I am pretty excited to pen down my take while walking the footsteps through the pedagogical diary of a school in Bangalore, The Green School Bangalore, with the pet name TGSB. After an intense analysis through the lens of educational practices, I am intrigued to call TGSB not just a school but a dynamic learning ecosystem.
The TGSB ecosystem cares for the world around us, the planet we live in, and bestows the onus on young minds in transforming them to responsible global citizens. In fact, the name captivated me to zoom into the infrastructure of the school- a building which balances its energy needs with energy produced from renewable, zero-emission sources. TGSB invests in its human assets over the cosmetic artificial aesthetics of the campus. The teachers are facilitators in the true sense who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own (Nikos Kazantzakis).
Student learning happens through personalization and increased autonomy which ensures lifelong learning opportunities for all students under the equitable inclusive learning roof. Well-being, peace of mind, power of expression, and safety for all are the key practices from the school effectiveness framework of supporting learning.
More than just scoring marks, writing exams, PTMs, and homework-TGSB learning ecosystem thrives with the consistent pulse beats of ensuring socio-emotional well-being, empathy, freedom of thinking, knowledge sharing, and healthy collaboration amongst all the stakeholders in its family.
The news of ‘The Green School Bangalore got ranked among India’s Top10 schools for SDGs Committed Schools in the #EducationWorld India School Grand Jury Rankings 2022-23 Awards as Number 1 in Bangalore, number 1 in Karnataka and number 3 in India’ brings a smile to many existing TGSBians in being acclaimed for what the school deserves.
By- Dr Sukanya Pal
A Global curriculum Analyst and a Blogger
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info@thegreenschoolbangalore.com
