International school in Juhu wins British Council award

International school in Juhu wins British Council award

Mumbai: While the state government is contemplating on improving curriculum and teaching methods in its schools, Cambridge board-based Rims International School and Junior College at Juhu recently received the International School Award, initiated by the British Council.
The school has also been selected as a case study for other international schools following the Cambridge curriculum.
The school, which practises application-based method of teaching, will be felicitated at a formal ceremony and its methods will be presented to other schools. “We have converted all the lessons into interesting activities and linked them with subjects. For example, while teaching about local games in physical education, our students were made to interact with students of partnering international schools. This way, they learnt about local and international games,” said Kishore Pillai, principal.
“We have created a range of activities and linked all the subjects with each other for the students to find it interesting to study. We presented this method to the British Council,” Pillai said.
Sharon Solomon, manager, school programmes, British Council, West India, said,
“The school was awarded the International School Award (ISA) which is valid for three years. The institute has successfully planned and executed various curriculum-based international activities which will prove to be a valuable case study for other schools.”
For the school, preparation for the award involved thorough spade work which started in academic session 2009-2010. “This was the first time we participated in the award category. It was a year-old extensive activity, which we showcased successfully to the British Council. We have used this method of teaching right from Kindergarten to Junior College,” said the principal.
The objective of the ISA award is to develop partnership among schools across borders and introduce innovative teaching methods.

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