A glimpse into International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme (IB PYP)
With the advent of IB in India school promoters who wanted to try different curriculums have found a way. In our role as curriculum implementation consultants, we have found out that before deciding on IB sometimes the groundwork of understanding and appreciating the course had not been done, as a ... Read More
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has hinted that the rationalization of the syllabus for classes 9-12 is on the cards. The rationalization is to compensate for the school time that will be lost as COVID-19 runs its course. Currently, the situation is being assessed and the time loss i... Read More
As Delhi witnesses a worrying escalation of the Covid-19 situation, reports are streaming in that schools might not open even in July. In all likelihood, the virtual classes are going to keep the children and the teachers busy once the summer break ends.... Read More
NCERT Panel Recommends- Replace ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in School Textbooks
In a move aimed at fostering a deeper connection with the nation's cultural roots, a high-level committee for social sciences constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has recommended replacing "India" with "Bharat" in school textbooks. The committee also reco... Read More
India and UAE Forge Educational Alliances to Strengthen Academic Collaboration
In a landmark move, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance educational cooperation for students and faculty. The MoU was signed between visiting Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his UAE counterpart Dr Ahmad Al Falasi in Abu D... Read More
Education Based on Multiple Intelligences
Schools known as Multiple Intelligence (MI) Schools are the schools that have adopted the pedagogy and curricular methodologies influenced by the Theory of Multiple Intelligences propounded by Dr. Howard Gardner, a Harvard educational psychologist. The ground breaking theory postulates that intellig... Read More
Education Technology enhances learning outcomes
We have written at some length about the transformation of conventional classrooms into smart learning spaces in our previous article. In the present article we are specifically enlisting the digital devices that are deployed in the classrooms—more aptly called smart classrooms—and giving a descript... Read More
Edcamps: New Age Professional Development for Teachers in India
Edcamps, an educator driven initiative are informal, participatory, one day event organized by educators or facilitators for themselves to discuss about their needs and demands.... Read More
Learning Matters—How a Powerful Tool to Modify Education in Rural Areas Evolved
Saras has an overall 18 years of experience in various child education programmes, managing digital contents and also teaching in the US. She has two MS degrees from Purdue University in Child Development and Special Education. After returning back to India she contacted her friend Gowri who was wor... Read More
In the participatory approach to the learning process, the role shifting of teachers becoming learners and the learners transforming into teachers are obvious. In the present day classrooms, teachers and learners are both learners and teachers.... Read More
6 Things to Keep in Mind Before Choosing Classroom Projectors
Today classroom projectors are the key components of the top digital educational spaces. A portal to engage media where every student can be focused and can actively participate.... Read More
Engaging E-learning Applications for a Good Change
Technology when utilised efficiently and effectively brings a bagful of opportunities coming of age in any field. In order to keep up with the trends in educational sector we need to keep ourselves open to all the possible outcomes when we step into new avenues. This brings me to the topic which is ... Read More
Protest Against the Assam’s Policy Mandating Govt Job Aspirants to take “Special Exams”
The board exams were canceled in the wake of the pandemic across the nation. Assam was no exception, however, there was an unexpected development in this regard when the Government of Assam indicated that the evaluation criteria used to promote students sans exam will not hold if the students in the... Read More
FICCI Organizing Annual Conference on School Education
The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is the oldest and largest business organization in the country. FICCI ARISE (Alliance for Re-imagining School Education) is an initiative comprising of stakeholders who represent various facets of school education.... Read More