The Mallya Aditi School in Bangalore

Another awesome school visit occured at the Mallya Aditi School in Bangalore where we had a tour and spent some time talking with Kalpana Suryanarayan, School "Administrator." We asked her what exactly she does in the school and she mentioned scheduling, coordinating professional development for teachers, student discipline & student life, overseeing the international programs and, by the way, teaches English. WOW! Then we learned that the principal also does all of the college counseling - So, we joked that between the two of them, they do the work of about 10 of us at UA.

Of course, the school is very different from UA. They have 540 students in k-12. The school is 25 years old this year and is particularly proud of its awesome student / teacher ratio which is 8:1 - quite unheard of in Indian schools. The school is so vibrant and cheerful as you can see in a few pictures here. They also pride themselves on innovation, use of technology and international programs such as exchange programs with a school in Germany as well as a school in California.

One interesting thing that Kalpana told us is that all Indian schools are required to give 30 scholarships to girls in order to help with the issue of girls not being educated in India at the same level as boys. So, they do have students who receive scholarships.

We were only at the school for a few hours but I loved the warmth and the joyful vibe that I felt there - let me know what you think of the uniforms and more...

cmn

PS - That's Shonal with the little girls - she showed up all gorgeous in her traditional clothing - Did I tell you that she was also a clothing designer at one point in her life?