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tion technologies to transform our teaching-learning process,” says Alka Teacher & staff re-orientation.
teaching-learning process to provide Kapur, principal of MPS. Over 350 kindergarten-senior sec-
uninterrupted learning to our stu- ondary teachers are being provided
dents throughout the Covid-19 lock- Amity Future Academy hands-on training to utilise the Mi-
down,” says Meeta Sharma, princi- crosoft learning platform and tools
pal of MIS, India’s top-ranked all girls’ he Delhi-based Amity Future such as Sway, One Note, Whiteboard,
boarding school. TAcademy (AFA) — a division of Power Point, among others. Demo
Amity University Online (AUO) — sessions and virtual classes are being
MPS Shalimar Bagh has devised several online solutions conducted for teachers with special fo-
for higher education institutions and
cus on teaching language and math-
he management of the CBSE- corporates. AUO and AFA are on- ematics.
Taffiliated Modern Public School, line learning initiatives of the Delhi- Virtual classes. Live virtual classes
Shalimar Bagh, Delhi is intensively based Amity Education Group which are being conducted for classes X-XII
utilising digital technologies to con- comprises 65 preschool to university students on the MS Team platform.
tinue the teaching-learning process. institutions with an aggregate enrol- While live online classes are conduct-
Among its initiatives: ment of 150,000 students in India and ed in the morning hours, students are
Virtual classrooms. Under its Mi- abroad. Responding to the Covid-19 given assignments to keep them busy
crosoft Aspire School Programme, the crisis, AFA has introduced its Free during evening hours. Moreover,
school’s classrooms have gone digital. Learning Month (FLM) programme. teachers are working on curating en-
Students and teachers are given ac- Under FLM any learner worldwide gaging online classes for students of
cess to licensed software and Office can access over 600 hours of content kindergarten-class VIII.
365 tools. in several subjects including data sci- Co-curricular education. Yoga,
Co-curricular activities. With the ence, business analytics & intelligence, music and dance sessions are regu-
management according high priority machine learning & artificial intelli- larly conducted to enable students to
to co-curricular education, the school gence, among others, free of charge relax and rejuvenate.
has leveraged latest technologies to for 30 days. These study programmes “These are challenging times for
conduct online career counselling are designed by industry specialists everyone but commitment to a com-
for class XII students and an Activity in partnership with top-ranked uni- mon goal has inspired our manage-
Chart for preschoolers. Moreover, Atal versities including Harvard Business ment and teachers to work in tandem
Tinkering Lab and astronomy classes, School Online and Wharton Online, to design effective and streamlined
dance and music sessions, yoga and among others. online learning programmes for our
sports activities are also being con- “AUO has embraced Education students,” says J. Bhuvaneswari,
ducted online. 4.0 by being the first online education principal of the CBSE-affiliated co-
In-service teacher training. provider to develop future leaders to ed day Presidency School, Bangalore
Zoom, a popular virtual platform, is transform India into a knowledge su- South.
being used for continuous in-service perpower. From digital classrooms to
teacher training programmes to en- collaborative learning, students and Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
sure the faculty remains abreast of industry professionals are provided
latest teaching-learning practices. skill-based learning courses on our ighty K-12 schools operational in
Cloud-based learning. Teach- platform,” says Ajit K. Chauhan, EMaharashtra under the Bharati
ers continuously add to their subject chairman of Amity University Online Vidyapeeth banner — including 13
knowledge drawing on cloud content and AFA. English-medium schools affiliated
repositories. The school has created Interested candidates can register with the CBSE, CAIE (UK) and Ma-
individual login accounts for students at https://programs.amityfutureacad- harashtra state boards — have quickly
and teachers to access enriching on- emy.com/free-learning-month/. adopted a three-stage online teaching
line content. programme.
Broadcast groups. Every teacher Presidency School, Orientation of all stakeholders.
and student remains connected via Video conferencing is normative for
the school’s broadcast network. Bangalore South principals to discuss and chalk out a
“No breakdown can stop the edu- comprehensive strategy to ensure con-
cation fraternity from disseminating he management and teachers of tinuity of teaching-learning.
knowledge. Covid-19 is powerless be- Tthe Presidency School, Bangalore Online access to syllabus and li-
fore our enthusiastic teaching frater- South have been ensuring teaching- brary books. The BV schools’ Smart
nity which is digitally equipped and learning continuity with several class content partners have shared
committed to continue a seamless speedy initiatives. Among them: links with at-home students to enable

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