“I always wanted to create a school where children are happy”
- Pascal Chazot, Head of School, MGIS -

Mahatma Gandhi International School is a unique pedagogical project where experiential learning is linked with formal training through project work. Education for us here goes beyond the realms of academics, it encompasses the holistic development of our children.

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A contextual mathematical study was conducted by Nunes in Recife, Brazil.  The study focused on the children of street vendors who also assisted their parents in the day-to-day running of the business. The children were ages 8 and up. Children of certain socio-economic backgrounds may feel compelled to start their own business selling miscellaneous food items. Doing so requires mathematical skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and occasionally division. Children who run their own business also work with the concept profit and loss.

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Our Center for Action-Research in Education (CARE) works to increase human knowledge and understanding of holistic child development. The research is conducted at Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) and disseminated through our pedagogical training institute ADEPT.

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