In tune with tech-enabled education, we have special smart classrooms where classes are held in an interactive visual mode. based learning material is uploaded on the net, and class notes, worksheets and school notices are e-mailed to students. The school puts a lot of emphasis on vocabulary, handwriting and reading. The security-conscious CCTV cameras keep an alert eye, safeguarding every resident of the campus. We affirm that parents are the chief of their children, and we work with them as a team while preparing for life. Parents are invited to school events such as class assemblies, dance and musical events, sports days, art exhibitions and annual days. The campus has a football field, a cricket pitch, a state-of-the-art skating rink and a basketball court. It also has an atheletic track, spectator stands, indoor badminton court and tables for table tennis. We want children to be aware of the world in which they live and to realise that they have obligations to society as well as rights within it. The schools’ new initiative, a citizen programme, has been set up to engender in children through social service, field work, excursions an awareness of their roles and responsibilities as citizens of the country. Our school is privileged to be one of the pilot schools of the PEC India programme – a short development programme designed to raise awareness and make children understand of the importance of physical education.
doctor or a teacher. Initially, I did not want to pursue a degree in Bachelor of Education. But my father pushed me to do it. I was always supposed to, I guess. So, once I joined the Bachelor programme, I immediately became interested in children. I thought it was one of the most interesting fields possible. And after that, there was no looking back. I have been in field for so long now, and I like it when somebody walks up to me and says that I taught them once. It is a very good feeling.
Do your ex-students talk to you? Tell us any anecdote from your career?
I remember a time when this man walked up to me and said that I had taught him in Class II. It was a great feeling. It is nice to know that I touch my students’ lives, and the fact that they remember. I think my strength as a teacher is that I can motivate my students. They come to me with their problems. I talk to their parents and sort their problems out. I am good at motivating students.
Tell us something about the school.
The school was founded in 1996 by the Gyan Mandir Society in the heart of South Delhi. The school prepares students for CBSE education. The beautiful building, with its ample grounds, is equipped with naturally well-lit and ventilated classrooms. We have state-of-the-art labs for Computers, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Psychology. Specialist teaching rooms are also ready for environment and Social Sciences, Entrepreneurship and Business Studies, Fashion Technology and Engineering Graphics to keep pace with the future, and develop the full potential of every child.
What kind of philosophy does the school follow?
‘Knowledge is power’ is the motto of the school. We believe in imparting education to children to turn them into visionaries. He should be able to question everything and become a global citizen with values intact. We equip our children to meet global challenges, besides retaining themselves within their Indian sanskaras. We build ocean liners with Indian anchors and ethical rudders. In today's fast chanfing world when limitless opportunities are opening up for the young, we are extra watchful of the dangers that confront us, particularly the escalating alienation of adolescence which is emerging to be the single greatest menace.
The Class XII results were declared only recently. How did the school perform?
Our students have been doing very well every year in the board exams.
There is an interesting programme in our school that I find very unique. Every year, children write about themselves on a piece of paper. They write about their dreams, their aspirations, their likes and dislikes, and what they want to do in the future. The class teacher preserves that page of paper. And when the child passes out from the school, the school gives him all the pages he has written about himself. That file, in a way shows the entire school life of the child, what shaped his school years. I find that very special. At the end of Class XII, when the child is moving out of the school, we give him the file with a bunch of articles he had penned during his years at the school.
Any other interesting programmes/projects that the school has?
Every year, the school selects a theme. Various activities of the school are based around that theme. For example, this year the theme is ‘Silk Route’, and all the activities are based on that. We asked students to read Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul, and in the Social Sciences class, teachers tell students everything they should know about the Silk Route. So children get to learn while having fun. It is an attempt to heighten curiosity as well as creativity and draw co-curricular activities into mainstream learning. It is an epoch in history, a country or an individual or an event that has left a profound impact on our lives, changing the way we think. We have, thus, focused on China, the Mughal era, the rise of India and our former European masters. Last year, it was Delhi Meri Jaan, a year-long tryst with our city. This year, we tread the Silk Route. Accordingly, subject-enhancing and age-appropriate assemblies, projects, activities and celebrations are planned around the theme for the whole year, and they run like a spiral through the entire school. We have established international links with schools abroad, which involve teacher and student exchanges. We are regularly visited by teachers and students of reputed schools overseas, with whom we share a variety of international programmes. Similarly we have literary weeks in the school. We have various clubs. We encourage our children to think independently, respect themselves and value excellence. We also have a , and its enlarged library has a resource centre with audio-visual, Internet and photocopying facilities. Apart from the spacious multipurpose auditorium on the ground floor, an 80-seater audio-visual room is set up on the first floor for conferences, lectures, workshops, educational film shows, assemblies, powerpoint presentations and teacher-training programmes. The school has been observing literary week every year to introduce our students to the beautiful world of literature and languages. Through the week, a number of activities are planned for children of all age groups across the board to provide them with a platform to develop their creative imagination. Discussions on great literary works of eminent authors and poets are held. Eminent speakers, authors and poets are invited to familiarise our students to various literary works in different languages. The young mind is inquisitive and fertile and the inaugural issue of Creative Muse reflects the kaleidoscope of the collective dream of next generation. We have a brochure of literary work created by our budding writers.
How you do balance technology in the with a teacher's human touch?
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