School Profile

Shikshantar School, Gurgaon

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Over the past 17 years, Shikshantar School has introduced a paradigm shift in teaching – learning practices to emerge as an alternative to the traditional examination oriented system of education. Over the years of functioning, Shikshantar has progressed as one of the best schools in Gurgaon. Facilitating an educational philosophy which places children firmly at the centre of every initiative, it strives to provide space for firing up and nurturing young students’ imagination, critical thinking abilities, development of a spirit of collaboration and of innovation.

Curriculum

Shikshantar is one of the best ICSE schools in Gurgaon affiliated with a a diverse learning community of 1600 students and 250 faculty. The school is promoted by GANDHARV SHIKSHARTH CHARITABLE TRUST (GSECT) and is guided by a Core Team of three members: Minoti Bahri, Sanjay Prakash and Sunil Batra. The three of them came together to take forward an integrated vision.

Learning in Shikshantar is facilitated keeping in mind the specific requirements of the age of the children. The emphasis points at each age are based on children’s readiness, appropriateness of the curriculum and challenges suitable to take them to the next level of education.

Activities

The goal of balanced development is best achieved when a child lives free of judgement and conformity. This also requires nurturing individual talents and strengths.

Arts are an integral part of the Shikshantar curriculum and culture. All children explore the arts in multiple disciplines- Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Literary Experiences.

Visual Arts – Children explore various mediums and techniques through the years in Shikshantar, opening up diverse channels of self expression. Art experiences in Shikshantar range from dripping paints, sand art, recycling, printing, clay modelling and water colours to paper sculpture, pottery, life study, animation, photography and more!

Performing arts – Performing arts include music, dance, drama and an integration of all three.

Literary Experiences – Verbal and written articulation that is creative, original and of a high standard comes naturally to children of Shikshantar.

Built on the principle that every child has an inherent ability to learn, Shikshantar experiential education is integrated with the curriculum and syllabi to facilitate goals and processes.

PAWAS TYAGI

Writer at Edustoke and Spectrum Having graduated as an engineer from NIT, Calicut with his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, Pawas has over 20 years of experience primarily in the education and training technology sales and product management. Pawas has worked in companies like Wipro and NIIT and Educomp. At NIIT Pawas was instrumental for leading and the design and subsequent sales of NIIT's homegrown Learning Management System to institutes of higher education in Singapore. Pawas was leading Universal Learn Today a school advisory and consulting business of the India Today Group.

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