Now in its sixth year, Edubridge International School is now one of the leading schools in South Mumbai.

Edubridge is a fully authorized IB World School embracing the IB’s philosophy of a holistic and well-balanced education for children of ages 2 - 19. Edubridge offers only IB programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (IBDP).


It’s recent diploma results where students scored above work average is only one of the indicators of success. The school is known for its innovative learning environment and the holistic development of every student. Most important is the vision of being a happy positive school where everyone enjoys learning at all levels.

The school now has a new block built for Diploma students with a well-stocked library, specially designed performing arts and visual arts rooms, and two multipurpose sports courts. The school also has a separate kindergarten play area with durable safety flooring and play equipment. There is also a modern and colourful cafeteria.

There is a vibrant and happy atmosphere in the school with a real focus on inspiring all children to identify the gifts that they are born with and to excel in their passions within a caring and supportive environment.

Admirable is the tender care shown by teachers towards their students. Even the support staff is very helpful and supportive towards the children and their parents.

EIS is promoted by Amal Parikh, Viral Parikh and Rraman Siingh. Their vision is to create a world-leading learning. The promoters say, “We have benchmarked this school against the best IB schools in the world and will continuously strive to make it better each year.

The new Head of School, Dr. Tassos Anastasiades joins the school with a plethora of international experience from the UK, Asia, Africa and Europe as well as leading schools. Dr. Anastasiades has also been a leader in IBO, CIS and BSO inspections. His vision always puts the learner first – and believes in inspirational learning, and high expectations. Celebrating and motivating every child to work towards their passion is what teachers do – they never know where their influence will end.

Dr. Anastasiades’s vision puts learning, integrated with technology, high aspirations for all students, their future, and the concept and application that learning can occur everywhere, every minute a challenge, every minute a success – is a very powerful way to motivate all learners. Benchmarked against national and international assessments, and sharing learning with parents, EIS now has a triangulated and powerful tool for World Leading Learning.

Indeed the developments at EIS are world-leading.

* EIS is presently seeking CIS Membership which will put the school on the international schools network as a school that meets international standards * Every child is assessed externally by GL, cognitively and curriculum standards - so parents know exactly where they are and what progress is needed, in comparison with international standards. Every parent, every child, knows their next step in learning * Technology is fully integrated into clear learning journeys, which can be evidenced by recording learning on digital learning journeys. The use of SeeSaw to provide evidence of learning and voice is revolutionary - with learning evidenced anywhere!

* Students know their learning next steps, and progress is measured every 6 weeks, both formative and summative. This has enabled students to lead their own teacher conferences.

Admissions are now open for the academic year 2019 - 20 from Playgroup through Grade 12. Edubridge is also working with the Ohm Jyoti Foundation to provide scholarships to deserving students for Grades 11 and 12 in the IB Diploma Programme.

For details, contact:

Edubridge International School, Wadilal A. Patel Marg, Grant Road (East), Mumbai – 400 007 Phone: +91-22 -2389 9900 Mobile: +91 96191 28181 or email at admission@ edubridge- school.org

AN APPROACH TOWARDS BALANCED CURRICULUM
An essential aspect of present day education, which is becoming increasingly globalized, is the need for a balanced curriculum. Why is this necessary and how should it be ensured?

The first thing to be considered is the contrariety between the requirements of the international curriculum and the existing reality. International curriculums demand a well-rounded individual who is prepared to become intellectually, emotionally and physically healthy and is able to take the right decisions, not just for himself but for the betterment of society. On the other hand, the world around us shows our young minds that money is all-important, and that quick, perhaps even erroneous, decisions must be made to earn more of this gold dust.


This confuses these emerging thinkers. In school, they are taught to be honest, empathetic, thoughtful, hardworking and much more. But the minute they step out, they see people carrying out thoughtless acts, searching for short-cuts, indulging in cutthroat competition.

In this confusing atmosphere, they struggle to search for inspirational role models. Very often, they choose unwisely due to the socially and ethically degenerating environment.

How can it be ensured, then, that these impressionable minds become balanced and thoughtful, action-oriented adults, and create a better world?

At Nahar International School, they do this by showing them the human context to every concept they learn. The school not only makes them aware of real life challenges but asks them to ideate, innovate in order to think of solutions to these.

According to Vandana Arora, Head of School, curriculums play a large role in directing student awareness, thinking and action. We work on our curriculums with scrutiny, questioning our motives and practices: what are we teaching? Why are we teaching it? How do we teach it? What is the appropriate time to teach a particular topic? Why is it the appropriate time? These curriculums go through a continuous process of review and modification. And students’ feedback, their learning patterns, their contributions make them active participants in the process of curriculum creation . However, to achieve the right equilibrium, to create the right balance requires contribution by the larger society such as parents, family members, and friends too. All of us can come together to create not only an intellectually stimulating but also emotionally caring, as well as motivating environment for the young minds of the world, in the homes we inhabit, through the education spaces we create, the recreation spaces we unwind in, the conversations we have, in the human dealings we have with them - so that they grow to be conscientious adults who are thoughtful of every action of theirs.”

For more details contact: Nahar International School, Nahar’s Amrit Shakti, Chandivali Farm Road, off Saki Vihar Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 072. +91 22 2847 5511 / 5522 info@nahar-is.org www.nahar-is.org

OPENING DOORS TO THE FUTURE
A school is a place where the young minds are groomed to become the best of their capacity and this is possible only if they feel happy, loved and safe to learn and grow. RRIS believes in creating a happy learning environment. Some of the innovative practices that they follow are:

Marvellous Monday: Students and staff dance their hearts out to start the week with full zeal and beat the Monday blues.


Appreciation Tuesday: Appreciating others.

Smiley Wednesday: Bringing smiles to other’s faces.

Thank you Thursday: A day to thank people around and thus developing a spirit of gratitude.

Forgiveness Friday: To develop the courage to ask for forgiveness and a big heart to forgive everyone.

Express Saturday: Express their talents and ideas.

Service Sunday: Helping people at home or in one community.

A departure assembly is held daily where students are given an opportunity to perform on their favourite topic and groom themselves.

I Think I Feel box: In this program students write to the Principal about their feelings, thoughts and ideas.

Students have breakfast with the principal and have an open heart to heart chat.

Happy calling to the parents to appreciate their ward.

To make academics enjoyable RRIS has introduced domestic and international tours, play way methodology, Eureka-Science-based handson activities, and camping etc.

School Court: A student’s body deals with the cases of bullying and allocates buddies to those who have been bullied or require support.

Various CCA activities like house presentations, compèring, dance, music, participating in the annual day. Sports facilities like volleyball, skating, taekwondo, etc. are provided so that every child can excel in their area of interest.

Silent Break (Alpaviram) is followed in RRIS to give peace to the mind.

Coins for a Cause: This activity is conducted to develop a sense of saving and compassionate. Many such activities are planned under the banner of Joy of Sharing.

Nurture the Nature: RRIS motivates its students to follow the zero-waste policy at the places of worships. Various other environment-based activities are held in association with My Green Society.

It is commendable that RRIS has taken such positive steps to nurture its students and giving them a strong foundation for their bright future.

For more details ontact:

Ram Ratna International School, Uttan, Bhayander West 022-28451612/13 PRO:8879660895 l www.rrischool.org

Management students learn how to manage the affairs of corporate giants and business houses, but it seems that they are failing to manage depression.

A recent survey of 10 education institutes and corporate groups in Ahmedabad, covering around 4,000 people, by two students has found that management students are most vulnerable to severe depression.


“Around 47% management students in city colleges were found to be struggling with depression. Engineering students came next, with 24.4% of them suffering depression. The factors behind this are mainly their future — career, and personal issues which mainly involve their love life, apart from the pressures of studies,” says the study by two third-year BBA students, Siddharth Kambalia and Meet Kapadia.

Kambalia said they formed questions according to the criteria set by the World Health Organisation. For example, they asked subjects if they were facing a problem in their career, family, love life or health issues and if they had sought help from counsellors to tackle this mental condition. The questionnaires, which included details like gender, age, education and profession, suggest that people aged between 18 and 22 are worst affected by depression.

A gender-wise analysis indicated that men were more vulnerable to the disorder with around 58% of males and 42% of females suffering from depression.

“We took responses from people aged between 15 and 60 and were shocked to find that young people are the worst affected. Relationship issues, problems finding love and failure, were the main factors behind depression in the young age group. Many people in their 50s said that their failures in relationships from their college days still haunt them and they are depressed,” said Kambalia.

Kambalia and Kapadia conducted this study to make a tool-based game to help young people emerge from depression.

65% of respondents said they faced critical problems in their career, friendships or academics and went into depression because of that

54% of respondents faced problems in their relationships and 53% had issues in family life

58% found solutions themselves and 40% people sought help from friends and family

Only 10.5% sought counselling or consulted a psychiatrist

78% shared their issues with counsellors or psychiatrists openly while 22% people think they could communicate better

Studying abroad has been a growing trend in Nashik for the last three years, but with the rupee in free fall in the last few days this might change soon.

Many parents, whose children are graduating from universities in the US told TOI that expenses has witnessed a steep price rise of 25% to 35% from December 2017 to September 2018.


More than 500 youths from Nashik are presently preparing for various entrance tests such as GRE, GMAT, SAT, TOEFL, IELTS to qualify for studying abroad. However, their parents are skeptical about US universities, as studying there has become more expensive by Rs 4 lakh per annum, as compared to last year. Engineering students prefer US universities, as they provide lucrative career options.

“The rupee has undergone a significant fall since last semester. Especially from April 2018, the fall in exchange rate is more than Rs 7. Each and every expense has gone up by 25%,” said Satish Gaikwad, whose daughter is studying in the US.

According to Gaikwad, he paid Rs 9.23 lakh as fees for the third semester. For the fourth semester, he will have to pay Rs 11.28 lakh.

He added, “Even if we consider regular hike in semester fees, the increased expense is mostly because of the rising exchange rate.”

More than 50% students going to study abroad take education loans. However, due to the sliding rupee, parents’ contribution to the down payment has gone significantly up.

Harshad Kulkarni public relations officer of State Bank of India education loan department said, “Generally, parents have to raise 30% of the total loan amount, while 70% is adjusted by the bank. If we consider total fees as Rs 60 lakh, then parents had to earlier raise Rs 25 lakh. At present, they have to arrange for at least an additional Rs 10 lakh or more.”

Due to changing scenario, the education consultants have started suggesting other options.

Rajan Thakur, a leading study abroad consultant said, “Master degree education is free of cost at many European nations including Germany. For those who want to study social sciences, politics, inter-cultural studies, we suggest Australia, New Zealand and Canada.”

This is how you can improve your child’s concentration
There is a reason why time and again we have been reminded that a balanced diet is a must to get us through the day. Not including proper nutrients in your diet results in a groggy, irritable mood and also impacts your productivity drastically. You may ask how does that happen.

Well, you are more likely to miss your deadlines while gulping down a lot of caffeine to up your the energy levels-- a double whammy.


If this is what happens to a full-grown adult, imagine what happens to a child when he/she is devoid of the nutrients that are required for proper functioning of the body?

Here are some easy ways in which you can help your kids concentrate better and thus, enjoy a piping hot cup of your favourite beverage in peace.

1. INCLUDE A WHOLE GRAIN AT BREAKFAST

The biggest reason your child stays unfocused and hassled is the lack of sugar in the body. Make this right by providing enough of whole grains in the breakfast.

You can include brown rice and millet. One very creative way of including whole grains in your kids' breakfast is to cook brown rice poha.

If time crunch doesn't allow cooked food, another brilliant way of including grains in meals is to add cooked grain in their shakes and blend it.

Including whole grains in the breakfast reduces cravings, and in turn, helps your kid sustain good 8 hours without the brain fog--all thanks to the sustained sugar.

2. NO SUGAR AT HOME

As you cannot monitor your children’s sugar intake when they are outside, it is advisable to control their sugar cravings at home.

One way of doing so is to condition them about the negative effects of sugar by writing it down and leaving these notes on the 

Broad, balanced and cohesive curriculum is the need of the hour
Kalyan’s First School with an International Board
The Cambria International School earlier known as The Cambridge International School is the first and only exclusive international school in Kalyan launched under Pote Group umbrella in 2011. Pote group has been contributing and imparting quality education par excellence since 16 years and is committed to continue for generations to come.

International curriculum is relevant to the challenges of the 21st century and is known for entrance to first class universities throughout the world. The Cambria Inter-national School have opted for student-centered system with ample opportunities for learning, so that their students become smart, kind successful and polished global citizens.


For details contact:

The Cambria International School 8655651304 |8655805265 feedback.tcis@gmail.com





FROM THE DIRECTOR

“Most of today’s generation will end up doing jobs that we aren’t familiar about in the future” and The Cambria International School, has chosen the curriculum which prepares students for tomorrow.

The students opted for the Cambridge curriculum solely as it is holistic and student friendly. Broad, balanced and cohesive curriculum is the need of the hour. Parents today want their children to experience global platform from the very young age, they want them to be ready for the next century and Cambridge curriculum provides opportunity to lear n on a global platfor m. It completely gives an exposure to hone the skills of the learners from their prime years itself.

Bipin Pote,

Director - The Cambria International School

KOHINOOR AMERICAN SCHOOL
BEYOND YOUR BEST - Co-educational, Fully Residential IB World School, Khandala
The bedrock of KAS is the solid foundation of four pillars: Knowledge, Wellness, Service, and Peace. These virtues are inculcated in their students through the school’s  curricular and co-curricular activities. Each  student at KAS is considered unique and so personalized attention is provided to everyone.

The ancient gurukul style of education in India has been blended very carefully with the contemporary western style of teaching and learning so that it provides the best of both worlds to the students. KAS is a community of learners within a multicultural and multilingual family setting. Students occupy the center stage and teachers - The Gurus - are always available to mentor, encourage, support and help the students. KAS provides a holistic virtue- based character development programme which is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals in order to prepare students to meet the challenges of contemporary world as well as the future.


The students and staff represent various countries of the world as well as different states of India. The school has a safe and secure campus through its 24x7 CCTV surveillance, health care and Wi-Fi while its indoor sports facilities make KAS an attractive place for students. The cafeteria provides vegetarian, non-vegetarian, western and Indian food. Separate residential facilities for boys and girls with attached washroom and AC are intended to make KAS a home away from home for the students.   The school intentionally maintains diversity by enrolling and employing students and staff from various countries.

A well equipped covered sports court area ensures that games and sports activities are not weather-dependent and this is what gives the school its special character.

For details contact:

Kohinoor American School, Old Mumbai – Pune Highway, Near Dukes Resort, Khandala, Dist. Pune – 410 301, India Mobile: +91 9324323003 | 8879646441 email: bryan. dsouza@ kohinooramericanschool.ac.in website: www.kohinooramericanschool.ac.in

Sacred Heart School today is one of the most “Future disruption ready schools In the world”
The same 3D Scanning Technology used by great Italian car designing houses like Ferrari and Lamborghini is being used by Sacred Heartians! Clay models and real-life objects were scanned to create prototypes on Robotic Mill and 3D Printers. Also, faces of fellow students were scanned for bust modelling. The technology has opened a whole new realm of possibilities for the students.

Blended learning platform with a 1000 device Virtual Private Network, controlled by Sacred Heart’s in-campus server, enabling students ‘Anytime Anywhere’ learning around the world, even during holidays!


The DesignHub is a Gen-Z in-campus world class ‘School Owned Disruptive Digital Skills Lab’ run by Sacred Heart teachers and today partners companies like Samsung, ABB Sweden, MakerBot USA, MindBox Technologies to incubate new technologies and hardware systems for worldwide school learning markets.

Sacred Heart School today is a ready template and role model for schools worldwide in innovation and adopting disruptive technologies in every day learning at schools.

Disruptive Technologies like Robotics, Augmented Reality, Voice Recognition, Virtual Reality, Sound Engineering, 3D Printing, Laser Technology, Design Thinking, Virtual Private Network etc. has been seamlessly embedded into everyday curriculum.

Astounding light sculpture at Sacred Heart School using a simple cell phone torch attached to the head of ABB six axis robot and stimulated to a run a programmed path at hyper speeds.

Awarded cash prize of Rs. 300,000/- at the ‘Cleanest School in India’ by JFW and ET

Awarded ‘Green Schools of Asia’ award at World Education Summit 2017 DUBAI

Bagged 4 National awards at the All India Music Fest Pune.

Bagged 6 National awards at the National Child Drama Competition at Cuttack-Odisha affiliated to UNESCO

Sacred Heartian Snehal Pawar was awarded Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award in Fencing High State award by Govt. of Maharashtra

Awarded for ‘Best Skills Development Initiative’ at Global Educators Fest 2018. (Udaipur) aaward 2018’

Received ‘The Great Indian Workplaces award 2018’

The prestigious Publication Scholarship 2017-18 was bagged by a student

For further details contact:

Murbad Road, Kalyan, Dist. Thane - 421103 Tel: 8605233000, 8605433000, 8605533000, 8605533000, 8605255500 Email: sacredheartvarap@gmail.com Web: www.sacredheartschool.in




ALBIN ANTHONY

Chief Operating Officer

Vishwajyot: Educational excellence with open learning environment
Vishwajyot High School, (VJHS) situated in the heart of Kharghar, Navi Mumbai stands tall as an institution of great repute with a vision to prepare global citizens with humanitarian values. At Vishwajyot, they strongly believe in this philosophy that, they cannot seek achievement for themselves and forget about progress and prosperity for their community. The ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others.

In their endeavor to bring about progress and growth for their students also the future leaders of tomorrow, the school has crossed several hurdles and yet come out victorious without deterring from their focus. Vishwajyot High School (ICSE) was born out of a passion to educate children in India the right way. With a 12 plus year old legacy, and 6 batches of students passing out of 10th years, Vishwajyot has proved that through its unique pedagogy and methodology, excellent results,


over and above 100% first class can be achieved. Over their 12 years of schooling, the students have been infused with right knowledge, right skill and most importantly right values which are testimony to that fact that a school can develop children’s minds, bodies and hearts, to create the leaders of the future.

The school prides itself in designing an academic program based on creative independence and learning, by thinking and doing through a self-discovery method. They have a scientifically designed pedagogy in place that evolves with the child’s learning requirements and allows the child to celebrate every moment spent in school.

Right from the time of inception of the school in 2004, the management has always handed out top most priority to the safety and security of the students alongside continuous reinforcements for healthy lifestyle through variety of sports and excursions during the academic year. Pure academics can never be an exclusive success tool for any one. However, the only thing that can promise success in survival and progress even during drastic times, is the presence of variety of skill sets in an individual. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater

more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man. The school is fully aware of the significance of various important life skills that a student needs to inherit from school, home and his/ her surroundings. In this regard they have various life skills that get delivered through the multitude activities that they conduct. The school’s consistent track record right from inception, excellent performance by their students in various competitions across categories, both academic and non-academic, bears testimony to the fact that learning the Vishwajyot way, free from the drudgery of conventional education system has a very positive influence on the child’s learning and understanding.

At Vishwajyot, they recognise the core strength of students lies in perfect symphony of the mind and body of each child. Hence, other than adopting a philosophy which makes learning a non-burdensome process, they strongly propogate active involvement of all their students in various sports related physical and mental pursuits. The school is bound neither by conventional methods nor universally standardized approach that supports teaching in one way only. An institution that stands by the principle – “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, then we teach the way they learn”.

It is the biggest truth that “sensitivity is a gift and not a liability and when they realize this is when they get their core strength.” The Waldorfian philosophy of the school ensures that emotional and physical sensitivity towards nature, towards environment and other fellow beings is being constantly introduced in various ways through various subjects to their students. This approach is necessary to create a more harmonious and sensitized community that our future will dwell in.

The three pillars of a school are its Students, Staff and the Parent Community. They encourage involvement of the parents through their acitive participation in various moments of Parent-Teacher Association by valuing their constructive feedback. They are approached before introduction of various crucial policies – academic and others, to be taken up by the school.

Vishwajyot is a result of one such open learning module created which has borne positive results of this method of learning. The obvious perceived benefits of this kind of learning are many such as; more flexible and creative use of instructional time that advantaged students. Knowing more about all the students and seeing different student strengths given the opportunity to view them in varied learning contexts. Greater shared ownership of students and student learning. Decreased student isolation, increased support and feeling valued by peers. Having more energy and greater enjoyment from teaching.

Vishwajyot’s real pride lies in the fact that they are totally confident that their students have in them what it takes to bring about the positive changes in the world in their capacity as achiever students, responsible adults and sensitive global citizens.

For more details: Vishwajyot High School Plot No-77, Sector-20, Kharghar Navi Mumbai-410 210 022-64512290, 9820587445 info@vishwajyot.com


Mediation & Yoga for students


Pottery activity with Students


Student Council Election- Secret Ballot Method


Trans-plantation activity to understand the Farming process


Baking activity to teach Heat