Highly effective learning environment – what does that mean? Given two classrooms filled with the same number of students, how can you point to one and say that this classroom has a better learning ambiance than the other and students…
The world is currently divided on the question of how strict should promotion regulations be. Should schools continue to adhere to the policy of letting marks decide a student’s fate of getting promoted to the next class? Or, is the…
The term motivational interaction, often used synonymously with motivational interviewing, was first used in the 1980s in the context of substance abuse treatment. The idea was to involve an authoritarian approach to break the patients’ dependence on substances by breaking…
Soft skills are undoubtedly a key part of education, in addition to academics. The development of soft skills is necessary in order to get the children ready for the rest of their life, including their careers. This is why the…
Technology now runs in the very fabric of our society. Be it professional or personal, we need technical skills both to survive and thrive. But technology is fast-paced. What we have today is sure to improve 5 years down the…
The modern form of day schooling is actually an evolved version of boarding schools. Go a few generations back and you will find an era where parents used to send their children away for schooling quite young and despite the…
A study conducted in the United States revealed that school students spend almost 20,000 hours inside classrooms by the time they are 18 years old and yet, they retain very little of what they learned in that span. Most students…
Rational thinking often used synonymously with critical thinking, is currently listed as a required skill in most esteemed university admission and job listings. Educators around the world unanimously agree that students need to have the skill to think rationally to…
Boarding schools fell out of the popularity table in the Indian education system as day schools enabled children to return to their parents at the end of the day. The parents can keep their children close; the children enjoy the…
The educational ambiance of top boarding schools in Sonipat is very different than that of day schools. In the latter, students leave the academic atmosphere at the end of each day. But the feel continues in boarding schools as students…
