Shemrock School

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February 2, 2012

Vice Chairman & Managing Director: Amol Arora
As the MD of the entire Shemrock Group, Amol Arora has played a seminal role in growth of education. He has been instrumental in developing a range of concepts for furthering the integration of technology with education. In 2006, he played the role of Chairman at the conference of Independent Schools of India. In the same year, the Governor of Delhi honoured him with the award of “Young Entrepreneur of the year, 2006.” He was also felicitated by the “Independent School Federation of India” in 2007 for his contributions to School Education in India. velopment. By creating a digital teaching platform we are able to develop an atmosphere that is suitable for the 21st century learners. Digital teaching tools are the need of the hour because today, we are constantly surrounded and connected with technology. The application of digital concepts in classrooms has made learning more engaging and participating. Keeping in view the dynamic nature of the present environment and the thriving pressure to be the strongest in the market we continuously update our teaching concepts.

World class Infrastructure
At Shemrock, we have developed world class infrastructure so that our students and teachers have the

power of latest technology at their disposal. We have interactive whiteboards in our classrooms to make learning a fun experience. At the school we have in place a highly mechanised computer lab that is conducive for providing quick learning to our students. We have also installed state-of-the-art Labs in our institution to deliver exclusive concepts in Maths, Science & Social Science. We are doing our best to prepare our students for the future.

Vision Statement
Our ultimate vision is to foster human growth. We wish to offer our students the advantage of best education technology.

DSK Supinfocom International Campus

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February 2, 2012

Joint Managing Director: Tanvi Kulkarni
As she belong s to a family with a rich background in business, she has inherited a keen sense for visualising and implementing new business ideas. She became part that run predominantly on technological platforms. We believe in the philosophy that technology must keep updating itself on a regular basis. The software and hardware that we have currently deployed surpass the industry norms. But we are keen on keeping our technologies updated constantly. Every of DSK Supinfocom International Campus as a Marketing Manager, and currently she serves as a Joint Managing Director. As she possesses a strong passion for animal welfare and social service, she has studied Veterinary sciences at Auckland, New Zealand.

Interfacing with technology

The DSK Supinfocom believes in providing our students with access to all the technologies and software which are highly recommended by the Industry. The curriculum is

such that the students are constantly working on technological platforms. Animation, Videogame and Industrial Design are dynamic fields

The technological tools deployed in the institute include:
a. Cintiq Tablets,
b. Rapid Prototyping Machine,
c. Alias StudioTools,
d. 3D Projectors and much more

student in the institute has access to his own personal computing system. The courseware that we use for imparting education has evolved over a period of 24 years of research conducted mainly by our education partners, Supinfocom, France. We offer our students access to a state of art workshop, where they can indulge in clay modelling with Precision Cut Clay tools imported from Germany. The workshop also has thermoforming machine, which can be used to transform plastic sheets into myriad shapes, it has a painting booth, lathe machine and a
wide range of precision pneumatic tools.

Vision For Future
We at DSK Supinfocom are inspired by the idea of being a premier education group in the sphere of industrial design, animation and video game.

St Josephs Boys School Bangalore, Karnataka

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February 2, 2012

Principal: Fr. Celestine Sera, SJ
Born in 1947 in a family of 12 children, Fr. Sera went on to do his BA, B.Ed, B.Ph , B.Th and M.Ed. Ordained as a priest in 1992 , he became the Principal of St. Aloysious in Mangalore where he rendered his services for 10 years. He then moved on to St. Josephs High School, Hassan, where he served as Principal for a period of 8 years. Post this he worked as the administrator of the St. Aloysious PU College for 3 years in Harihar. Currently he is the Principal of St. Josephs Boys High school in Bangalore. The contemporary scenario is such that the digitisation of classrooms is a necessity. Our students consistently face the pressure of performing well and they need the aid of digital tools. In the system of modern education, digital tools have an important role to play. Such tools enable the teachers to improve classroom delivery It has generally been seen that the learning in digitised classrooms is more collaborative and interesting. A digital curriculum is more equipped to engage the attention of the students. The students are able to gain a better understanding of the concepts and they retain it for longer periods of time.

Deployment of digital technologies
In St Josephs Boys School we have partnered with Pearson Education Services for implementation of the Edurite DigiClass solution in more than 50 classrooms. The implementation of DigiClass in our classrooms has resulted in positive educational outputs. Right now the school is not looking for new systems of digitisation, as we are focussed on gaining maximum benefits for our students through an efficient use of our existing digital resources. The educational material used for classroom delivery is lodged in a server from where teachers can access the repository of multimedia content provided by Edurite. The ratio of students and the number of computers in the school stands at 10:1, which is high enough to ensure that our students have access to ample computer time.

Vision For Future
St Josephs Boys School aspires to mould the minds of young men and women so that they can grow up into productive citizens who will be willing to serve the interests of the nation. We wish to fill our young students with the values of competence, commitment, conscience and compassion.

Guru Shree Shantivijai Jain Vidyalaya

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February 2, 2012

Principal: R Varadharajan, M.A. M.Ed.
A post graduate in Economics and Education, R. Varadharajan started his career as a research associate in the Economist Group. He has co-authored several bookson the works and thoughts of J. Krishnamurti. For the last 16 years he has been serving as the principal of CBSE schools. In 2005, he received the best Principal award from Metro Jaycees and Royal Jaycees, in Chennai. In 2006, he received the Dr Radhakrishnan Award from Avantika, New Delhi. R. Varadharajan has the distinction of receivinga special award from Karuna International Chennai for his belief in ahimsa.

Importance of digital technology

In the current scenario, it has become imperative for schools to apply Information and Communication Technology inside the classrooms. ICT supplements the teacher’s presentation and makes it more effective. The systems developed by IE Concepts have helped the school in developing cost-effective educational projects for our students. Ever since the installation of these systems, our teachers have more room to design and update their own curriculum material for final presentation in the classrooms. The technology being used is quite simple, and the devices are very user friendly. All the teachers in the school are comfortable with using the system. There is no recurring expenditure entailed in the hardware. It is a low cost module. Only simple maintenance and the content development are required. A teacher’s sense of creativity is automatically kindled when he or she has access to a technology that makes it so easy to create new content. It kindles the creativity of the teacher if he has the chance to develop content suitable for students in various classes. Currently we are having Multimedia Classrooms with LCD TVs. We also have English Language Labs. In near future, we plan to deploy a range of interactive tools. Every student in the school has access to computers. We also make use of a number of websites on the Internet that are well known repositories of education related multimedia content.

Vision For Future
Our aim is to provide comprehensive education on the lines of “New Education Policy” with special emphasis on helping our students to grow into valuable citizens in service of their country,

BGS National Public School

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February 2, 2012

Principal: S. Ayyappan Nair
A well qualified, experienced and dedicated educator, S.A. Nair is the former principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Malleswaram, Bangalore. In 2002, he received the President’s award. He takes pride in the fact that at BGS National Public School he is assisted by a team of devoted, qualified and highly experienced teachers, and a supportive, friendly and approachable administrative staff. The experiences that he has gathered in the 41 years that he has spent in the field of education, has enabled him to bring about many new innovations.
Digital future of education
Digital tools have now become deeply enmeshed with the concept of education. The teaching community can’t do with- out it. At BGS National Public School, we are having three well equipped technology labs with four projectors and internet facility. In times to come, the school intends to deploy Smart Boards and other teaching and learning systems for promoting a more student and teacher friendly environment.

Fostering all round development
The school believes in fostering all round development of the students. So we also place considerable emphasis on sports, co-curricular activities and in human values. Digital tools help in development of personality, as they make is possible for the students to interact with the teachers and others on a deeper level. The entire focus of education should be on instilling qualities of self-reliance, courage, self-confidence and self-esteem in the students. We are totally focussed on inculcating the true values of Indian culture and tradition in our students. The school has access to adequate numbers of computers and other related infrastructure. Each student has access to an individual computer. Teachers use resources available on World Wide Web extensively for teaching students.

Vision for future
Our aim is to create responsible, disciplined and secular citizens, who are fully aware of their social, moral and cultural obligations and commitments, and are filled with the desire of making unbounded service to the humanity.

Indu IT School

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February 2, 2012

Chairman: S M Umak
An enthusiast for using digital technology for teaching students in class fidencerooms, S M Umak is full of con that the learning outcomes in the Indu IT School will keep improving in years to come.He feels that thestudent communityhas been approaching digital education tools with great deal of enthusiasm.

Moving into a digit al world Digital
teaching tools are doubly effective in the hands of experienced teachers. This is because digital tools make it easy for teachers to develop new kinds of content that is tailor-made to serve the needs of their students. The lectures can be saved and updated to take care of new information that the teachers have access to. Digital tools also offer the advantage of involv ing parents in the online learning process. At Indu IT School, we have deployed Everonn iSchool solution for the purpose of bringing many curriculum based programmes to our classrooms. This solution has been warmly received by our teachers and students. The system of education in the school has become more streamlined and efficient. In times to come, we are planning to implement the Maths Lab and English Lab solutions to improve the understanding of these subjects amongst our students. Core values of education The ratio between the number of students and the number of computers in the institute stands at 10:1. Through Everonn we have also gained access to lot of educational material in the cloud space and in the World Wide Web. The school has not lost sight of the core values of education. We work for instilling values of love, empathy, respect and discipline for others in all our students. That is why we conduct many experimental learning programmes that focus on community service ,

Vision Statement
The school aims to be recognised as a leader in the International education space. Through application of digital learning tools and advanced learning concepts, we are dedicated to moulding our students into able citizens of tomorrow.

Raffles International School Behror, Rajasthan

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February 2, 2012

Principal: Dr Rajeev Kumar Chauhan
Dr Chauhan has 20 years of extensive experience in teaching and administration of educational institutions. He has served in senior positions in many institutions. The wealth of experience that he has garnered is the result of his services in International and Indian Education organisations in Gulf and India. He has been actively involved in all areas of education, including developing curriculum, student career preparation and developing evaluation methods. He is PhD in (Mathematics) from V.B.S Purvanchal University, Janunpur. Currently he serves as the Principal of Raffles International School, Behror.
The digital universe
In the contemporary era our technological responses have become so advanced that we can easily visualise the digital incarnation of the entire universe by the mere click of a button. There is an immense power in the digital technologies that we have with us today. This power must be utilised to further the goals of educating our young population. Digital resources, including digital libraries and classes, have the potential to transforming education by giving rise to innovative curricula, stimulating teaching methodology and other hands-on resources. These resources hold the promise of providing teachers with new ways of engaging students. High-tech methods of teaching can make it easier for students to understand various concepts. The bottom line is that digital technologies are a boon for the education industry.

Digital Tools for Teaching
We use Visual Thesaurus, Language labs, Photo stories, PowerPoint Presentations, YouTube, and much else for teaching. In the coming years we plan to enhance our classrooms with the Digital Science and Mathematics Labs. The relation between the students and the computers is 1:1 in the computer and language lab classes.

Vision Statement
We believe in offering integrated and holistic education to equip our students with relevant skills and knowledge. We seek to provide them with the intellectual resources that will enhance their employ ability.

Scottish High International School Gurgaon, Haryana

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ChairmanKartikaySaini
Commander Kartikay Saini, an alumnus of the Sacred Heart Convent School and the National Defence Academy, Pune, has served the nation in uniform for 15 years. From young age, he has exhibited leadership, dynamism and charisma. He led the main propulsion department of the mighty aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at 21. Currently Kartikay Saini is the Executive Director of Hema Engineering Industries Limited. He is the Chairman of Scottish High International School, Gurgaon. He is also the hea

d of Autism Research Centre of India and the Director of Special Olympics Bharat. Digital Teaching tools facilitate the concept of Engage- ransform- Achieve. The need of today’s learners has changed, and so have things changed around us. If we are to meet our students’ expectations today, we need to incorporate engaging technologies in collaborative, learning based environments with teachers who are willing and able to use technology’s power to assist them in transforming knowledge and skills into products, solutions and new information

Deployment of digital technologies
Scottish High International School proudly boasts of a large LAN/ WLAN network of more than two hundred computers. The entire school building and its sprawling campus are supported by the WIFI network system. The HP Innovation Lab facilitates students from international curriculums to engage in project based learning. There school’s centralised database can accessed by all the students and staff by way of usernames and passwords. The school has hi-speed leased line internet connectivity. We regularly monitor and scrutinise the web content through dedicated firewall and gateway security. The centralised School Management Software installed handles fee management, admissions,
library, student’s database and academic performance. In times to come, the Scottish High intends to deploy Digital Tables for collaborative information exploration. Tabletop displays can augment information exploration in physical spaces.
Vision Statement
The school intends to be a Centre of Excellence in education. In keeping with the rich Indian heritage of India, we will keep stressing on simultaneous development of Spirit, Mind and Body.

The Millennium School Noida, Uttar Pradesh

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Principal: Rita Kaul
Born in 1956, Rita K 1987 asaul started her career in project head of Spastic Society of India. The first school that she helped found was built on the pattern of Shanti Niketan in Jammu and Kashmir under the name “The Saplings”. She has served as the Principal of Heritage School, before becoming the Founder Principal of The Millennium School, Noida. Her endeavours in the educational space have won her umerous prestigious awards. She is the proud recipient of Shiksha Shiromani Puraskar by international study circle. She has also received the Spardhashree award by All India Unique sports and cultural organisation.

Digital teaching environment
We strongly believe that a digital teaching environment is a necessity for fostering better educational practices. The school uses a one-to-one computing environment. Our platform enables highly differentiated system of instruction, and supports collaborative learning and interdisciplinary techniques. We are making use of multimedia presentations, small group projects, and individualised practice and assessment systems. The teacher is fully in control of the student’s activities by making assignments, mentoring individuals, leading discussions, and providing feedback. The Smart Class Digital mediums like “Smart Class” are proving to be a great learning tool for our students. The digital systems help us in developing deep foundation of factual knowledge and procedural skills. We are also able to develop conceptual frameworks. The chalk and talk method of teaching, has now been completely replaced by Mimio tool and interactive board in all the classrooms. Our digital systems are being supported by Educomp’s R&D division. In future we are planning to upgrade our interactive whiteboards with touchscreen enabled boards. There is a whole range of highly researched and children centric system that we will incorporate in times to come.
Vision Statement
We aim to nurture the inherent potential of every child through the innovative Millennium Learning System. We are committed to creating lifelong learners who will be the leaders of tomorrow.

NIOS: An Institution with a Difference

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NIOS strives to promote education in all sections of society in order to bring about an integrated development of the people
Dr S S Jena, Chairman, NIOS

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) prides itself for
being in a position to fulfil the basic education related needs of every student.Headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the NIOS operates through a network of 15 regional centres, two sub-regional centres and over 3,700 study centres across India, Nepal and the Middle East. NIOS employs 251 fulltime staff. The importance of the institution lies in the fact that it serves the educational needs of school drop-outs and marginalised groups, including Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCs and STs), rural youth, urban poor, girls, ex-servicemen and people with disabilities. Under the Open Learning System, NIOS is the only national level Board. The secondary and senior secondary programmes offered here are equivalent to the grade I 0 and 12 programmes of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and have the same status for admission to higher studies and employment. In fact, many students from NIOS go on to study at conventional schools and colleges including the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). In one specific instance a student, after having passed out of NIOS, completed a degree course in aeronautical engineering and is now pursuing higher studies in a prestigious university abroad.

Expanding the reach of education
Along with offering secondary level courses in three mediums of English, Hindi and Urdu, the NIOS also offers such courses in five regional languages namely Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Malayalam and Oriya. Senior secondary level programmes are offered in English, Hindi and Urdu medium. A number of vocational courses are also on offer to meet the demands of the job market and the interest of the learners. About 85 courses are on offer in the areas of Agriculture, Engineering and Technology, Health and Paramedical, Home Science and Hospitality Management, Computer and Information Technology, Business and Commerce and Teacher Training. The students taking the vocational programmes go on to provide the skilled manpower, a critical element in driving India’s economic growth

In 2010-2011, the NIOS had 4,70,834 enrolees and a cumulative student enrolment of 2.2 million in the 27 secondary subjects, 21 senior secondary subjects and over 80 certificate and diploma vocational programmes which implies an annual growth of about 14 percent to its total enrolment. Of the total learners enrolled, about 30 percent in the academic stream (Secondary & Sr. Secondary) and 55 percent in vocational education are girls, which is a substantial one. The majority of students are aged between 15-25 years.

Forging new partnerships in ODL To
reach out to its learners, the NIOS uses study centres that provide administrative and academic support. Those supporting the secondary and senior secondary students are called Accredited Institutions (AIs) and those supporting the vocational students are known as Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs). NIOS develops its own course materials, which are more appropriate for selfstudy. Printed Self Instructional study materials are supported by Audio-Video programmes. A half-yearly magazine ‘Open Learning’ is also provided to the learners. Approximately 3.93 lakh copies of combined study materials were despatched to the learners during the year 2010-11. At NIOS we have a Learner Support Centre (LSC) to address the problems of online learners that relate to admissions, courseware, examinations, results etc. Functioning on the pattern of a Call Centre, the Learner Support Executives respond to the queries of learners. The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) of the NIOS in collaboration with MHRD and UNFPA has adopted a new approach with a focus on integrating subject knowledge with life skills. The NIOS is also in the process of developing a diploma course in Elementary Education for in-service training of elementary teachers.

Assessing the learners
For admissions and examinations the NIOS has a system of online registration, under the NIOS Online (Ni-On) Programme. Learners with different needs are served through four streams of online admission. The NIOS conducts examinations twice a year in April-May and October- November for the benefit
of the learners who can avail as many as nine chances to appear in the examinations. To introduce greater flexibility in the system, the NIOS has also introduced the On Demand Examination System (ODES) at the Secondary and Senior Secondary levels. These exams are conducted at the NIOS headquarters in Noida as well as its regional centres. The results are made available within 45 days on the NIOS website: www.nios.ac.in.

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