Cover Story - Lighting Indian Education!

“‘The Corporate Job Bands’ have helped the ABG Schools hire a good teaching talent from the pool available in the country, with no compromise on quality.”

“The only way to convert a liability of having a population of over a billion is to educate them which in turn will empower them to dream of building a new India as it moves forward towards a future that can be exciting as we cannot imagine.”

Feature - The power of the mind and beyond….!

“Art can prove to be a catalyst to their understanding as they attempt to explore their world and reconstruct their experience through painting, dance or drama.”

Lifelong learning in the arts is a journey that begins in infancy. From early childhood we use our creativity to construct and reconstruct an endless variety of images. From the earliest age we begin to react to the world in signs: mother’s smile is a sign that everything is well, and the baby soon realizes the effect of mimicry. Feisal Alkazi writes on the importance of drama in every child’s life…..

A Japanese proverb reads, “One day with a great teacher is far better than a thousand days of diligent study.” Accordingly, if we glance at the innumerable pages of history, we will find variegated examples of teacher- student relationship. The archetypal instance from the classical times is that of Socrates and Plato. In the form of extensive discussions and debates, knowledge was imparted amongst the circle of intellectuals. In the honour of his mentor, Plato preserved the teachings of Socrates in his dialectical works known world and centuries over. In the Indian subcontinent, the guru- shishya tradition is considered as old as the classical era. So strict was the nature of their relationship that once Karna silently bore the pain of a wasp stinging his thigh so as to not disturb his guru Parashurama.

Like A Byte - Branding and Schools

“Schools need to address their core concerns, their fears, their hopes and aspirations, in order to be relevant. Are they worried about their kids being left behind in the race to make it in life? Do they want their kid to be a topper at everything they do? Are they searching for the fast-track to success?”