STEM Leadership Programme in India
Teachers and school leaders of Adani schools, Executive Director of Adani Foundation (Centre) Sir Shri Vasant Gadhavi.
Temasek Foundation, Adani Foundation and the National Institute of Education partner in a STEM Leadership Programme to develop an integrated STEM model for Adani schools. This partnership will span across three years and over six phases. The Multi-centric Education, Research and Industry STEM Centre at the NIE is leading in this partnership with a team of STEM curriculum experts with experience in STEM curriculum design, implementation, evaluation, assessment and research.
Inauguration of the event with lighting of the Lamp of Wisdom
In the first Phase of this Programme, a baseline study and workshop were carried out in Gujarat, India on 14-16 April 2023. 39 teachers from 7 Adani schools, namely, Adani Public School, Mundra (APS), Adani Vidya Mandir Ahmedabad (AVMA), Adani Vidya Mandir, Salhi (AVMS), Ambuja Vidya Niketan Ambujanagar (AVNA), Ambuja Vidya Niketan, Upparwahi (AVNU), Adani World School (AWS), and NRC School, Mohone (NRC), participated in a three-day workshop that develops their foundational understanding of integrated STEM curriculum. A baseline focus group discussion with key representatives overseeing infrastructure, cybersecurity, and green energy businesses in Adani Group was conducted. Great insights were obtained on the types of 21st century competencies that STEM industrialists seek when hiring employees. Further understandings from lesson observations and interviews in August 2023 will deepen our understandings of the Adani schools and inform our curriculum work in designing the materials, tools, and frameworks to guide future STEM teaching, learning, assessment, and evaluation.
meriSTEM@NIE consultants with Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of Adani Foundation
Teachers and school leaders from 7 Adani schools brainstorming over a STEM problem
Baseline Scan and Observation of Classes
August 7 – 11, 2023
The continuation of the first phase of the programme was carried out in two schools – Adani Vidya Madir in Gujarat and NRC School, Mohone in Mumbai. As part of the ongoing creation of a STEM Framework anchored in the Indian context, NIE consultants observed classrooms in their implementation of monodisciplinary and interdisciplinary classes. Aside from conducting interviews with students, NIE consultants also conducted teacher interviews so as to deepen their understanding of Adani schools and be better equipped to help the teachers design the materials, tools, and framework needed in conducting a STEM lesson.
NIE consultants with Adani Vidya Mandir Admin and Adani Foundation representatives
Adani Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad (August 7 – 8, 2023)
Adani Vidma Mandir was established in 2008 to provide free education to underprivileged children. There are three AVM schools in India, and they are located in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh respectively. The schools take care of the uniforms, transportation, and meals for the students, as well as the materials that will be used by teachers in the classroom.
The teachers who were observed were Dr Anamika Jha (Biology), Ms Viral Thakkar (Chemistry), Ms Shweta Khakhkahr (Physics) and Ms Sanjana Jyotishi (Biology).
NRC School, Mohone (August 10 – 11, 2023)
NIE consultants with NRC School Admin and Adani Foundation representative
NRC School was set up in 1950 and is currently under the management of Adani Foundation. The school will also be rebranded by next year and will take on the Adani name. NRC School has two teaching mediums – English and Marathi. English school is scheduled in the morning, while Marathi school is in the afternoon. The school offers pre-primary, primary, and secondary.
The teachers who were observed were Ms Pearl Peter (Science) and Ms Aishwarya (Physics).
