Education’s goal is to develop love of learning that stays with students
throughout a lifetime. Education is a lifetime experience, not limited
to the childhood or youth years. We encourage students to research
specific knowledge, apply intuitive knowledge and process all the
elements, searching for a workable solution. Finding alternative ways to
do common tasks is the objective. The secret is vision, research and
processing, not simply recall of pre- stored and memorized knowledge.
While
the school is committed to building such an environment, it believes
that the learning is not complete without the parental commitment to the
same ideals. We work hand–in-glove with the parent community to ensure
that students inculcate correct value systems in them.
We believe
that a true teacher is one who can connect to the students across
various age- groups and reach out to understand them and their innate
potentials. Teaching can thus have an impact on the mind and lives of
the children. The School has on its rolls a team of dedicated teachers
who are specially trained in the latest teaching methods and educational
psychology and can serve as behavioural role models. The teachers are
appointed through exhaustive selection procedure and thereafter trained
by the experienced faculty here so that the children are exposed to the
best professional teaching tools.
Education has continued to evolve,
diversify and extend its reach since the dawn of human history when a
new direction has to be given to an age old process. That moment has
finally arrived….
Those who dream at night,
Forget their dreams in the morning light,
But those who dare to dream during the day,
Act, achieve and pave their way forward,
For they dream with eyes wide open……..
Our
students shall dare to dream with eyes wide open. We empower children
to discover their true potential and succeed as individuals. Learning
here is an interactive process in which children are allowed to explore
and learn with a passion. The curriculum being developed and implemented
currently is a product of discussions amongst educators of the School
based on extensive research and experience. It attempts to provide an
environment which allots space to express opinions, analyse and
constantly push towards fulfillment of one’s full potential. Children
are naturally curious and this curiosity is utilized maximum to their
benefit. Learning moments are seized, to fuel the child’s interest. This
should enable them to maximize the opportunities which come their way
enabling them to become confident individuals of the 21st century.
What
can be considered a quality education? Quality education according to
us is that which addresses the unique abilities of each student. It thus
has a positive emotional impact on the child’s mind. Education here
evaluates natural talent and attempts to understand how the student
learns best. This is why home schooled students’ out-perform classroom
students in all walks of life in the long run. With this method,
students develop a love to learn and learning becomes a lifelong
process.
Achievers in life use inspiration and motivation to overcome
barriers. Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and many other super achievers
never finished grade school. They succeeded later in life because they
knew how to research, collect information for a selected project,
process knowledge, ask relevant and pertinent questions and strive hard
to find answers. Knowledge by itself has no value; it is like a
dictionary filled with words. Words by themselves alone, have little
value; it is the process of stringing them together in a sentence that
gives them value. It is undoubtedly how well they are strung together,
that determines their true worth. Our endeavour here at School is that
knowledge in our students should be beautifully intertwined with their
potential and identities as individuals. Each child is unique in his/her
own way. We salute and nurture that uniqueness.
Education is not
just literacy, textbooks are a means not an end, and Education is not
only about clearing the medical/engineering/management entrance
examinations or getting a high paying job. It is about being able to
lead a happy and meaningful life.
In many ways, contemporary
education has trapped us all in a set of unquestionable assumptions,
which has led to frustration and unhappiness. In the worldview that is
now dominant, there are only narrow definitions for terms like
‘success,’ 'development,' 'progress,' 'education, 'science' and
'modern'. Space for diversity is not really thought-oriented, but
limited to craft fairs, cultural shows and food festivals.
As a
group of thinking individuals and educationists, we feel it is important
to challenge these assumptions and definitions. Notions about who is
'civilised', who is 'backward' or what is 'scientific' need to be viewed
afresh. It is only then that we can have a broader vision, a true
perspective, of our society and its knowledge systems. Thus education
should promote understanding the self and its relationship with the
body, family, society, nature, and all of existence. It is about
eliciting this understanding and living our lives accordingly in
harmony.
The Indian education system is a legacy of the colonial
rule, and its overall framework has remained the same even sixty years
after independence. This system impels the students to unthinkingly and
unquestioningly accept the dominant worldview. It makes the youth
dependent on the "other" for information, ideas, knowledge,
understanding and decisions. Such a "system" does not teach or encourage
'how' to think, but tells the student 'what' to think.
Such a
'utilitarian' mode of education sees its role as only making a person
literate and equipping him or her with exam/job-oriented skills. In
contrast, the 'classical' view sees the role of education as the
development of an individual beyond that required by his civic or
vocational role. We subscribe to the classical view and believe that
education should not only help an individual acquire knowledge about
self, society and environment but also help him or her to lead a happy
life.
We educationists have a critical role to play in challenging
dominant mindsets. There are many leaders, thinkers and activists spread
across the length and breadth of the country who are trying to bring
about fundamental changes in the education system. Our endeavour here
has really been about negotiating spaces, so as to aid and progress
constantly in our search for relevant and meaningful education.