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Halfway Around the World

Flying into Mumbai, the city’s high-rises glinted a greeting in the afternoon sun. I soon discovered that flying the sky was a lot easier than navigating Mumbai’s roads. As the horns honked, I walked through Bandra and got my first lesson in how to cross four lanes of continuously moving traffic without blinking. An experience that sharply accelerated my learning curve! I soon realised that I had to simultaneously look left, right as well as behind my back. In Mumbai, traffic flows from everywhere. As I watched my hosts complete the task without so much as a blink of an eye, I knew what mastery looked like. But I was on the journey to proficiency. The next day I became Lois the tourist: walking Bandra, the promenade and the fishing village, to the ruined Portuguese fort walls at Land’s End. I took in the city’s contrasting worlds of old and new – a theme that would continue to unfold throughout the journey. And then it was time to work!

Looking Into the Mirror with Love

Founder & International Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services

Five days ago, all we knew of Suchitra Academy was what its website told us. Today, our team of assessors understands the school better than ever—perhaps even better than those within the school community itself." This is the magic of a school review with Adhyayan. The journey begins with curiosity and ends in transformation, not only for the school but also for the people who are part of the process.

The Abode of Clouds:

Founder & International Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services

I found ‘The Abode of Clouds’ in a 7-year-old diary. Re-reading old diaries often opens a window into the present as well as the past. Instead of being discovered in a dusty attic under a pile of magazines, my memories are recorded, accidentally archived, sometimes lodged in random electronic files and folders, and even downloaded from now discarded or defunct computers. Once opened, though, they speak to me as potently as the school I worked with yesterday!

Empowering Tomorrow: An Exploration of Student Voice

Founder & International Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services

Did you know that only 34% of 18-year-olds in India are still enrolled in school or other educational institutions? For the upcoming generation, regardless of whether they are born in Cambridge or Kolkata, the world will be more complex than it is today. They will navigate a technologically advanced environment where even Chat GPT could be replaced by newer innovations. By 2040, students will need to make independent decisions for themselves, their families, and society, without relying on their parents for guidance. Are we preparing our students to become responsible citizens with their own unique voices?

The Road Less Travelled

Founder & International Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services

How far down the road are you as a school community in creating a systemic culture of engaging student voice?

VOICES OFF !

Founder & International Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services

We talk a lot today about student voice, about engagement and ownership but too often those are waiting room conversations marked by abstractions of aspirations, intentions and imperatives. So, this month I want to explore student voice, what it sounds and looks like and how it is impacted by the behaviours of their teachers and leaders and the culture and the systems that enrich or diminish them.