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When I was trying to explain to our teachers why it is so important for all of us, especially educators, to continue to learn and expand our thoughts - I came up with this example & it seemed effective. Sharing it here… Imagine a box containing only two large...

Wherever you are in Bharath- if your ambitions are real and if your dreams are big, then, you can call Aurobindo Vidhyalaya your second home! We have many open positions like hostel wardens, lab assistants, drivers, admin assistants, asst. managers, teachers, etc....

Kindergarten Graduation- necessary or not? When it was first proposed at our school in 2018, I didn't think much of it then. It would be cute to see 5-year-olds in caps and gowns. It's a trendy thing in the USA and we are bringing it to a small town in India. However,...

Back in November, there was a thought: instead of a typical school Annual Day event, which usually involves students performing various songs/dances/dramas on stage, why don't we have a different kind of annual event that is not just entertaining, but useful too? One...

“If I have judged myself to have risen by the fall of others, then I have fallen too.” – Dr. Sriram Devanathan (Principal of Engineering & Computing at Amrita University, Bengaluru) This is one of the most simple, yet profound statements that I have processed thus...

"Knowledge gives us power, love gives us fullness." Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. I just read this quote and it took me back to the Teachers' Day celebration at our #aurobindovidhyalaya school in 2019. All the teachers gifted me this mug for being "Most Passionate!"...

December 2018: My very first Sports Day event at our school #aurobindovidhyalaya as a Principal and I just let the events happen as they've happened in the past. Students participated in various events and we gave medals and certificates to the top three. However, it...

I had signed up for a workshop a couple of months ago, “Aspiring Homeschoolers Forum”, just on a whim. I am not currently homeschooling my children in the original sense (almost the whole world is ‘homeschooling’ now, thanks to Covid!), and neither am I aspiring to. I...

As students, we would’ve all asked this question while at school. Why? Why do we have to learn algebra? Why learn about French Revolution? Why learn the types of conditional clauses? Why does one have to learn that the left ventricle is located below the left atrium...