The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence — Rabindra Nath Tagore We at Shalom manifest in every thought, word and action our philosophy and mindset for a new age education. The educational scenario has undergone a drastic change as the fallout of pandemic that has left children with no choice other than being home bound. Shalom group is making rapid strides by establishing present day educational pedagogy in its schools. The child of today cannot be taught with traditional methodology and learning has to be facilitated by understanding individual aptitude and capacity. The potential of every child needs to be optimized by following suitable pedagogical practices. With a clear vision, foresight and prudence of our Founder and Chairperson Dr (Mrs.) Lilly George, we have been able to curate a unique space for every child as per his/her interests, abilities and ambition. With her love for children and her passion for education, Dr George envisages nurturing such children who are the masters of self and able to lead the world by knowledge, analytical skills, problem-solving abilities and integrity of character. The empowering fuel is the core values like confidence, courage, compassion, conviction, commitment and consistency. An embodiment of grit courage, poise and excellence, Dr. George is the strength and inspiration for every member of Shalom family and leads them with example. Shalom group is a community of learners who are committed to provide a stimulating environment with academic rigor by making learning so engaging that every child learns effortlessly and feels excited about academics. We develop a culture of excellence that includes robust instructional plan aligned with the 21st century skills. We seek to develop well rounded personality who exemplify physical health, wellness character and core values. The focus is on nurturing the minds to empower them to find solutions to the difficult life situations and problems that humanity is facing and become valued global citizens. The beautiful campus of Shalom Group gives a feeling of extended home environment. The architectural beauty is enhanced with lush green lawns. Open spaces, play grounds, herbal gardens and a swimming pool. Our schools have well ventilated class rooms, well-spaced-out Labs, and well-stocked libraries as an integral part of the modern set up for the children to explore. Our continuous endeavor is to: empower each child to achieve his/her highest potential focus on developing skills and competencies through hands-on experience expose them to creative art for emotional growth and understanding empower them through group work, Debate, discussion, research analysis and documenting encourage them to participate in various Activities focus on Language Expertise- Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing by providing extended learning opportunities focus on their physical fitness by organizing various games and sports focus on their nutrition facts with awareness of health and hygiene enhance their love for nature and the environment by organizing nature walk tree plantation and many other activities nurture their mind with inspirational episodes and short stories…
– Abhiraj, Cofounder and CEO, SchoolPad The concept of school management software or a school ERP was there for years. However, what has changed for the better is its deployment from offline to online. School management software started as offline software. These were installed on computers/ laptops and used by only a handful of people in the daily routine of school operation. A data entry operator would use it for maintaining daily records, or a front desk staff member would use it for routine work, or it would help manage students’ records. Someone from the accounts team would take its help for maintaining fee entries and generating reports. Marks entries would be done by a data entry operator/computer teacher to create report cards and print them out. That was more or less it. The offline school management software was a big hit as it helped schools manage their internal management tasks more efficiently and accurately. However, with the passage of time, the school management software has matured from offline, on-premise software to online school management software. Teachers, students, parents and other staff members across different departments have access to the software, and they could use it to manage their work from anywhere and at any given time. The combination of communication- collaboration-features and powerful-internal- management-features made it a perfect platform for schools to keep up with the times. Its capability to connect all stakeholders and keep them involved and informed made it a superpower for the schools. This matured and seasoned school management software is what we see and use today in our schools. Though the school management softwares have gained traction with the schools but unfortunately, many schools that invest in this superpower are not able to use it well or do not use it at all. They keep it as a regular ‘software’ to add to the portfolio of technology tools used by the school. Right implementation Involved in the school management software space for the past decade ten years, I’ve always been curious to find the reasons behind why schools are unable to implement such powerful pieces of technology. After building SchoolPad’s online school management software in 2013 and working on the pilot version with a handful of schools, the first thing we did to address this problem was to set up a team of expert coaches who worked closely with schools to help them implement SchoolPad. They didn’t just extend their support but nurtured them into advanced users. And that nurturing is what we figured out was the real answer to this problem. Implementation of school management software across different departments of a school is a journey but starting the journey right is one of the most essential activities required by schools to get the implementation going in the right direction. Triggers for adopting school management software This is one of the most fundamental steps that set up the stage for successful implementation of your school management software. You might require school management software for everything…
Dr Manjeet Jain is founder of Education India, born and brought up in Mount Abu. Doctorate In English Literature from USA, served in army as captain after volunteer retirement opted education career as passion. Has been awarded with various recognition and held key designation in various government, semi government and private bodies. He is well known for expressing his views fearlessly towards education system his more than 100 articles published featured in various print media like Times of India, Express, The Hindu and is a frequent blogger for the platforms like Speaking Tree etc. He also holds the privilege of being a principal of President Awardee School in 2016. At present taking care of all together 200 plus schools and has been featured in Forbes India Magazine in November 2020 Edition. His key mantra in life is “ Live the Life to the Lees”. Education India – India’s academic partner, one of the fastest growing startups in the field of education, is set to invest rupees 20 crores in School Acquisition Module. The company is planning to have more than 300 schools on lease module till 2023. Education India having corporate office at Belagavi, Karnataka has already acquired nearby 100 schools in the recent past. The startup began its functioning in 2015 and has reached to the milestone without raising any fund. The vision of the company is quite simple to feast quality education to remote locations of India with the combination of technology and trained human resources. Education India is involved in thoughtful research in school education and as a result the company has developed more than 156 modules for every aspect of schooling like nomadic SOPs for vertical admission and revenue growth or quadrilateral module for academic excellence. Education India has a team of 100 plus senior academicians who are dedicated to bring the revolution in school education sector with various innovative ideas and creative teaching methodologies with edge of technology. Even the company has developed its own digital platform “Edubuddy” which has a complete solution for students, parents, teachers and school management. In the recent developments EI has signed an MOU with Network 18 [A RIL Company] for technical collaboration as well as has exchanged an LOU with Education Department of Queensland – Australia for various academic programme. Education India has already made its presence in 25 states per cent UTS of India and planning to cover entire stretch by 2023. Even during the Covid situation Education India has acquired 23 schools in UK, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Karnataka with the investment of more than 7 crores. As on today Education India is rendering its various services to DPS, MT Litera, GD Goenka, DPIS, Scottish, Manchester, DAV, Good Shepherd and Shanti International schools. The planned investment of rupees 20 crore will help the company to increase the reach as well as to equip the school sector with latest technologies. Executive Director Lakshmi Khilari and her team have visited nearly 22 states and 250 schools to…
