrishnan, ex-Chairman of India Space Research Organisation, was the Chief Guest at the function, and gave away the awards. During the ceremony, he commented, “This city showed what a person with great vision could do and TEEP is also an example of great vision. I saw many former Tata Steel executives who were involved in the jury. This shows what team work you had, similar to ISRO.”
The Tata group had many representatives in the ceremony - Suresh Dutt Tripathi, Vice President – HR, Tata Steel and NK Sharan, Vice President, Tata Quality Management Services, were also present at the function.
According to S Padmanabhan, Executive Chairman of Tata Quality Management Services, which supports the TEEP programme, “Since the past 12 years, the Tata Education Excellence Programme (TEEP) has been enabling students to learn the concepts of quality and excellence in the early years of their lives. This is a tremendous achievement, and we are committed to continuing this good work in the field of education.”
In all, 56 schools participated in TEEP programme this year, they were assessed on several criteria including leadership, strategic planning, student and parent focus, information and analysis, faculty and staff focus, process management and results
In addition to the winners, JH Tarapore School and Tarapore School, Agrico received ‘Outstanding Achievement in Excellence in Education’ for crossing the 550-599 mark. Gulmohur High School; Jusco School, Kadma; Jusco School, South Park; Motilal Nehru Public School and Kerala Public School, Kadma received recognitions for ‘Active Promotion in Excellence in Education’.
About the Tata Education Excellence Programme
The Tata Education Excellence Programme (TEEP) was initiated in 2003 to promote Excellence in Education in the schools of Jamshedpur and a select few locations of Tata Steel India. Adapted from the Malcolm Baldrige Criterion for Performance Excellence, TEEP was customised to the needs of Indian schools. In addition to improving the quality of education, TEEP aims at helping students understand the concepts of quality and excellence in their early years. It is based on the premise that if the quality of education is not improved at this juncture, the future generations will be ill-equipped to contribute to India’s socio-economic progress. Today, this programme trains teachers and principals of schools in Jamshedpur to improve the quality of their teaching skills.