Education
A No-textbook Curriculum? Hurray!!
No text-books? Sounds alluring … But is it possible? This school has reply to this question!
A school with no books! Luring, eh?!
Well, here’s a piece of good news primary students, especially those in Punjab.
Oakridge International School, in an event compered by Ma’am Anju Malhotra, organized within the school premises, the school broke this happy news of getting recognition from the International Baccalaureate World School for a no-textbook programme for the primary level, that is, for age group 3-12. With this, the school has become the first one to get this authorization.
The happy event started with students of Class 4th performing a dance number for the audience, with the IBPYP coordinator, Ma’am Geeta Vasudeva, in an august presence of principal Ramanjit Ghuman and school director Abhishek Sharma, briefed the parents about the new programme.
Geeta Vasudev went on to say, “Oakridge tries to make the students global citizens with a broad outlook in all spheres of life. Three years ago, the school embarked on a journey with an aim to become a truly international school authorised by IB for its primary years programme.”
She further added, “PYP is an enquiry-based curriculum which does not prescribe any defined textbook and has a student-centric approach. It works on the premise that every child is unique and has different abilities and interests. This is a widely used system in many developed countries as part of their academic curriculum.”
Abhishek Sharma, the school director, was then invited to unveil the logo of the new curriculum, and informed, “We introduced the PYP curriculum three years ago, adhered to all the guidelines and now our hard work and dedication have paid off.”
Discussing more about this programme, he talked how IB is advantageous, saying, “The IB education works on the overall development of a child where he is taught to question the teachers at every level. The teachers adopt an interactive methodology which ultimately makes higher education easier for the children.”