Title: UK INDIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE
1UK- INDIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE
CLUSTER SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
2CONTACT SEMINAR
3PARTNER SCHOOLS
TRAFFORD CLUSTER SCHOOLS IN MANCHESTER, UK
APEEJAY CLUSTER SCHOOLS IN INDIA
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, PITAMPURA
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, NOIDA
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, SHIEKH SARAI
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, JALANDHAR
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, NERUL
- APEEJAY SCHOOL, CHARKHI DADRI
- ALTRINCHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS
- STAMFORD PARK JUNIOR SCHOOL
- BROOMWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
- BOWDON CHURCH SCHOOL
This Partnership began with the visit of two head
teachers from Indian Cluster to UK Cluster School
in January 2007 to develop leadership strand
4A TYPICAL EXPERIENCES IN INDIA
- The visitors from UK get cultural shock when they
first time come to India for a brief visit. - ? Traffic ? Crowd ? Hygiene ? Beggars
5VISIT OF THREE HEADTEACHERS OF UK CLUSTER SCHOOLS
IN MAY 2007
6VISIT OF TWO HEAD TEACHERS WITH 15 STUDENTS FROM
APEEJAY CLUSTER TO TRAFFORD CLUSTER SCHOOLS IN
MANCHESTER DATE 3RD JULY 2007 11TH JULY 2007
7CHALLENGES FACED
- 1. Differences in
- ? Food ? Climate ? Work culture
- ? Body Language
- ? Approach to a problem / project
- 2. Limited duration of the visit
- Solution
- Willingness to adapt, learn and adjust
8THE STUDENTS OF BOTH THE NATIONS EXCHANGED
GREETINGS AND REMAINED IN CONTACT THROUGH EMAIL
AND LETTERS.
9VISIT OF 6 TEACHERS FROM TRAFFORD CLUSTER TO
APEEJAY CLUSTER DATE 2ND APRIL 2008 8TH APRIL
2008
10VISIT OF 2 HEAD TEACHERS WITH 12 STUDENTS FROM
TRAFFORD CLUSTER TO APEEJAY CLUSTER DATE 4TH
JULY 2008 10TH JULY 2008
11STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS AND PAIRED
AMONGST STUDENTS OF APEEJAY SCHOOL, PITAMPURA AND
NOIDA. THEY JOINTLY WORKED ON THE FOLLOWING
PROJECTS
1. To study the problem of Traffic Congestion
from the point of view of Commonwealth Games
2010. 2. Where does belief come from? Difference
in nature of Belief in UK and in India. 3.
Contrasting the problem of water supply in UK and
India.
12STUDENTS PRESENTING THE PROJECT WORK
13VISIT OF 2 PRINCIPALS FROM APEEJAY CLUSTER TO
TRAFFORD CLUSTER DATE4TH MARCH 2009 TO 10TH
MARCH 2009
14ACHIEVEMENTS
- Altrincham Grammar School has managers for school
administration. This system was adopted by
Apeejay School, Pitampura. We called it
Executive Council and it is working
effectively. - Apeejay Cluster also learnt to educate children
coming from muti-cultural and muti-ethnic
backgrounds.
15THE IMPACT
- The students and the staff had British Societys
image formed after watching films / movies /
visit as tourists. The UKIERI programme helped in
changing that image. - It also helped in understanding people of
different cultures. - It helped in making healthier attitude towards
people of other countries and realizing that all
of us are different but no one is inferior or
superior.
THANK YOU