Education
A space to know oneself.A space to grow.A space to experiment.
A space to do what YOU are really passionate about. A space to stumble and fall, make mistakes. A space to make friends.
A space to understand diversity, community and democracy.A space to question, and be questioned.
A space to DO SOMETHING, for the environment, for society, for one’s community.
The Purpose:
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Artist, anti-nuclear activist and puppeteer Shyamali Khastgir feels art is a means to understand interconnections, and in this age of machines, an opportunity to create with our hands….
Shyamalidi is busy cutting strips of paper when I enter the house that has been an art space for the past few days; she is preparing for her next workshop with the children. The table is replete…
‘I never let schooling interfere with my education’Mark Twain
No studies, no regular classes, no exams, tests, and no tension about marks for a whole year! This sounded too good to be true. On a trek once, Appa told me that I could take a break after completing my Class 10 examinations instead of immediately going to college. I was then 15 years old –…
Today, more than ever before, education needs to be for the future, not only for the present or the past. Education also needs to focus on real life, rather than only on text books and exams.The Indian Education System, especially the school system is much talked about these days. The CBSE (Central Board for Secondary Education) which has made the board exams optional at the…
Educating children about junk food is all about making the journey of discovery personal to themJunk food is like an elephant, and most strategies are like blind men. In attempting to connect with a child on an issue like this there are many factors to consider; so many that the average adult can be quite confused and unsure. So how then does a school evolve…
Today, it is a tough task to teach children what is nutritious food. First of all, it has to be taught not theoretically (doesn’t work), but experientially, by actually eating healthy food as much as possible. The second difficulty is that as adults, we ourselves need to learn a lot – and changing our own food habits is not easy at the best of times.…