School for Alternative Education, A Waldorf School in Delhi NCR

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Mirambika, Delhi Architects: Sanjay Prakash and Matthijis Cornelissen Year: 1981 Project location: Aurobindo marg, Delhi Site area: 48,000 sqm Built-up area: 11,220 sqm Total no. of students: 180 Grades: Playgroup-8 Avg students per class: 25 School typology: Courtyard 2.59 Central courtyard, Mirambika Mirambika started in 1981 as an experimental innovative school. It has inspired several other schools in the country, which have also made mark as schools with difference.It follows the system of integral education as formulated by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. Integral means total: as it addresses the totality of the being. In Mirambika children learn more by doing, observing and reflecting than by didactic teaching. The curriculum is not rigid, and evolves as the class progresses, allowing each individual child to grow at their own pace.

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