John Holt, an educationalist and psychologist says that great harm is done to children by adults who wish to ‘teach’ children. In the light of this statement, we would like to mention an anecdote. A well meaning person once remarked upon hearing that we worked in MGIS (the school where children play) , “Oh, that’s the school where they don’t teach!” We thought that was a fine compliment. At our school, we don’t teach; children learn. (Continue reading …)

The MYP does not impose any content. Rather, the programme is meant to be followed in any country of the world with the possibility of following the local board syllabi or whatever the school decides.

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This post is in the first person view as an initiator who accompanied the students on this trip:

In the scope of developing and valorizing multiple-intelligence, taking students on nature camps like the Polo Jungle Camp is an invaluable learning experience. The exposure to nature and mountaneering requires the acquisition and application of new skills that urban students are seldom exposed to…

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The students of Theatre Arts Diploma Programme Year 2 present ‘Antigone’ a Greek myth rewritten by French writer Jean Anouilh during the second world war. Antigone’s revolt against her uncle, King Creon, represents the French Resistance’s ‘no’ to the German occupation of France during the II World war. The play can be seen in the modern context as the conflict between the young and the old, the status of women, individual beliefs and conviction against societal laws and a deeper question of free will and pre-determined fate. Anouilh’s humane treatment of Creon and the feminist treatment of Antigone makes the play interesting to modern audiences.

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