History has shown us that pandemics have the potential to bring about fundamental changes in many critical areas of our life. Some of the most visible changes seen over the last year have been in the education space. The COVID-19 crisis has forced education systems across the globe to find alternatives to face-to-face instruction. In all this, online learning has received unprecedented push. A digital learning platform like Fliplearn has emerged as a panacea for schools in India, allowing them to go online almost overnight.
A study in 2016 on the future of online education in India predicted that it was set to grow to more than twice its size by 2021. However, what no one could have envisaged was that a pandemic would bring about an even more dramatic rise in virtual learning, not only in India but worldwide. It’s fitting to say that the education environment has changed forever.
Established in 2018 by the Delhi World Foundation, the CBSE-affiliated Delhi World Public School (DWPS), Ajmer has established an excellent statewide reputation within a short span of time through the provision of holistic 21st century education rooted in Indian values and culture to its 900 students.
Promoted in 2000, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated SelaQui International School (SIS), Dehradun offers holistic 21st century learning steeped in Indian traditions and values. Routinely ranked among the Top 10 co-ed boarding schools in the country in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings, SIS has been at the forefront of pedagogical innovations with special emphasis on developing 21st century skills and global competencies and technology integration in the teaching-learning process.
The progress and success quo of a country depends on the ASK- Attitude, Knowledge and Skill of its human resource. Trans- times, trans- cultures, trans- civilizations and trans- nations, a country is what its citizens are. With human capital being the biggest asset, the role of education is to optimise its potential and channelise its output for the larger good of humanity.
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed a formidable challenge for schools countrywide. It has disrupted school education in the most abrupt manner. However, this has also been a time when some schools made an almost miraculously seamless digital transition by leveraging smart and intuitive e-learning platforms like Fliplearn Edge. Scholars Rosary School, Rohtak is one such example of a digital transformation success story. Principal Preeti Gugnani shares her experience.
With over 24 diverse committees, Diplomathon Global World Edition, the most diverse international platform by Diplomathon Global yet on global perspective and communication amongst middle school & high school students (Grades 6 to 12) concluded on 6th September held online. Participants from across 9 different countries attended the session and were part of different committees like the World Economic Forum, World Health Organization, NASA, BRICS etc. The conference was held on 3rd, 5th & 6th September virtually and had agendas that revolved around global issues with over 240 schools participating globally. Students discussed & debated upon various topics like calling out to governments to intensify actions on land to meet climate change targets, Tracking progress of the COVID - 19 vaccine & Plan of action for Distribution of Vaccination, The Chinese debt and its effect on SAARC’s functioning, Measures to recover debt given to countries while considering their economic status and progress made from previous drawings and many more. Students formed resolutions & blocs to experience and understand how countries function on an international platform
Billabong High International School, Noida envisions to create an educational system of learning that brings out excellence in every child. We are here to support and nurture learners with abundant opportunities to develop their creativity, learning curve, reasoning skills, and scientific temperaments. We are committed to sensitizing our young learners to the needs of the community besides inculcating values like integrity, fortitude, dedication and respecting diversity so that they become compassionate and confident human beings.
Promoted by the Education Today Foundation (ETF, estb. 2006) Little Aryans Pre-K is a network of six top-ranked preschools spread across Kalyan, Dombivali and Ambernath towns in suburban Mumbai. Founded by Bharat Malik, a nationally renowned edupreneur, ETF also runs two K-12 CBSE (Delhi) affiliated Arya Gurukul Schools in Kalyan and Ambernath, the K-10 Maharashtra state board affiliated St. Mary's High School, Kalyan (estb. 1989) and AryaGlobal Research and Training Institute for early childhood educators under the AryaGlobal banner. Four centres of Little Aryans Pre-K are ranked among Thane's Top 10 proprietary preschools in the latest EducationWorld India Preschool Rankings 2019-20 while the group's flagship St. Mary’s High School, Kalyan is routinely ranked among the Top 3 Budget Private Schools (BPS) of India in the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings.
With more and more schools adopting virtual learning pedagogies since imposition of the Covid-19 induced lockdown in mid-March, here is an interview with Ms. Divya Lal, Managing Director of Fliplearn Education Pvt. Ltd, a company which offers K-12 schools a virtual learning platform to enable delivery of an unhindered learn from home school experience, while also enabling teachers and students to perform better. A visionary leader and TedX speaker who acquired over two decades of valuable work experience in blue-chip edtech companies, Divya is committed to developing 21st century future-ready education solutions for schools affiliated with national, state and international boards across India.
Born during the Covid19 incubation period, ‘Cricket-Math™’ is fast becoming a household name globally as families embrace the virtual learning world and going forward, a blended reality. Next 18 to 36 months, will see a mix of online learning and physical engagements in classrooms but the precise number of days in the physical world will be dependent on law makers and government officials and yes, you as parents! Well, that’s a debate for another time.
Born out of the Covid19 incubation period, ‘Cricket-Math™’ is fast becoming a global household name as families embrace the world of virtual learning. As it names suggests, it is a refresing perspective for most school owners and school leaders who want to introduce learning outcomes in a way that is futuristic and brings in relevance to real life so that children become lifelong learners, problem solvers and creators!
When you think of a lecture hall, you usually think of a room that is used for instruction typically at a college or university. You may even think there is not much to lecture hall design; just a large room with a bunch of tables and chairs and either an instructor or an audio-visual presentation being the focal point of the room. In fact, the opposite is true. Designing the right lecture hall takes time and strategic planning. Lecture hall design is dependent on many key variables that you should consider.
In the last eight weeks, the number of deaths in India due to COVID-19 has so far been well below the forecasts and predictions of Western experts. While the death toll continues to soar in the USA and Europe, India has achieved a remarkable feat by containing the spread of Covid-19 with imposition of a timely emergency nationwide lockdown.
Overview: Vijaybhoomi University is India’s first Liberal Professional University, which uses the liberal-professional framework of education to build a unique curriculum aligned to Industry 4.0. The curriculum facilitates the process of self-discovery in the initial year and thereafter choice of majors and minors to prepare oneself in high-demand careers in data science, artificial intelligence, business, law, and design. The university is in Karjat, Greater Mumbai, and nurtures holistic, socially responsible, and continuously employable professionals who can make a positive difference in the world.
This is a crucial moment of the corona pandemic in India and around the world, and IIHMR University has an imperative to both serve and lead. IIHMR University is closely monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and our top priority remains the health, safety, and well-being of our community, on and off-campus. We are taking decisive, informed action to limit the spread of COVID-19 while ensuring the continuity of our teaching and research mission. We have begun transitioning to virtual instruction for students. The goal of these changes is to minimize the need to gather in large groups and spend prolonged time in proximity to each other in spaces such as classrooms, dining halls, and residential buildings. Together we will propel the University’s collective work to confront, understand, and solve all the major public health challenges we all face.
Crisis is a state wherein everyone gets the chance to extract opportunity to make the best use of time. It is in these moments that we get chance to test our own abilities. We become potentially strong to grab the opportunity presented to us through the Almighty. One should always be strong enough to change with changing times.
Rapid technological change and new global challenges are pushing the boundaries of the traditional domains of social science analysis. In the new BA Honours program in Political Science at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU), we take a holistic, interdisciplinary, and skills-focused approach to the study of politics to equip our students to deal with these challenges as analysts, practitioners, and leaders.
Rakesh Gupta is Managing Partner of LoEstro Advisors which advises clients on strategy, fund-raising and M&A. An alumnus of IIT KGP and ISB, Hyderabad, Rakesh Gupta was former head of finance and strategy, People Combine Educational Initiatives and management consultant with McKinsey & Co.
In an interview with EducationWorld, Jeroninio Almeida, management & OD consultant, inspirational orator-author storyteller, internationally-certified leadership-life coach and UN advisor had this to say about the path-breaking REX Karmaveer Education Change Champions (ECC) Fellowship & Awards.
India is witnessing a paradigm shift in education. Large parts of the education industry - especially schools in Tier II and III cities and towns, which have so far been isolated from the rapid advances in technology that our country has seen, are seeing dramatic changes. Students and teachers are not only recipients of transformative learning; they are spearheading the change in schools - freeing the classroom from old textbooks, lectures, and rote. New technology in tandem with a world-class curriculum is reinventing school education in a way that makes learning transparent and collaborative, in sync with the rapidly evolving needs of a young and tech-savvy generation.
The four-decade-old Blue Bells Group of schools has made its place at the forefront of K-12 education on the foundation of contemporary, child-centred education. It is launching two new schools in Gurugram with world-class pedagogy that combines the best of Western science with Indian philosophy.
Promoted by Dr. Lilly George, Founder and Chairperson, Shalom Hills Group of Schools situated in Gurugram has four schools, namely Shalom Hills International School (K-XII) ranked #7 in Gurugram; Shalom Presidency School (K-XII), in the latest EW Indian School Rankings 2018-19, the school comes in top 15 schools in the co-ed day schools category I all over Haryana; and two Shalom Hills Schools (Nursery) in Sushant Lok and Nirvana of Gurugram.
Early 2014, Tier One Metro – There was buzz in the city that one of the well-known schools was about to close. The school had been run and managed by a reputed educationist; it had more than a thousand kids in attendance and showed a promising growth rate. To many, this news of closure was baffling; how could it be possible?
Kamlesh Patel is the fourth spiritual guide in the Sahaj Marg system of Raja Yoga meditation. Known to many as Daaji, he is the Heartfulness Guide who is bringing the essence of yogic spiritual practices to the modern world in a scientific way, in order to help people regulate their minds, manage their emotions, and elevate their consciousness to the highest possible approach.
BenQ India Pvt. Ltd. (estb2001) is a national subsidiary of BenQ Corporation, a lifestyle technology and solutions company providing an array of people-driven products spanning digital projectors, monitors, large-format interactive displays, audio among other lifestyle products. BenQ India already holds 26 percent of the market share in India’s growing technology and solutions market, however, it is in the country’s education technology industry that the company has been creating waves having garnered 67 percent of the privately run K-12 schools market. With the Indian industry estimated to grow in double digits over the next five years Jeffrey Liang, president, APAC region and Rajeev Singh, managing director, BenQ India share details about the company’s current position and its future plans for the Indian education sector with EducationWorld magazine’s Dipta Joshi.
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