Effective Principals 2020 | Ms. Deepi Bector, Principal of PP International School

What are challenges and opportunities does 2020 bring with itself in the Indian education set up

Mr Rahul Gupta, the Chairman of the school and an eminent educationist is an incredible  source of inspiration for his diligence and integrity of character. His constant efforts have shaped the school to the present eminence.

He epitomizes the spirit of excellence, a quest to scale greater heights and to stay rooted invariably to leave a trail for others to follow.

PP International School,  is a  technology-based school that strongly believes in learning by doing.

The School aims to inspire, educate, challenge and encourage its students to be at par with the world by providing a stimulating, congenial and cognitive environment so that they grow up to be globally accepted humans.

The  school aims to provide all students with a multi-faceted curriculum that enables its  students to develop independent thinking skills, addressing  the intellectual, social and emotional needs of each student. 

With innovation as the buzz word, the school is techno-savvy with well-equipped smart classes enabled with an interactive Digi- board system.

The school has been a pioneer in E-learning as a buzzword since the year 2011.

It is the first school to implement MICROSOFT SURFACE, a touchscreen-based personal computer with  interactive whiteboards designed and developed by Microsoft, to enhance the learning experience of its students.

Use of  technology in learning has magnified the teaching and learning process at PPIS multifolds and has facilitated better performance of the educational system with  emphasises upon effectiveness and efficiency.

The School is paving a way to innovative ways of education with a special emphasis on extracurricular activities by providing its students a gamut of opportunities as well as experiential learning ensuring 100% participation of the students.

Delight of learning goes multi- folds with an element of happiness in it that not only improves cognitive abilities of the students but also reduces their anxiety and stress.

With a desire to make learning a memorable experience for its students , the school initiated the Digital Learning sessions  through online classes accessorized with live recordings, screen sharing , chats , captions and many other features that cushioned the learning experience of the students and engaged them productively during the sessions. The coronavirus outbreak has posed serious challenges to the world , but is taken up as a unique  opportunity, a new challenge by the school to exhibit its excellence and competence in the field of education .

Coping up with the stress during the existing situation of the pandemic crisis, the school has developed a conducive learning environment emphasizing on the development of analytical, critical and rational thinking of its  students. Online classes using G Suite, is a step ahead in the direction of reaching new pinnacles of learning through virtual classes.

Usage of technology via pre content shared using Edmodo App, Prezi  presentations and Google Forms in the classroom makes learning interesting and engaging and allows faster and more efficient delivery of lessons, both in the classroom as well as  at home.

It helps to build technology-based skills, allowing students to learn, early on, to embrace and take advantage of the tools technology offers.

The school has adopted an engrossing and ingenious teaching – learning methodology with the usage of PREZI software that stimulates students as well as teachers to arrange and connect the ideas with specialized features to get into elaborate details of the topic.

It delivers stunning interactive visual experiences that let you adapt on fly and zoom in on the topics that matter the most to the students. The students overwhelmingly develop their presentations navigating through the slides making learning more accessible to them.

Google Forms are the regular feature of online sessions to improve students participation during the class, engage and evaluate  their learning in a structured way. 

This helps the teacher to identify the exact area of improvement with necessary remedial measures making classroom learning more productive.

This is a pertinent alternative of Precision Assessment System (PAS) that is adopted by the school in order to facilitate improvement among its students through MCQ based assessment targeting their knowledge and skills.

Happiness and education -intimately connected at PP International School steps ahead towards  the assimilation of developed habits among its students. The students are overwhelmed about the sessions as hilarity is one of the captivating factors during the classroom.

This enhances their self motivation as well as learning experience. Gaiety and merriment inside the classrooms results in remarkable class attendance, more attention during the sessions and hence better performance.

This results in the improved rapport of the teachers among students, laying a positive impact upon them. Believing in the notion that the happy and positive mindset of teachers has a remarkable and beneficial influence on the students and boosts the academic performance of the students, the school ensures that happiness is a regular feature of the classrooms .

Teachers manage to increase the happiness factor with the proliferation of online learning by cracking jokes, asking riddles and hence adding an element of humour and liveliness to their classes.

The school has adopted an innovative technique to maintain continuity in the teaching learning process. Study material is updated on a daily basis through Edmodo, an online education app by teachers who ensure experiential learning for its students.

Instead of memorizing prepackaged assignments and activities and spitting out answers, the students discuss their learning, reflect and relate with their experiences and apply it to their daily lives.

Well qualified and highly dedicated staff earnestly work hard to plan interesting and innovative  online assignments and online tests in order to ensure and grab students’ interest and seriousness towards the subject.

One of the biggest challenges the teachers are facing is how to keep students on board and engaged  to avoid distractions fromother social networking sites during the learning period. Being in the state of unavailability of books, the school again took the challenge to manage for online PDFs for the books thus turning teaching materials into digital format, and  has also been taken as another challenge at such a short notice. Amidst all the academic challenges, the school came up with many activities like Earth day celebration,  Peppa Pig activity,Mother’s Day activity,  the Grandparents Meet, where grandparents of students were invited online to meet the teachers and engage themselves in fun activities with theirgrandchildren and lots more .

Online birthday celebrations are another fascinating way to spread happiness among children and not let them feel the absence of their fellow classmates around. With online classes running seamlessly during the lockdown period, the students were served with Brain Break Activities , Unit of Enquiry , Info Bytes etc ranging from scholastic to co scholastic areas to provide rich and holistic experience to its students.

These integrated learning strategies raised the quality quotient of the online classes. Co Curricular activities  viz sports, dance, music, art and craft are a part of the weekly time table. In order to ensure that every student gets to learn beyond subjects a well designed and balanced academic curriculum is planned by the professionally trained teachers.

The school has also organized “MUSICAL MOZARTSY” for its students as a unique opportunity to grow artistically with a chance to stretch, and a moment to strengthen the acting muscles. Spreading  wings across the world with humility , the school also organized  “RAINBOW- UNLEASH YOUR TALENT” – its maiden Inter School Online Competition for the budding and multi talented artists providing them a platform to showcase their talent in the field of art, dance, music and linguistic competences and is proved to be a great success with participation not only from the students of the school but also from the students from various renowned schools of the city. With learning as an ongoing and incessant process, the school organized “AROUND THE WORLD PICNIC”, a virtual tour to visit the main cities across the world  as it was  a unique opportunity to make learning fun for the students . During the tour,  students were given a 360 ° panoramic view of the places they visited along with the details of its physical features, important tourist places, distance from our place, their culture, traditional dresses, dances, cuisine etc .

A gamut of activities like a beach party, cruise, safari were also organized. The  initiative taken up by the school to recreate and rejuvenate its students by exploring the world around during the current situation of pandemic was wholeheartedly admired by one and all.

As an innovative and interactive way of learning, the school is also conducting a virtual tour across the world for its students so that they can sense the feeling of being connected in this hour of social distancing. 

To sum up, in the year 2020  we’re at the threshold where others see impenetrable challenges, we embrace and overcome them. Undoubtedly, we are a more improvised and tech savvy institution , ready to train and educate young minds for a better future.

Effective Principals 2020 | Ms. Deepi Bector, Principal of PP International School

 621,807 total views