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| Innovative Curriculum |
The curriculum has been designed to provide children with opportunities to explore and learn about all facets of life. Teachers are trained to conduct engaging, child-centric activities which help students obtain an authentic understanding of concepts. Multi-media technology like computers and audio-visual aids has complemented textbook-based learning. Students are also engaged in outdoor activities, with more than 50 percent of classroom activities being held outdoors. The classrooms are also designed as child-friendly spaces filled with innovative teaching and learning materials and colourful charts and displays to stimulate a child’s mind and inculcate love for learning.
Teachers are encouraged to teach by
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Participation of children in activities, group work and opportunities to speak in class. |
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Encourage higher order thinking in children |
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Connecting text books to real life |
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Curriculum which encompasses life skill education by focusing on building : |
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Communication skills |
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Group work skills |
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Decision making skills |
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Problem solving skills |
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Values | |
Components such as Bal Sabhas, Khas Batein, story time, Saturday theme activities, facilitates the above in addition to being imbued in daily classroom teaching.
Additions to the curriculum in the last year :
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Integration of computer enabled lessons using multimedia content |
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Use of cassette players to enhance listening skills and energize lessons, for language learning |
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Integration of “Bharti Udayan Care Curriculum on Health, Hygiene & Life Skills”. |
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Saturdays planned as theme and activity days. |
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Themes built around health and hygiene topics |
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A life skills theme allotted for every two months e.g. disease prevention, environmental health. |
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Competitions based on skill of the month e.g. debates, role-plays, skits etc for communication skills. | |
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| Remedial Learning Program |
A baseline study of the children enrolled in our schools indicated that most of them did not meet the desired threshold learning levels. With this information and the background that most of these children are first generation learners and do not have any academic support at home, we introduced the Remedial Learning Program (RLP) in August 2008. It was launched to ensure that all children acquire and display linguistic and mathematical skills appropriate to their age and class.
THE REMEDIAL LEARNING PROGRAM METHODOLOGY
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Program is based on well tested models of lab approach teaching |
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Children are grouped in batches basis their learning levels |
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Teachers are trained in teaching-learning modules |
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Children are taught through computers, group studies, interactive sessions and specialized reading and learning campaigns |
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The program includes involvement of parents through regular Parent-Teacher Meetings and sharing of student's progress |
At the beginning of the Remedial Learning Program all the students were below 40% of their threshold learning levels.
The first phase of the Remedial Learning Program was conducted from September - December 2008. The impact of the program was there for all to see.
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While more than 80% students were categorized in the < 40% level before the program, a mere 5% students remained in the <40% category post the implementation of the program |
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36% students were in the 40%-70% category while 59% students shifted to the > 70% category |
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Students fared the best in Math, across all levels and states |
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Students have gained basic clarity in concepts according to expected targets and are able to apply their understanding to subjects better than before. |
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