Reinforcing quality education

XSEED, a global K-8 learning company, announced the start of its annual school ideas programmein the city along with three other States on Tuesday. Titled “Yatra” the campaign will have a team of XSEED members visiting over 40 schools across Coimbatore, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad with the aim of facilitating a meaningful engagement between the company, schools, parents, teachers and children, to understand and incorporate the evolving needs and trendsto make the programme more relevant and meaningful in imparting quality education. It provides XSEED with the opportunity for focused product development based on the ongoing challenges faced by schools.

Kicking off the sixth edition of Yatra, Founder and CEO, XSEED, Ashish Rajpal said, “Today, children must become skilled thinkers and problem solvers to engage in the 21st century. However, the schooling system today continues to focus rigidly on memorisation rather than on nourishing intellectual creativity. This is a direct result of impersonalized, one size fits all approach and outdated teaching practices present not just in India but different parts of the globe. Hence to instill quality in education, XSEED’s approach is radical and driving tremendous impact.”

Speaking on the effectiveness of XSEED and its impact, DrNayer Iqbal, Principal, Azaan International School, Hyderabad said, "XSEED has transformed our class rooms from the typical conventional method of teaching. It is more organised and is a structured curriculum. Children who used to communicate in Telugu in school are now able to speak good English. Apart from taking care of academics, it also works on skill development and promotes life skills in children. The support given by Education Coaches from XSEED is invaluable."

Speaking on the importance of Yatra, Rajpal added, “The four southern states have embraced XSEED better than any other region in India. While a quarter of our million students on XSEED program come from Tamil Nadu and we have about 100 schools in greater Bangalore and about 300 across Karnataka. The annual Yatra is our commitment to the schools for valuable exchange of feedback and support our learning curve in pursuing quality education. We believe in the cause of education and strive to support the national agenda of quality education in every way possible.”

The organisationprovides books, question banks for internal exams, an evaluation system as well as curriculum. The programmes are adapted to the existing system and infrastructure of schools that have CBSE,ICSE, IGSE, ISCS and state board curriculums.Children benefit from using hands on experiences and reflective analysis, modern texts, application workbooks to ensure problem solving practice, and skills focused assessments provide personalized feedback to every child.