MARIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL

The Founder and Managing Trustee of Maria’s Public School, Mrs Nellie Ahmed recently visited Israel as a part of the 24-member delegation comprising top educationists from across India to understand Israel’s school education model and pedagogical tools. The visit, organised by FICCI Alliance for Re-Imagining School Education (ARISE), a collegium of stakeholders, was aimed at promoting quality education, with support from the Foreign Trade Administration, Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry and the Embassy of Israel.

The visit provided opportunities to understand and experience the Israeli model of the education system in the K-12 space and helped gain exposure to the dynamic and flexible policies, pedagogical tools and models using cutting-edge tech like data analytics, artificial intelligence and design thinking to prepare students for the 21st century needs.

FICCI ARISE chairman Shishir Jaipuria said to the media, “In India, we have done excellent work in ensuring access to school education to the remotest rural pockets. The bigger challenge today is to ensure outcome-based learning and accountability of stakeholders through ethical reporting of data. This is possible only through intelligent use of technology.” He also said, “We also need to learn how Israel has effectively mainstreamed entrepreneurship education into School Education thereby giving the advantage of early mentoring and skilling of students.” 

The delegation’s itinerary included visits to a number of institutions, the Ministry of Education, Israel, Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute, Taasiyeda, Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, Start-up Nation Central, MINDCET and Shimon Peres High School.