Corporal Punishment in Schools and teacher culture

While going through Right to Education act one comes across a relatively less talked about the provision which is corporal punishment. I have tried to share information and insights on the subject in this article based not only on what the act itself states but also how it is perceived and to what e... Read More

Things To Do For a Cordial Class Environment

The 1950s marks the period when two psychologists Jacob Kounin and Paul Gump had a eureka moment after observing closely about the psychological changes that happen among children due to the strict nature of teachers. They are of the opinion that if a child disobeys and if the teacher adopts techniq... Read More

Schools cannot have coaching classes run in their premises, says CBSE directive

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued guidelines to all its affiliated schools to disallow operations of coaching centres within their premises. The board has taken strong exception to the coaching centres that are being run on the pretext of special classes in the schools. Usually,... Read More

AI in CBSE Schools to be Integrated with Multiple Subjects Across all Classes

It was introduced as an optional subject in schools. Taking the AI induction to the next step, the board now is planning to oversee its integration with other subjects across all classes. It has been reported that the teacher training to this end will start in the coming months.... Read More

NCERT takes up revision of Activities Calendar for classes 1-8 amid lockdown

To ensure that the children do not lose touch with academics in the period of the lockdown and that they may not feel disoriented with regard to the syllabus when they return back to schools, CBSE and NCERT has taken up rationalization of the syllabus and revision of the Activities Calendar respecti... Read More

Union Government launches ‘Virtual School’

One of the key initiatives of NEP, the ‘virtual school’ concept was launched by the Union government in August 2021. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the implementation of this concept will be through NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) and by nature will be completely digital... Read More

Wellsprings Academy

<p><strong>Wellsprings Academy</strong> proudly places itself in the league of the leading schools in the Bangalore metropolis. The school draws its practices from the best institutions of the country and has integrated global education practices with the national curriculum.&nbsp;</p> <p>The school follows the <span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Cambridge/IGCSE</span> curriculum reinforced by the advanced curriculum solutions to achieve outstanding learning outcomes. The faculty has been handpicked based on the merit and experience.&nbsp;</p> <p>The school is spread over an area of 7.12 acres and has a world class infrastructure with expertly designed learning and activity zones. Special emphasis has been placed on sports infrastructure.&nbsp;</p> <p>The classrooms and laboratories are technology enabled and well-equipped for conducting virtual teaching-learning.&nbsp;</p>... Read More

How Multiple Intelligences based Curriculums advance classroom learning?

The theory of multiple intelligences as expounded by Dr. Gardner in his pioneering work Frames of Mind has been discussed in our earlier article. If we consider it as established that there are multiple intelligences at play during cognitive exercises like learning... Read More

How are schools dealing with parent decided career options?

We have discussed academics in schools, relevance, and effectiveness of different curriculums in preparing students for higher education and have taken up the topics like teacher training and enhancing... Read More

How Teachers can motivate the Unmotivated Students

While we have dealt with subjects like how the schools deal with ambition, the importance of architecture on learning outcomes and deleterious effects of corporal punishment on children... Read More

Khan Academy, Digitizing education and broadening horizons of schooling

The founder Salman khan also known as Sal Khan has produced around 6,500 video tutorials which basically covers all subjects mainly focussing on maths and science. A well- educated man who has three degrees from MIT and MBA from Harvard. The Khan Lab School is also founded by him which is a brick-an... Read More

Solo Taxonomy, An Approach to Understand Different Levels of Students’ Understanding

However, in 1982 Biggs and Collis came up with Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes or SOLO Taxonomy which is an alternative to Bloom’s version. Bloom described about the level of cognitive skills like from remembering to analyzing and evaluating. The SOLO taxonomy implies how the learning model ... Read More

7 Steps to conduct Student Friendly and High-learning Outcome Online Classes

Education has reached a stage where the physical distance is no longer a barrier to teach or learn. With the pandemic minimizing the physical activities of people, many changes have happened over the past few months. All the major educational institutions have changed their methods and strategies to... Read More

5 changes that the education system of the day demands

Rote learning has ruled the roost for long and it is a prevalent mode of learning across subjects.... Read More

Virtual Reality and its Pedagogical Applications

Virtual Reality has found renewed interest and new avenues of applications in education in recent years. The technology that drives Virtual Reality and its experience has also evolved and become more sophisticated. The interfaces have become more user-friendly, portable, and even less expensive. All... Read More

Reopening Schools in India 2021

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Emphasize Infrastructure When Opening a School

While deliberating on the construction of the building in the course of opening a new school, one comes across a typical observation, worded differently but essentially meaning the same thing... Read More

What facilities should I provide in my new school?

Age appropriate facilities are necessary for all-round child development. There is no end to the facilities and amenities you can provide. Figure out what is adding to the cost and not adding to the enrolments and make sure they are used to optimum. Some of them include:

• Technology enabled classrooms
• Language Labs
• Science Labs
• Maths Labs
• Music Room
• Dance Hall
• Art & Craft studio
• Indoor / Outdoor sports facilities
• Transport
• Multipurpose Halls