The Foundation identified Education as a key tool and instrument for social change and development. To transform the education environment and promote academic excellence, the foundation established five primary schools, called Navi Disha Schools (NDS) in Nabha. These schools aim to improve the overall educational landscape of Nabha by providing free, equitable and quality education to children belonging to disadvantaged groups, who are often deprived of education due to poverty or socio-economic constraints. Based on the principles of child centered pedagogy and inclusive learning, NDS focuses on encouraging cooperative learning, creating meaningful learning opportunities and acknowledging child’s voice as central to the learning experience.
Special emphasis is laid on nurturing and developing interest in extracurricular activities such as art, music, sports and dance. Through these schools, local community participation in the learning process is also encouraged so that the whole community is responsible for an enabling education environment.
Over a period of time, NDS have shown remarkable progress and have established themselves as model resource schools in the region. Owing to their notable growth, both in terms of academic excellence and extracurricular activities, children from other sections of the society are eagerly taking admission in these schools.
Therefore, through these schools, the foundation has established a process of continuous academic improvement for schools and teachers and created an education model to improve the local education environment.
The Learning model of Navi Disha Schools has four distinct features:
Our continued effort is to improve and widen the below impact: