Anit Arora, Principal
Cambridge International
School, Dasuya

Today’s parents are better educated, more aware of current trends in education and more familiar with technology

Pedagogy – Teachers are expected to frame their lessons incorporating key learning and personality development areas, that is, personal, emotional and social development; linguistic development and early literacy; health, nutrition and safety; mathematical and scientific thinking; physical, creative and aesthetic development; and knowledge and understanding of the society.
Infrastructure – We have air conditioned classrooms, sprawling playgrounds, temperature controlled swimming pool and splash pools, creative and performing arts centres, library, multi-purpose hall, as well as science, maths, computer and language laboratories. We have also introduced interactive boards for the primary classes.
Teachers’ Training – Teachers undergo continuous training for improving class management and learning techniques like life skills and etiquettes, subject related learning pedagogy and sharing best practices.
Technology – Educators have been trained to develop the respective content themselves, in keeping with the syllabus mapping. Enterprise Resource Planning is being used to manage the whole school, including the learning and assessment processes.
Sports – Specialized coaches train students for competitions in field events, athletics, swimming pool events, indoor games, and so on.

We believe that teacher training is as important as oxygen is to life

Pedagogy: We believe in ‘phased holistic development’ therefore there are different development strategies for different levels. At primary level, we focus on personality development and developing the EQ of a student with activity based learning. At Middle School level, we harmonize the EQ with IQ and expose the child to his core competence. At Secondary level, we have ‘learning for life’ in which the student becomes a ‘self-learner’ as love for learning has been successfully instilled in him.

Infrastructure: A Wi-Fi enabled campus, e-learning, our school is the only school in Rajasthan to have organized a 3di School Animation Programme for students of classes 1 to 8, by 3di School, Hyderabad and 3di School, New Zealand.

Teachers’ Training: Teachers are regularly made to attend workshops and seminars organized by prestigious schools and other organizations.

Technology: ICT is further enhancing lateral thinking, encouraging mind mapping and above all is making the children socially compatible.

Sports: Discipline and ‘Being Human’ can be best taught at the playground.

We should promote the lifelong universal values of discipline, compassion, co-existence, love and respect that humanize and soften the pressures of life.

Pedagogy – We have introduced the CBSE-I curriculum. We have Smart classes for the enhancement of learning. We are also in the process of developing in-house software for result processing and e-polling for the student council elections.

Infrastructure – The school has a rich legacy of well established and progressive systems and we, as a team, are committed to taking them forward.

Teachers’ Training – We encourage teachers to use the audio-Visual aids and be ICT savvy.

Technology – The biometric system of marking attendance, SMS as a medium of communication with parents and staff, online results, e-newsletters and news boards. The entire school campus is Wi- Fi enabled for quick and easy approach to the internet. In order to create a close link between all our twelve schools a common website has been made functional. E-democracy as a concept is taught through e-voting system. We have the in-house designing of publications, journals and periodicals. The special needs children too have benefitted from the use of tools and techniques facilitated with technology.

I am proud of the fact that I harnessed the power of decision making, learning and leadership skills to meet the challenges head on and turned them into opportunities.

Pedagogy – Technology driven state of the art teaching aids like linguaphones, smart board assistance, online home work and practice papers, computerized result generation are some ways to equip ourselves for future demands. Extensive workshops and training programmes for students and faculty are conducted to upgrade and enhance the process of learning and teaching.

Infrastructure – I strongly feel that the goal of infrastructure development in education is important to increase school attendance motivation and to improve academic performance of students. It is assumed that favorable attitude towards school infrastructure quality facilitates the above two.

Teachers’ Training – Teachers’ Training Programs assist in fulfilling the goal to acquire indepth knowledge and skills for a particular role in the school to yield stupendous results. It is pertinent for continuous professional development and up gradation.

Technology – ICT used in educational institution has ensured improvement in the access, quality and delivery mechanisms of education, improve the quality of teaching and learning (e.g. by providing online content or even training teachers) and improve knowledge sharing and to encourage innovation (e.g. through National Research and Education Networks).

Sports – Amity leaves no stone unturned in providing sports opportunities to our students. In this endeavor, under the Player Development Program, we have partnered with Manchester United Soccer Schools to train our students in football.

Parents want their children to be more dynamic, skill oriented, and strong in communication

Pedagogy – Our school has a strong pedagogical philosophy based on Piaget’s developmental milestones, which has made it possible for our facilitators and students to learn in collaboration, think and solve problem critically, adapt to various environmental challenges, take initiative and have spontaneous access to the information available globally.

Infrastructure – There are activity rooms for the students at a younger level- cognitive room, fine motor room, gross motor room, personal awareness room, language room, socio-emotional room.

Teachers’ Training – We keep the teachers updated by conducting workshops on multiple intelligence (MI), quality circle time (QCT), blooms taxonomy, total quality management, making learning visible, various learning disabilities, inclusive education, project based learning and team building.

Technology – We have smart classes, (CMPC) class mate personal computers enable the students to connect to the world and to their peer group globally. Differentlyabled children, including spastic and autistic children gained immensely from ICT initiatives in our school.

Sports – We offer swimming, taekwondo, skating, basket ball, table Tennis, Badminton etc., besides that PEC programme has right from the initial stages helped our students tremendously.

Jorawar Singh, Principal
Cambridge International School,
Phagwara

Integrated learning is the key to make learning interesting for the learners

Pedagogy – Children are encouraged to participate in discussions at the end of the chapter and frame their own questions and the logical answers attained out of these discussions. More emphasis is given on reasoning and logical thinking.
Infrastructure – We have a good sport infrastructure and an eco friendly all weather indoor swimming pool and ultra modern Science and Computer labs for our students.
Teachers’ Training – Teacher training workshops at the school level is being done regularly by me. Difficulties faced by the teachers are discussed along with the latest changes brought about at the national / international level in the field of education. The areas needing immediate attention are dealt with immediately.
Technology – We have audio visual rooms for teachers to teach students using various kinds of 2D and 3D visuals. Students are also making good use of Computer Aided Learning software for various subjects, where a teacher is just the facilitator.
Sports – We have permanent as well as part time coaches for each sport to train students for inter-school, inter-CBSE tournaments.

ICT has been instrumental to take learning to an all new level of joy and has brought about a paradigm shift in the ways of teaching

Pedagogy – We conduct visual, audio or kinesthetic test at the time of admissions to understand what kind of a learner the child is. This helps us in personalising the instruction as we believe that every child is unique. Shift from rote learning to conceptual understan

Infrastructure – Our campus has Wi-Fi connectivity, laboratories, knowledge centre, library, toddler’s pool, indoor and outdoor games facilities, activity rooms, theatre room, storytelling cum library for pre-school children, art room, fire safety system, infirmary and well ventilated classrooms.

Teachers’ Training – We organise teacher’s training programme on millennium learning system, institutional culture, training on strategies and Empowering Facilitators with Effective Strategies, lesson planning, assessment and evaluation, classroom teaching system, communication skill and value system, Edusmart services and DTS handling and developing institutional ethos and culture.

Technology – With use of ICT, learning has become multisensory and experiential, child friendly classrooms have completely transformed the style of teaching. Homework has been replaced by worksheets and this has made education stress free.

Sports – We provide sports facilities like badminton, table tennis, football, cricket, athletics, skating, taekwondo, carom, chess and adventure sports. Yoga and aerobics are also practiced by students.

Manju Sharma, Principal
DPS Bangalore, South

Pedagogy – We have Inter- DPS Bangalore workshops held regularly for teachers to discuss their teaching methodologies and implement the most effective teaching practices. We also have regular in house workshops wherein teachers share what they learnt and experienced in the workshops organized by various educational agencies
Infrastructure – The Smart class, Math labs for the primary and senior school, three swimming pools, CCTV network for the entire school. Teachers’
Training – The DPS society organizes workshops on a periodically for which teachers are sent to Delhi on a rotational basis.
Technology – The Smart class is an integral part of our curriculum. We were in fact one of the first schools in Bangalore to have introduced the Smart class in our system of education.
Sports – We have won many accolades in the fields of cricket, badminton, basket ball, table tennis, athletics, swimming and skating. Our children are among the top ranks in the above mentioned sporting arenas.

ICT provides a renewed vigour and satisfies the curiosity of a child’s mind

We believe in liberating the minds of students

Pedagogy – We have taken initiatives to take learning beyond the confines of four walls of a classroom. Our Robotics Club allows students to explore the world of these engineering marvels. CAD and industrial art help students develop fundamental concepts of engineering and architecture. We also have computer based testing and on-demand test schemes for our students.

Infrastructure – The campus has been thoughtfully designed to create a dynamic environment which triggers learning and facilitates the teaching process. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled. Complete school premise is under e-surveillance.

Teachers’ Training – We periodically organise inservice training programmes for teachers. They participate in various workshops organised in school and outside by CBSE and others. All our teachers have also done the professional development online courses offered by British Council.

Every child is an individual and has a set of potential capabilities to execute in one or the other field. They should be nurtured to make students global citizens.

Pedagogy: Our school embraces many innovative practices like personalisation, small learning communities, use of blogs, social networking sites, student advisories, interdisciplinary curricula, cooperative learning, peer instruction and tutoring along with community service learning, global connections and portfolio based assessment.

Infrastructure: We have about 77 rooms with state of art labs, a centre of performing arts, a conference room, library and high quality sports infrastructure.

Teachers’ Training: We put in a lot of effort for planning FDPs and CPDs each year for the faculty. Orientation programmes are organised in areas related to classroom management, use of ICT, latest pedagogy, blooms taxonomy rubrics and others. The educators are also sent for training sessions held by CBSE, Jodo Gyan, British Council, CMS Lucknow and others.

Technology: ICT is used as an assisting tool for making assignments, collecting data and documentation, communication and conducting research. It is used as a medium for teaching and learning and for organising and management of the school.

Sports: Students are exposed to varied sports clubs. They are encouraged to participate in state and district level sports competition. The PEC cards issued by CBSE are extensively being used for primary classes. A sports complex is also being setup to promote sports. We have produced national level players in taekwondo, chess and badminton.