Isha Home School
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Isha Yoga Center Velliangiri Mountains Semmedu Post Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641114 India | |
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| School type | Residential school |
| Established | 2005 |
| Founder | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |
| School board | Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
| Years offered | 5 to 18 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Education system | Montessori and classroom |
| Medium of language | English |
| Houses | Chola, Hoysala, Kakatiya, Maratha |
| Song | I Play to Win, But I Win in the Victory of All |
| Yearbook | Lilt |
| Website | Isha Home School Homepage |
Isha Home School (or IHS, as it also known) is a residential school situated at the Isha Yoga Center near Coimbatore and founded in 2005 by Sadhguru. Children are divided amongst the four houses, Chola, Hoysala, Kakatiya and Maratha named after ancient empires of the Deccan Plateau in India.
Residential arrangement
Depending on their age, students at the Isha Home School fall into one of three sections - junior school, middle school and senior school. Junior and middle school students up to grade 7, reside in a home-like atmosphere with the children living in "houses" with "house parents" and housemates of various ages.[1] The houses are designed to recreate the atmosphere of the home with classes being conducted mainly within the premises of the house itself(only till middle school). The senior school students reside in dormitory-style boarding.
Teaching methods
At the junior and middle school levels, the school implements a synthesis of the Montessori method of teaching and a more typical teacher-student method of education. Children are encouraged to experiment and explore various subjects and develop an interest in them with teachers and house parents playing the roles of guides and mentors. The senior school from grade 9 onwards, follows a more typical classroom teaching method. At the senior school level, the school follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) board of education at grade 10 and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) at grade 12. Emphasis is placed on learning outside the textbook. Innovative methods of education such as teaching mathematics using origami[2] are combined with field trips to facilitate learning. Frequent workshops are also conducted on performance arts such as pottery and dramatics[3] with experts from various fields such as Shobha Viswanath, Creative Director of Karadi Tales, Velu Saravanan,[4] Prahlad Kakkar and Shekhar Kapur[5] sharing their expertise with the students.
See also
- Sadhguru
- Isha foundation
References
- ↑ "The fun way". Young World. July 8, 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Origami? It's math, silly!". The Hindu. April 16, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "When monkeys opted out of fast". The New Indian Express. August 24, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Awaken the senses nature's way". The Hindu. March 9, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ↑ Isha HomeSchool 2010. Isha Foundation. April 18, 2010. Event occurs at 54 seconds. Retrieved February 18, 2011.