Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 12: Jodhamal Public School has been successful in being the only school in Jammu and Kashmir to get re-accredited with the British Council International School Award 2016-19.
The first ISA Award was also won by Jodhamal for 2013-2016 in the State.
The school has received the International School Award for the Second term for 2016 -2019 with the support and motivation of the Management of Jodhamal Public School under the leadership of the Principal, Trilok Singh Bist, who initiated the process to in-still a global dimension into the learning experience and registered for the Re-Accreditation for the British Council International School Award (ISA) 2016-19.
This award recognizes schools which have excelled in the area of international learning. The Award is an internationally recognized accreditation, awarded to schools which forge links with partners overseas and add an international dimension to the curriculum. Through working on joint projects and adding international elements to lessons, pupils (and teachers) are given a fresh perspective on the world and their place in it.
The award was received by the ISA Coordinators Monika Sethi and Bhawna Madaan and presented by Ms Ella, Head of the Macmillan Education at The Leela Ambience Delhi Convention Hotel New Delhi where more than 300 schools were represented by their respective Principals, Vice-Principals, Coordinators and Teachers.
The British Council offers the International School Award (ISA) as an accreditation framework for schools to record and evaluate their international work and embed it into the curriculum and whole school ethos. As part of the ISA action plan, the school planned and executed seven different projects for students of different age groups which were titled: – A day in my life through paintings, Water – The Blue Lifeline, e-Waste: Result of Haste, The Iconic Legends, Service – A spirit of joy and happiness. World of Symmetry, Panorama –The fusion of diversity.
To meet the goal of the ISA project the seven project leaders namely Nivedita Sharma, Sanjay Pandey, Deepmala Sharma, Pratibha Sopori, Vandana Jain, Almas Ahmer and KK Bali conducted various activities throughout the year 2015-16 by bringing internationalism in the school curriculum. The ISA project was supported by Kiran Kaur, Vikas Bakshi, Ankita and Pawandeep for their technical help in the compilation of the seven projects in the e- dossier format.
The evidence based 250-page dossier was submitted to the British Council for accreditation and the school has been successfully awarded with the British Council International School Award for the period 2016-19.
The students within the school were involved in the international framework, collaborative curriculum-based work and year-round international activities.
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