By Menaka Raman, Online Content and Social Media Lead, Adhyayan Asia Last month, newspapers were rife with reports about the alleged suicide of three young students from Virar, following a severe beating from their teacher. The 14-year-old students of Class IX, went missing from their school in Virar, on the outskirts of Mumbai, on Monday […]
-Menaka Raman Social Media and Content lead, Adhyayan The world’s collective jaw dropped when Facebook acquired WhatsApp in early 2014 for a staggering US$19 billion, making it the company’s largest acquisition. 450 million people use WhatsApp across almost every mobile platform and close to 1 million new users sign up to the app every day. […]
Parshva Adani, Don Bosco High School Matunga We interacted with Adhyayan and StageLeft with the CSSD students from London in 2013 and 2014 and it was a wonderful experience. The interaction in 2013 was fun, enjoyable and a great learning experience. It couldn’t have got any better. But in 2014 the workshop leaders stepped it […]
By Poonam Choksi, Operations Manager, Adhyayan While sipping a cup of my evening tea with a colleague, he asked me the number of training sessions I had completed so far for the Adhyayan Quality Standard Programme. I started my counts which seemed to be on my fingertips, but found very difficult to track and realised that […]
By Swati Gupta, Researcher, Adhyayan Very few schools actually walk the ‘extra mile’ by going to the child’s home to understand her/his familial context. CMS Schools in Lucknow are one of those few who have been practicing the concept of ‘home visits’ and ‘guardian teacher’ for decades. The practice is viewed as an integral part […]
By Swati Gupta Researcher, Adhyayan On MY FIRST DAY AT ADHYAYAN I heard the now familiar words “This is a journey from supposition to evidence based judgement. Your first job is to collect evidence.” And the next day I was out on my first school visit. Did I subdue supposition to its proper place in […]
During the AQS review taken up by Don Bosco Nasik, one of the suggestions made by Spokey Wheeler (lead assessor, School External Review and Evaluation) was to award badges to students for encouraging participation as well as excellence in various activities organized by the school. The school had identified one its strengths as enthusiasm among […]
BySwati Gupta Researcher, Adhyayan What constitutes ‘QUALITY EDUCATION’? – Opinion poll by Adhyayan Adhyayan was really excited to be a part of the InspirED January Conference in Mumbai and the opportunity to interact with practitioners and thinkers in the field of education throughout its vibrant two day programme. InspireED, Mumbai was buzzing with the exchange […]
By Amisha Modi Project Consultant, Adhyayan According to international school inspection systems, group work provides opportunities for students to interact with others, learning from different perspectives and can contribute to overall success at school. Visiting a school that had reviewed themselves against The Adhyayan Quality Standard, it was a joy to see that 6 months […]
By Poonam Choksi, Communications Manager, Adhyayan It was a normal Monday morning waiting at the corner of St. Paul road for a rickshaw to Bandra station. Just then, I saw a very different looking rickshaw approaching me. The moment the autoricksaw halted, I saw a smiling face looking out from the inside of a beautifully […]