Generally, when a schedule for a gathering is fixed, everyone in it should abide by the agenda, participate in the fixed-plan to achieve the success of the program.
In a conference or a meeting, agendas could give success, but when education comes with rigid-schedules, it is debatable whether all participating students could move ahead with the same speed or exhibit uniform conviction towards education under the traditional mode of teaching & learning.
Times have changed where expectation from school education has shifted from preparing students for just high marks and grades to preparing students for life. Parents want their children to be prepared when the existing paradigm of life shifts.
Is there a way to make every student in a classroom attain their best versions? Can all the students be guided to become successful, skilled and unique individuals? Yes, says The Origami Concept School, an entirely new kind of school from National Model Schools.
The School:
The Origami Concept School is planning to bring a revolution in the field of education. True to the art ‘Origami’, the school has come out with a very beautiful system. The campus is built on a 50,000 sq.ft area in Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, and follows International General Certificate of Secondary Education Syllabus, shortly called ‘IGCSES’. It is a well-recognized international educational system that could open doors to many European Universities without hassle for the students.
The defining feature of this school is its proposed operating method. It envisions to groom children into better adults by making them be the best in the areas where their potential lies. The students will be kept at the centre here, and a deeper level of observational work will be done by the school’s faculty. The teachers will continuously study the students’ abilities, learning style and interests, and help them grow better in those areas and also go along well with their academics.
The school aspires to find the unique strength of students and tap on that potential. The leadership team of The Origami Concept School is very clear with what they want their students to achieve – Attain their Best Versions.
Academic success comes naturally but the school wants their students to be better individuals who know who they are, what their strength is, how strong they are, and how strong they could become. But is this mere rhetoric? No!
The Staff:
The role played by the teachers at The Origami Concept School will be critical in bringing the vision to life. All these teachers are trained in Cambridge System and International Board. They are also trained by Finland Academic Companies. Finland’s educational system is considered one of the best in the world, and so this school is built with Finnish Consultancy. The teachers are trained to learn the learning style of every child in a classroom.
A personalised way of tutoring will be imparted in the classroom. This sort of attention is very easy to be provided to students at The Origami because every grade will have just one section, and that one section will have only 22-24 students. Every classroom will have 2 teachers to teach the students in the most interactive way.
Knowing that some students in a classroom will enjoy learning as they hear more, some by doing activities and some learn better via audio-visual means, the school is equipped with the right infrastructure, right number of students and the right set of teachers. The way the teachers handle their students will be unique, as they will get additional training from Finnish consultants.
The Growth:
While the academics side of education grows every day, the school has included extra-curricular as a part of the daily schedule. The world of Literature, Theatre, Dance, Craft, Life skills, Sports shall be kept open before the students, and they are considered equally important in the school. In fact, the school is working on to add a PT class every day to introduce the students to an active lifestyle.
The school is focused on making students become fluent speakers of English. In fact, the primary years of schooling will be spent on setting a strong foundation in the language. Every classroom in the school will have a library with all genres of books that are meant for children of their age, including comics.
The reading habit is cultivated from an early stage here, and this will help the students to see reading a book as a joy and not a task. The faculty is always there in the classroom to assist the student with their reading initiatives, guide them to understand the meaning of words in the best way that they could grasp. This directly has an effect in their language, reading skills and academics.
The students are encouraged to understand a content’s core. They are trained to read a given content, skim and scan it, and infer the vital information from the content. Once the students get good at this, academic text book turns as a means to attain knowledge, and not something to be memorized for grades.
Making students to think critically is the focal point of The Origami’s teaching process. The students are often given opportunities to think in a critical fashion, even when they learn their regular lessons. In this school, critical thinking becomes a culture and not just an activity.
Overall, the entire system is student-centric here, and the children’s evolution from an innocent being into an illuminated individual is guided in its every step. The art of Origami has always been about folding the paper in its entirety and making it into a beautiful craftwork. No tearing or gluing aid is sought. Here students grow to be originals – beautiful and unique.