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sheets and videos. Virtual groups for 37 countries around the world learn- Weekly time-table. Teachers share
every class have been formed for stu- ing from home and connected with a weekly time-table through SAMS
dents to post their assignments and each other. covering six to seven hours of learning
queries. Online lesson plans are also “Innovation is the best vaccine each day — including time for yoga,
shared with students and parents for against Covid-19. This is the only way hobbies, relaxation and play.
all classes. we believe we can re-skill ourselves “Throughout this unprecedented
Tech-driven teaching. Besides in the new VUCA (volatile, uncertain, health-socio-economic-financial cri-
conducting live online classes through complex and ambiguous) world. In sis, the SAI family has been work-
the Zoom app, teachers share topic- IIS institutions, innovation has been ing unitedly to sail our ship safely
based videos and links for students to facilitated by ICT-enabled, syllabus- through troubled waters. Together we
grasp concepts. Audio recordings of mapped curriculums supported by a shall build a better India through new
teachers are also shared with students leadership curriculum that focuses technology-enabled education,” vows
as and when required. on all children and teachers investing Dr. Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, founder-
Co-curricular education. Co-cur- them with higher purpose, and goals. chairman of the SAI Group.
ricular education activities covering In addition our Leadership School
yoga, art and craft, drawing, blog writ- for outbound education that empha- Candor International
ing, taekwondo, rapper reloaded, bud- sises team-work, creativity, grit and
ding poets, among others, are woven resilience and community service, School, Bangalore
into the virtual learning curriculum. continues to broadcast online,” says
Skill-enhancement programmes. Lt. Gen (Retd.) Arjun Ray, PVSM, n the wake of the COVID-19 pan-
Certification and skills-enhancement VSM, managing trustee of the Indus Idemic outbreak and ongoing emer-
courses are conducted for teachers to Trust and CEO of Indus International gency lockdown, the pre-K-12 Can-
improve competencies. Schools. dor International School, Bangalore
“Long before the novel Coronavi- has leveraged a wide range of virtual
rus crisis turned into a pandemic, our SAI International Education learning solutions and communica-
team of dedicated educators had cre- tion/collaboration platforms to pro-
ated virtual classrooms to ensure that Group vide students effective interim alter-
teaching-learning continues despite natives to regular schooling.
all roadblocks and lockdowns. I am he Bhubaneswar-based SAI Group Google Classrooms and Zoom.
confident that the strong camarade- T— comprising SAI International Popular cloud-based video confer-
rie we share with our stakeholders will School, SAI International Residen- encing platforms supplemented by
help us tide over these difficult times tial School and SAI Angan preschool Google Classrooms and Zoom have
and enable us to deliver unhindered — has designed an innovative online provided engaging learning experi-
learning,” says Bhawna Gupta, learning solution by integrating latest ences for all students. Zoom has also
principal of SPSEC. digital technologies with the SAI Aca- enabled teachers to conduct regular
demic Management System (SAMS), classes for primary school students.
Indus International the SAI Group’s ERP solution, to cre- are being reached through digital plat-
Middle and high school students
ate the SAI Cloud School.
Schools Theoretical resources. Online forms such as Edmodo, Managebac,
learning modules provide short notes Skype, Zoom and YouTube which en-
n the top-ranked Indus Interna- on the concepts along with relevant able teachers to post resources, sched-
Itional Schools (IIS) in Bangalore, videos and learning material. This ule assignments and provide timely
Hyderabad and Pune, the challenges is augmented by the incorporation feedback to students. The school’s
posed by the Covid-19 crisis have been of exercises, both warm up and time virtual classes are scheduled between
rapidly overcome through a smooth bound. The feedback provided by 9 a.m-2.30 p.m on weekdays.
transition to WFH (work from home) these exercises enables teachers to “I believe we will emerge from this
and blended learning solutions. The identify strengths and weaknesses of pandemic as a stronger and more
IIS management, which introduced students for remedial education. skilled set of educators who believe
digital learning in classes VI-XII in Interactive Zoom classes. SAI in- in ourselves and will outdo ourselves
2014 and artificial intelligence in-class stitutions have been using the popular for the benefit of all stakeholders of
robots to assist senior school teachers Zoom app to simulate real classroom this international school. The bond
and students last year, has accelerated environments to enable face-to-face between the students and teachers
the evolution of its WFH and blended interaction with teachers. Conducted has never been stronger than in this
learning pedagogies during the past daily, virtual classes follow a struc- crisis,” says Anvita Gupta, principal
month with all 3,520 students from tured time-table. of Candor International School.

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