Pearson PLC — the world’s largest education company — launched the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition (India) aka Stanford 10 India in April. According to Pearson Education (India) sources, Stanford 10 India is an adaptation and standardisation of the Stanford gold standard for achievement testing, adapted to suit the needs of the Indian education system. Speaking on the occasion in Delhi, Naveen Rajlani, senior vice-president, ELT and schools, Pearson Education, said: “In Pearson Education we firmly believe application-based learning fosters a higher order of thinking skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity. In our endeavour to bring the best to the Indian education system, Stanford 10 India is yet another product, unmatched in its category. Given the varied needs and requirements of students, teachers and parents, Stanford 10 India is an ideal tool. It will help schools in India change the way they educate students by helping and encouraging applications-based learning.” Sushil Eapen, managing director of Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment, agrees. “Stanford Achievement is one of the most established K-12 testing systems worldwide. Stanford 10 India is a scientifically designed skills-based assessment, incorporating the latest thinking in educational testing. It makes challenging subjects like mathematics, science and English interesting for students and motivates them to learn. By identifying the learning gaps of students, Stanford 10 India facilitates development of customised and structured learning plans to bridge this gap,” says Eapen. Next Education-Sachdeva Public tie-up The Hyderabad-based e-learning company Next Education India Pvt. Ltd has signed an agreement with the Sachdeva Public School to provide its TeachNext solution to over 300-plus classrooms across its entire chain of nine schools in Delhi/NCR. “Sachdeva Public signed up for our TeachNext solution after being convinced of its high quality content and reliability after stringent evaluation,” says Beas Dev Ralhan, chief executive officer of Next Education. The solution will be rolled out in all Sachdeva Public schools within a month. One of the most respected schools in Delhi’s North West District, Sachdeva Public was promoted to transform the demographic assets of young students into a dynamic national force. “Our motto is vidya dadati vinayam, which means knowledge gives humility, capacity and happiness. Our prime objective is to nurture, groom and guide students through all stages to develop them into good human beings and good citizens for the nation,” says Sanjay Sachdeva, director of the school. Delighted to sign up with TeachNext, Sachdeva believes the company’s TeachNext solution will also help strengthen learning systems. “With its emphasis on self-learning, creating more effective ways to explore and share knowledge, effective appraisal, continuity in evaluation and assessment of broad-based learning, the TeachNext-Sachdeva Public partnership offers the promise of sharply improving learning outcomes in all our schools,” says Sachdeva. Steven Levy’s Heritage workshops The Heritage School, Gurgaon “where pedagogy is shaped around the belief that students learn best by doing”, recently hosted a two-week workshop in expeditionary learning (EL), led by Steven Levy, a globally-renowned proponent of this pedagogy. US-based Levy has won numerous awards, including…
