Students' stories
Inclusiveness - A hearing impaired child opens up to the opportunities for all at Indus.
Hope in despair - Indus helps a child to deal with loss and move on into a brave new future.
Innovative learning - A child begins to make sense of it all through the fundamentals.
Innovative learning
Rajendra Prasad is a BA, B.Ed and works as a junior lecturer in Chityala village in Nalgonda District. His wife, a B.Sc, B.Ed, is a government employee and works as Social Welfare Officer, a Gazzeted post in Andhra Pradesh. Their seven year old daughter Harshita attends class III in Indus Academy in Chityala.
Earlier Harshita used to attend a well known talent school in Chityala. This school offered a heavy syllabus, longer hours and bonus remedial classes every day. Initially Harshita's parents thought that the intensive study regime would help their daughter improve in her studies. But all this only translated into a lot of pressure on children and heavier school bags. They soon observed that the school followed rote learning methods without checking to see whether the child understood what she learned. Despite the strict academic environment, they found that basic concepts of arithmetic and language were not very clear to their child.
Harshita's parents decided to enroll their child in a school where she can learn through understanding. When they visited the school for first time, they were quite impressive with the demonstration given by mentors and coordinators.
Earlier Harshita used to attend a well known talent school in Chityala. This school offered a heavy syllabus, longer hours and bonus remedial classes every day. Initially Harshita's parents thought that the intensive study regime would help their daughter improve in her studies. But all this only translated into a lot of pressure on children and heavier school bags. They soon observed that the school followed rote learning methods without checking to see whether the child understood what she learned. Despite the strict academic environment, they found that basic concepts of arithmetic and language were not very clear to their child.
Harshita's parents decided to enroll their child in a school where she can learn through understanding. When they visited the school for first time, they were quite impressive with the demonstration given by mentors and coordinators.
Initially they doubted the capabilities of Indus Academy Mentors because of their not-so-high academic qualifications. But they saw that these mentors have the determination to help children learn and understand concept. The use of Play Way methods and the systemic support through micro schedules made Indus the choice for their daughter.
Very soon, Harshita made many friends and is very active in school. Rajendra Prasad says he is a firm believer in the Play Way method of teaching and is happy that his daughter now understands the basic concepts of arithmetic. He appreciates the alternative methods employed by Indus mentors to help children learn. "Such methods should penetrate into every corner of the country so that all children will be able to access it easily", he reaffirms.
Very soon, Harshita made many friends and is very active in school. Rajendra Prasad says he is a firm believer in the Play Way method of teaching and is happy that his daughter now understands the basic concepts of arithmetic. He appreciates the alternative methods employed by Indus mentors to help children learn. "Such methods should penetrate into every corner of the country so that all children will be able to access it easily", he reaffirms.
