Chinmaya Vidhyalaya
School
Academics
Community Engagement
Founded on values of Chinmaya Mission, Chinmaya Vidhyalaya has been admitting EWS kids since 2006. The school took time to ease the students in and faced problems as most children are first generation learners. However, the learning curve was steep and the school has now taken extensive measures to integrate children from economically weaker section in their schools. ChinmayaVidhyalaya runs a centre called ‘jagriti’, for school children who need extra academic support. Attended by almost 100 students, Jagriti has provision for kids to have a healthy snack between regular school and Jagriti classes, which are run for 5 days in a week. To ensure small group and leveled learning, Jagriti has 9 additional teachers who teach kids and serve as extra support structures. To ensure continuity between morning classes and Jagriti, a coordinator visits Jagriti kids in morning classes, speaks to class teachers, identifies academic gaps and then makes reports and actions plans to bridge these gaps. A special educator is appointed to serve kids with learning disabilities. School teachers and Jagriti educators maintain regular contact with parents. The teachers, both in morning school and Jagriti are extremely sensitive in building a culture of respect and approachability. Regular PTMs are held, in Hindi, for parents to interact with each other and be sensitive to the diversity in classroom. There is regular interaction between teachers and Jagriti educators to track progress of each child.
Teachers
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