Over centuries, theories of learning and development have shaped educational practice. Currently the most challenging of these is the research that every child is a potential champion if they receive the support and encouragement of parents and teachers. Adhyayan finds and celebrates the practices in schools that enable happy, independent and collaborative learners. Our services and programs are designed to support these schools to share their achievements and expand their influence. Partnering with schools, leaders, and teachers, Adhyayan aims to enhance the quality of leadership and learning, fostering an environment of continuous growth and improvement in the school community.
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1. Collaborative School Reviews

Delivering whole-school, evidence-based reviews using the Adhyayan Quality Standard framework in three modes: face-to-face, assisted, and online, leading to continuous improvement plans.

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2. School Improvement and Training Programs

Providing multi-year school improvement initiatives for extensive networks, comprehensive school reforms and transformations, curriculum development, policy formulation, and leadership capacity building for governors, school leaders, teaching staff, and students.

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3.The Assessor Programme (TAP)
Offering certification programmes to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of internal and external assessors for effective self-review and validation processes.
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4. Bespoke Consultancy Services
Delivering tailored consultancy services for needs assessment and strategic recommendations for education funders, including Porticus, Tata Trusts, Central Square Foundation, Fida International (Finland), and Educate for Life (UK).
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5. The Community of Practice (CoP)
Supporting schools during the COVID-19 pandemic with the transition to online learning, this initiative has evolved into a monthly online forum where educators and the public share best practices and collaboratively address challenges.
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6. Professional Growth Programmes
Providing professional growth programmes for teachers and leaders, fostering competency development through structured frameworks and practice portfolios.

OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

AQS Reviews

Adhyayan’s Collaborative Review empowers school leaders to lead multi-stakeholder school audits, utilising scientific evidence collection to drive school improvement. This process enables schools to create data-driven improvement plans, ensuring every child receives a quality education.

DAY 1

Day 1 involves orientation and training led by Adhyayan’s assessors.

DAY 2 & DAY 3

Days 2 and 3 focus on the review and evaluation, conducted by both the school and Adhyayan teams.

DAY 4

On Day 4, the Adhyayan Quality Dialogue involves the school review team in assessing performance through evidence, fostering shared understanding and guiding next steps.

DAY 5

Day 5 involves initial guidance from Adhyayan in creating the school’s action plan, using a template to help track progress and impact.

DAY 1

Day 1 involves orientation and training led by Adhyayan’s assessors.

DAY 4

On Day 4, the Adhyayan Quality Dialogue involves the school review team in assessing performance through evidence, fostering shared understanding and guiding next steps.

DAY 2 & DAY 3

Days 2 and 3 focus on the review and evaluation, conducted by both the school and Adhyayan teams.

DAY 5

Day 5 involves initial guidance from Adhyayan in creating the school’s action plan, using a template to help track progress and impact.

ASIST

ASIST provides tailored capacity building for teachers, leaders, and students, equipping them with the skills and knowledge needed for school transformation. With flexible delivery modes, ASIST ensures effective, targeted support for sustainable improvement.

The Assessor Programme

TAP offers educators the opportunity to advance their professional growth by becoming accredited Adhyayan Assessors. Through Moodle-based courses, school reviews, and action research, participants gain the skills needed to assess and enhance educational quality.

The Collaborative Learning Studio (TCLS)

The Collaborative Learning Studio serves as a dynamic space for educators and agencies committed to quality education. By working together on research and educational projects, the Studio amplifies collective impact, fostering innovation and excellence in schools nationwide.

AQS Collaborative School Review

Read this short story about how Adhyayan’s AQS Review helped Father Crispino D’Souza make a small yet transformative change to his school that had a lasting impact on the students and school community.

In the vibrant city of Mumbai, Father Crispino D’Souza, the Director of Don Bosco International School, embarked on a transformative journey using Adhyayan’s Collaborative Review process. This comprehensive review, grounded in scientific methods and six Key Performance Areas (KPAs), revealed valuable insights into the school’s performance. Equipped with this data, Father D’Souza made a small yet impactful change: he adjusted the school timetable to include a physical activity period before classes began.

This simple addition had a profound effect. Students became more engaged and enthusiastic, their attitudes towards school improved dramatically, and the community praised the school for its responsiveness to students’ needs and its innovative approach. Through Adhyayan’s detailed and data-driven review, Father D’Souza not only enhanced his school’s environment but also inspired a wave of positive change that resonated throughout the entire community.

Six Key Performance Areas

The AQS framework consists of six Key Performance Areas (KPAs) with 18 Key Questions and 54 Sub-Questions, supported by 162 Judgment Statements specifically designed for Indian schools. Developed through extensive research and assessment practices, it aligns with international standards.

Leadership and Management

Teaching and Learning

The Child

The Curriculum

Community and Partnerships

Infrastructure and
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Adhyayan’s School Improvement Support and Training initiative (ASIST)

At St Joseph’s High School, the ASIST Programme truly came to life through the efforts of Nita, Haenik, and Gomathi. Nita and Haenik led an inspiring Read Aloud programme for the English teachers, rekindling the joy of storytelling. They brought back the childhood wonder of reading aloud, where books became mirrors, windows, and doors into new worlds for students of all ages.

Meanwhile, Gomathi, a skilled educator and Khan Academy trainer, focused on the Maths teachers. She introduced them to the Khan Academy app, guiding them to explore the wonders of mathematics. By November 2023, Pritesh followed up with a session to address the teachers’ queries. The Maths teachers from Years 6 to 9 had fully embraced the app, creating classrooms and assigning work to students, who were now more engaged and showing marked improvement in their performance. Despite some challenges with alignment to the state board syllabus, the teachers felt empowered and enthusiastic about the changes they were witnessing.

This transformation at St Joseph’s was made possible through the ASIST Programme—Adhyayan’s School Improvement Support and Training initiative. ASIST is designed to help schools unlock their full potential, equipping teachers, leaders, and students with the skills and knowledge needed to transform their school environment. The programme offers flexible capacity-building options, including face-to-face, online, and blended formats, tailored to meet the specific needs of each school. Through ASIST, Nita, Haenik, and Gomathi helped bring out the best in both teachers and students at St Joseph’s High School.

The Assessor Programme (TAP)

The Assessor Programme is a Professional Learning Certification for educators who care deeply about the quality of schools. Adhyayan Assessors play an important role in our flagship programme, the AQS Collaborative School Review. We collaborate with school leaders to conduct data-driven, stakeholder-inclusive self-reviews as we believe the first step in a school improvement journey is to identify where you are & prioritise the way forward. We travel to the remotest location and the smallest school as enthusiastically as to the best international schools in the country with the belief that every child is deserving of an exciting and engaging school. With deep respect for schools and their journeys, we aim to be critical friends and enablers in creating a good school for every child.

 

Joining us as an Adhyayan Assessor is a professional development opportunity, equipping you with the knowledge and skills that you can apply in the context of your own school, and supports your skill development as leaders and reflective practitioners. It also enables you to be a part of a community of passionate educators, teachers and school leaders who collaborate, share best practices, and support each other. Lastly, you may get the opportunity to work with us as an assessor in other schools across the country and be a part of their school improvement journeys. 

 

Sheetal Murudkar, Director of Schools at The Akanksha Foundation & a Lead Assessor at Adhyayan, began her journey with us over 10 years ago as a Founder-Leader of a partner school that Adhyayan reviewed. The feedback she received was rigorous and contextualised, which supported her in her school’s transformation journey and encouraged her to join our movement and support other schools too. 

 

Assessors have accompanied and joined Adhyayan through a myriad of ways – some joining us after their own school review, some motivated to be assessors first and then initiating the school review at their own school. One thing remains consistent though – being an assessor is a catalysing experience of transformation – of one’s school and of oneself.

 

If you are passionate about quality education, we invite you to join our Adhyayan Assessor Community and experience the AQS Collaborative School Review with us! Sign up here, and start your journey as an Adhyayan Assessor!  
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The Collaborative Learning Studio

The Collaborative Learning Studio is a vibrant space for educators and organisations dedicated to advancing quality education. Here, we join forces on various projects, conduct research, and share effective teaching practices with like minded passionate educators and leaders.. We recognise that while a single organisation can only achieve so much, combining our strengths can make a significant impact towards creating a good school for every child. Adhyayan’s expertise in training, curriculum assessment, and research has led to some fascinating work through the Collaborative Research Studio. Notably, it allowed us to form a consortium for the World Bank-funded NECTAR project in Nagaland. We also teamed up with The Unifly Collective on the AQS School Reviews, helping to train their assessors to conduct school reviews for low-cost private schools.
Adhyayan’s team of Khan Academy Certified trainers renewed their certification in April 2022 and March 2023, adding two new members. They conducted acclaimed training sessions for educators and mentors across various states and organisations.

NECTAR

Adhyayan, as a lead member of the NECTAR project, partnered with YouthNet, Samarthya, and the Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation to work with the Nagaland Government and World Bank. The project aims to enhance education governance and resources for 2,000 schools by 2025.

The Game of Bridge

The Game of Bridge is a program of Adhyayan’s Collaborative Learning Studio (TCLS). Adhyayan is an educators’ collective aimed at improving the quality of education. The Game of Bridge facilitator, Pritesh Chheda, is a passionate Bridge player who has developed this programme on the philosophy: "Learners must enjoy the journey, learning the sport will be a by-product." He has coached over 200 learners across India.

The Unifly Collective

Adhyayan Quality Education Services collaborates with The Unifly Collective on two Direct Implementation Programmes. The "Rehnuma" project supports experienced school leaders from lower-income communities who excel in leadership but struggle with long-term planning and documentation. This programme, now entering its third batch, has benefited greatly from Adhyayan’s expertise since the second batch.

SEE learning

The SEE Learning India chapter launched in Mumbai, Pune, and Rajasthan, focusing on SEEL (Social, Emotional & Ethical Learning) in primary children. Training was provided to Akanksha Schools' staff, with baseline assessments and in-depth studies conducted at two case schools.

PD Workshops

Adhyayan’s continuous professional development sessions are designed to support teachers in becoming reflective practitioners. These sessions help educators assess various methodologies to better suit their teaching and learning environments, identify areas for improvement, and apply industry best practices in the classroom. Through Adhyayan's online, in person and hybrid PD sessions, we have reached teachers in some of the most remote areas across India, providing them with affordable, high-quality training.

Community of Practice

Our Community of Practice is a vibrant, practitioner-led network that connects thought leaders and school leaders from both Indian and international communities. We come together to explore current educational issues, trends, new ideas, challenges, policies, and effective ways to engage teachers, students, and parents within the school ecosystem.

The Adhyayan Foundation

The Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation, founded by Kavita Anand, is a non-profit sister organisation to Adhyayan Quality Education Services Pvt. Ltd. Focused on enhancing leadership and learning quality, the Foundation has impacted over 7,800 schools across India through its collaborations with various state governments. It excels in systemic school improvement, education department engagement, and capacity building.