Parikrma receives ISA award by British Council

On 16th and 17th of November, Guna Sundary (Principal of the Koramangala School) and Latha Selvan, (Principal of Jayanagar School) went to Chennai to receive an award by the British Council for their ISA project.

ISA is the International School Award and has the objective of nurturing global citizenship in young people as well as enriching teaching and learning. They experience a new concept of doing research on an international topic and become aware of the culture of other countries. 

It fosters team building, innovation, and project management. British Council has established ISA to promote development in schools that is holistic and adequately prepares students for the future. Since 2003, more than 1200 schools in India have participated. They are private or public, rural or urban. 

In the Jayanagar School, 8 classes have participated in ISA last year. They conducted 7 projects on the following topics: child labour in India and the world, safety and first-aid, hidden discoveries, nutrition and food, famous personalities, girl’s empowerment through sports, and currencies of different countries.  

The children were extremely creative and came up with great ideas on how to realise the projects. The teachers and children made a huge effort in preparing and doing research on the topics over the period of almost a year. The projects were presented to the other classes and even the parents. 

Guna Sundary had a great experience as the ISA coordinator. As she had to correct and adapt the documentation files for ISA several times, she did not imagine it would get selected. But finally, Parikrma School was selected for the ISA award along with 63 other schools.