Education was a fairly new field to
me. I had a brief experience in the airline industry. I was not ready to be an
educationist. I entered very reluctantly. I was overwhelmed by the enormity of
my responsibility. I spent some years studying the system. Then one by one, the
changes were brought in. I was daring enough to innovate and implement what I
felt was required for the younger generation. Integrating spirituality with the
curriculum is one such unique practice. Several innovative practices were
brought in through foresight and vision. There is always another way or a
better way to do things. Today, we are ready to share our Best Practices with
the world. We are unique in many ways.
The school is proud of the little boy who
found a different medium to grow paddy and received the Bal Shakthi Puraskhar
Prize from the President of India, the alumnus who received the highest award,
The Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Science for her research on
neural circuits that generate movements in animals, the students who did a
project in bio-gas and antibiotic resistance and won the overall championship,
the team that worked on foldable houses, internet of things and design thinking
and placed the school among the list of top ten schools. Innovation in
education has been our primary focus. Innovation itself is a joyful journey. If
you want to be a path breaker, you need to be a path finder.
Bill Gates said, “I believe
innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.”
I want you to know that it is easy to
follow the beaten path. But innovation is the key to progress. I am sure an
innovative teacher makes the class more interesting for you. Can we alter the
way we think? Design Thinking helps us to find solutions to issues that we are
facing or to come up with products and ideas that a section of society is
looking for. Empathize, define, ideate, prototype & test are the different
stages in bringing out something new.
The most brilliant ideas have come
from a seemingly ordinary person, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. He
studied in a very ordinary school. But he went on to become a great scientist,
the country was proud of. How do you get started? Try any one of these.
1.Participate
in PBL (Project Based Learning)
2.Get
hands-on in the Tinker/ Innovation Lab
3. Start an
Innovation club in the school.
You would have used your free time
productively. Challenge yourself to come up with path breaking ideas. The world
is waiting for the next innovation Who knows, you may make headlines tomorrow
with your breakthrough!!!
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