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HOPE
Channelling lived experience for effective learning
What is the best way to engage Class 10 students in a lesson on created an election scenario and then asked questions based on
political science? Make them simulate a real-life election, the subject matter.” adds Gajanan.
complete with students and sta acting as party leaders, party
Launched in November 2021, the “Experiential Learning for
functionaries, polling o cials, and as ordinary citizens voting in
21 Century” programme is an initiative of the Central Board of
st
the whole democratic process.
Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Education Society for
Earlier, during the normal course of classroom teaching, Gajanan Tribal Students (NESTS), and the Ministry of Tribal A airs. The
Dhangar (a teacher at Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Tata Trusts have collaborated to implement the programme as
Khairi Parsoda, Ramtek, Nagpur, Maharashtra) would have part of its Education portfolio, along with the Tata Institute of
delivered a lecture on Political Science to his students, followed Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, and the Mahatma Gandhi
by a discussion on the key concepts, and students taking down International School (MGIS) in Ahmedabad.
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notes on the same. But attending a training course on experiential
The training programme was conceptualised as an online course
learning in December 2021 exposed Gajanan to a di erent and
for educators. Its key objective is to give primacy to students’
perhaps more e ective approach to teaching, which incorporates
context and adapt classroom learning to real-life experiences.
the Nai-Taleem philosophy.
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The three-month online course entitled, “Teacher Leaders” was
“Using key takeaways from the course, I asked students to o ered to about 44 selected teachers and principals. Participants
conduct a real election during which process, a voting list, were drawn from six states, namely Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh,
election manifesto, ballot paper, party symbol, and agenda were Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh.
discussed with the students. Senior teachers were requested
Four training modules were delivered, supported by virtual webinars
to act as members of the Election Commission of India,”
to discuss the teachers’ understanding and to facilitate course
said Gajanan.
learnings. The interactive webinars further oriented teachers
“One student became a leader, towards pedagogy focussed on project
and others were followers… I mapping and lesson planning.
asked some students to act as
Following a successful completion of the
representatives in a polling
course, along with 259 other EMRS teachers,
booth, and students voted as per
and incorporating it in his own classroom
the attendance register, following
teaching methods, Gajanan now acts as a
which we dotted their fingers
mentor for the course. He is currently
using permanent markers. We
mentoring around 10 teachers from the
Implementing an experiential learning second batch, which commenced in August
project at a school in Tripura
this year.
4 QUALITY EDUCATION
1 Anand Niketan is a Nai Taleem school,
PROJECT ALIGNS WITH SDG
situated in Sewagram, Wardha, Maharashtra
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