In today’s dynamic educational landscape, soft skills are essential for educators. These skills, including etiquette and grooming, communication, team bonding, conflict management, and change management, significantly impact teaching effectiveness and the learning environment. It is an important distinction to note that fundamentals of these activities significantly differ from the corporate world where the stakeholders are […]
The need for compassionate and empathic teachers nurturing children be it in early years or primary years, and especially in high school years is simply non-negotiable. There are growing tell-tale warning signs for all of us working in the education space to reflect as a community that we need to course correct this aspect quickly. […]
In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the significance of a research-focused faculty cannot be overstated. A research-driven approach empowers educators to innovate, adapt, and provide a high-quality educational experience that meets the needs of modern students. This article delves into the pivotal role of teachers and educators, the challenges posed by traditional teaching methods, […]
As an educational consultancy, at ACE, we recognise that the establishment of every new K-12 school captures a vision for a Board of Trustees whose reasons vary from ‘making a difference,’; ‘bridging a gap’ or simply about creating an asset that eventually becomes a legacy (I am a believer that public or private schools defer […]
Historically, in our schools, sport has been given the title of an extra-curricular or a co-curricular subject, which is encouraged to be graded but often, it’s the ‘period’ in the timetable that gets replaced by a curricular subject in case the ‘portion’ is not completed in time for various reasons. Mind you there are some […]
‘Academic-year-starts’ are crucial periods of transitioning #students from their previous year learning milestones in another grade to their current ones. Even more so with physical classes resuming, these initial 3/4 months or Quarter 1 becomes a huge opportunity for #teachers to rebuild and reboot. Invited to observe processes as part of the ACE Sports Edu […]
With most national curriculum and some international schools back to routines (and thankfully for parents in the physical world), parents whose Monday-Friday schedules are now packed with school drop off and pick up times and classes after school hours to coordinate, find themselves scratching their heads about the weekend. From my experience, it ranges from […]
“My kid runs runs away when I make her sit to write” – Mum whose daughter is 5 years “It’s emotional for me because I cannot get my son to sit in one place and finish his homework which is all demanding written work” – Mommie whose son is 10 years “It’s frankly an uphill […]
The alternative to schools being closed on account of the pandemic was virtual learning in India and there is enough discussion surrounding this prolonged closure, so I will not get into that at the moment simply state we are the only country in the world that has had the youngest locked up for this time […]
“A well educated and productive population is crucial for the country’s vision of becoming a vibrant and knowledge based economy,”reads the quote by Sunhw Lee in today’s #indianexpress paper. Agreed #humancapital is the key to developing the future, an article well documented by Dilip Thakore in EducationWorld India’s recent magazine. Which brings to the emergence […]