by Kavita Anand Executive Director, Adhyayan Vibrant schools provide quality education to enable their students to deal with a complex, dynamic world. They are led and managed by people that respond to the challenge of rapid change by staying abreast of developments. These leaders ensure a persistent, continuous spiral of improvement in the quality of […]
By Susan L. Hillman, Professor of Teacher Education, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, U.S.A. and International Associate with Adhyayan Recently, the Adhyayan Quality Standard process was conducted with several schools in Mumbai. As a part of this process, Adhyayan Assessors conducted external reviews of each school to validate the quality of education based on six […]
Tushar Tamhane is a Central Associate with Adhyayan. Read more about him here. Every parent would want their children to be enrolled in a good school. But how does one define a ‘good school’? Even in the 21st century, the parents look for certain aspects like – school timings, principal reputation, board results, connection with […]
Leadership in education and its absence has a higher profile in India’s schools today than it ever has. This is your chance to promote the characteristics, skills, and values which good leaders possess. Start thinking and share your views with us to help us create a profile of “what good leadership looks like”. As a […]
By Spokey Wheeler International Director, Adhyayan When my youngest son was 7, and I was the headteacher of a secondary school in Germany, we all went to the Eiffel Mountains for the weekend. What should have been a great few days turned into a nightmare. Ned was difficult and unhappy all the time we were […]
An interesting presentation by Dr. Indu Shahani and Anish Tripathi on: Are IB Students misfits in India university system To view this presentation, click here!
Last week Michael Gove, the UK’s Secretary of Education, added his voice to that of Shri Kapil Sibal on the need to attract society’s best to teach. So why is it so important for school systems to attract and retain the best teachers? In this blog Spokey Wheeler, Adhyayan’s international director, reflects on how to […]
by Kavita Anand Executive Director, Adhyayan I visited three state schools in England last month. In each of these, I met motivated leaders expertly managing their schools, with a sense of pride in their school’s accomplishments. I saw bright, airy classrooms, beautifully decorated, painted, equipped, clean and furnished. And, great outdoor spaces for games and […]
by Chintan Girish Modi When a colleague of mine introduced me to a little story book called Mr Forgetful, I read it with great delight and amusement. It seemed like the perfect thing to share with children, both for its simplicity and its capacity to induce laughter. On my second reading, I was struck by […]
by Kavita Anand The acquisition of language is a fascinating process. From listening to mother in the cradle, to beginning your babbling in return. From the sense of “I” that develops in relation to the mirror image as different from the ‘(m)other’ and the excitingly painful sense of separate-ness. From the time you realize the […]