Protecting and nurturing intelligence.
Active Living
Students explore gymnastics as part of the ‘active living’ strand of Personal, Social and Physical Education of International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB PYP). The IB PYP is governed from Geneva, Switzerland and is the best curriculum in the world for student development.
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Benefits of small number of students in a class
Teachers from around the world, especially in international schools with international programs like IB & CIE have about 25 students per classroom up to age 5, approx. 25 students per classroom from ages 6 to 10, and approx. 30 students per classroom from ages 11 to 14. There is overwhelming evidence that following benefits exist: [...]
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Golden Peacock National Training Award
The Modern is the recipient of the prestigious Golden Peacock National Training Award. What is the Golden Peacock National Training Award? It identifies excellence in training practices and relates effective training with improved business and individual performance by providing role models in all sectors of Indian Corporate life. The Golden Peacock National Training Award is [...]
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Making your child a ‘Fully Functioning Person’
The Modern School not only aims at the academic development of the child but also lays emphasis on the holistic development. Our aim is to make children competent and mature enough so that they not only do well in exams but also come out with flying colours in the daily tests of life as sensitive, [...]
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Modernites are ‘Intrinsically Motivated’
A visitor: “Why do you study this chapter?” Extrinsically motivated student: “Because it’s part of our syllabus and will come in the exams.” Intrinsically motivated student: “Because this chapter is so interesting. I love it.” Extrinsic motivation, like awards, marks, honours, grades, etc., is necessary when students have not developed an interest in or internal [...]
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Lifelong success, not just exam success
In modern times knowledge gets obsolete every day. So instead of making children consume knowledge, we have to also make them capable of learning how to gather and learn new knowledge on their own. Child centered education aims at enabling a child learn ‘how to learn’. To face the future shock of a fast changing [...]
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The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.
A brief analysis by Mr. Rakesh Kapoor, Founder, The Modern School, Lucknow The points below are from government of India’s ‘The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009’ Chapter V ‘Curriculum and completion of elementary education’: Conformity with the values enshrined in the constitution All round development of the child Building up child’s [...]
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The Modern experience
Quality is what The Modern School believes in. So, when it was time to host the Frank Anthony Inter School Debate Championship conducted by ISC, the aim was to make quality arrangements for the guests. The Modern welcomed some of the famous schools and eminent personalities. The hospitality arrangements for the invitees, who actively participated [...]
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