“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” – John F. Kennedy Every week for the past one month, different school teams from the Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Education Institutions Society (APSWREIS) have been coming together to share reflections and highlights from the week. Together, they explore a space where each of…
Through Virtual Parent – Teacher meetings! “If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility” – Robert Musil In 2020, the world witnessed one of the harshest realities possible – COVID-19. A pandemic that shook the world and the foundation of its everyday existence. There has been no normalcy…
A year ago, while we were coming to grips with the advent of a pandemic, the reality of school closures confronted us. The fact that schools could become avenues for the spread of the virus forced us to look for alternative solutions to ensure students continue to learn while away from their schools, their classrooms.…
“ At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance” -Tryst with…
“Staying away from school perhaps left our children yearning for those experiences they had here. Their eagerness and excitement to learn during these times are reflective of how they perceive the importance of learning for themselves,” said Ms. Chandrika, a teacher at a Government Higher Primary School. Ms. Chandrika has been very active in creating…
During this pandemic, we set up Mantra’s first Quarantine Camp. No, it’s not a health camp for COVID 19 testing but a virtual haven for children to learn with their peers and teachers! “Attending online class was near to a dream for me studying in Government schools in our country, but now it all…
Virtual Stakeholders Meets have always been a source of inspiration for us as we get to interact with parents from our clusters across the Anekal Education Block. As parents play an important role in student learning when at home, it is important to keep them updated on the current happenings with respect to their…
As we prepared ourselves for exams, an unexpected call from our director had us perplexed. “Will you go for an internship to Bangalore?” he asked. Off we were to Bangalore for a unique 15-day internship which turned out to be the most fun we’ve had learning! With the help of a kit given to…