Frequently Asked Questions - PYP :

The role of education is not merely to give your child , knowledge' but also make him/her a complete individual. And a child today needs an education that puts him/her on to the global platform. For that you need a school that makes your child competent in all respects, so that he/she could take on the world. An international school promises to do just that, besides bring your child's gateway to the world. The following questions and answers are developed to provide an additional resource for parents and students to learn more about how the Primary Years Programme is being implemented in Ajmera Global School.

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• 1. What is the International Baccalaureate Organization?

The International baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is an independent nonprofit educational foundation based in Geneva,Switzerland. It offers to schools three programmes: the Diploma Programme in final two years of the higher secondary school,the Middle years programme for student aged 11 to 16, and the primary years programme for students aged 3 to 12. please visit the IBO web site at www.ibo.org for extensive information about the organization and its programmes.

• 2. Is Ajmera Global School an IB World School?

YES, After the hard and regress world put in by whole community of learners including Management authorities, Teachers, Students & Parents. The school became an IB World school on October 2009.

• 3. How many schools are authorized to offer IB programmes in india and Mumbai?

IB WORLD SCHOOLS IN INDIA

Sr. No. Name of the School Programmes followed PYP MYP DP 1. Ajmera Global School Yogi Nagar, Eksar Road, Borivali (W), Mumbai 400 092 ●     2. American School of Bombay SF2, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Road, Bandra (E), Mumbai ●   ● 3. Ecole Mondaile World School 9th Gulmohar Cross Road, JVPD Scheme, Gulmohar, Vile Parle (W), Juhu, Mumbai ● ● ● 4. NSS Hill Spring International School 94, Tardeo Road, MP Mill Compound, Tardeo, Mumbai ●     5. Podar International School Above Ramniranjan Podar Hall, Saeaswati Road, Santa Cruz (W), Mumbai ●   ● 6. Ahmedabad International School  Opp. Rajpath Row Houses, Behind Kiran Motors, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, Gujarat ●   ● 7. Choithram International 5 Manik Bagh Road, Choithram Hospital Campus, Indore ● ● ● 8. DRS International School Survey No 523, Opp. Apparel Park, GundlaPochampally Village, Medchal Mandal, R.R. District, Hyderabad ●   ● 9. Mercedes-Benz International School Plot No. P-26, Pune Infotech Park, Phase 1, MIDC, Hinjawadi, Pune, Maharashtra ●   ● 10. Indus international School Billapura Cross, Sarjapur, Bangalore ●   ● 11. Navrachana International School Bhayali, Vadodara, Gujarat ● ● ● 12. Oakridge International School Khajaguda, on Nanakramguda Road, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, AP ●   ● 13. Pathways World School 2, Sainik Farms, New Delhi, Dehli ●   ● 14. Rasbihari International School Vrindavan, Nashik-Ozar Road, Nashik ●     15. Symbiosis International School Survey #231, Hissa 3A & 4, Viman Nagar, Pune ●   ● 16. Victorious Kidss Exucares 'Shukrana', Survey No. 64/3/2, Behind Empress Garden, Pune, Maharashtra ●     17. Vishwashanti Gurukul Rajbaug, Pune-Solapur Highway, Loni, Pune, Maharashtra ●   ●

• 4. Are all the IB authorized schoola eligible to offer all three IB programmes?

No. Each programme has to go through the entire processes to get authorized. Any school that is authorized to offer one programme might not offer other programmes.

• 5. What is the educational journey of AGS students?
• 6. Are IB programmes only for honors or gifited students?

IB program is not only for the gifted children. The curriculum is planned structured and executed in a manner that is suitable for children with different levels of learning.
After that we at Ajmera Global School belive in differentiated learning where we plan learning strategies keeping in mind the level, the need, the modality of learning and the interest of every child in the classroom.

• 7. We've heard that IB programmes are elitist and serve only a privileged population.is this true?

The IB schools cater to all types urban, suburban, comprehensive, wealthy, poor and mixed socioeconomic populations - and their IB programmes serve all types of students.

• 8. How much does IB programme cost in AGS?

Kindly refer to the fee structure provided on our website.

• 9. How is the primary years Programme different from other elementary (primary) school programmes?

The Process of Inquiry

“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin. Individuals learn by asking questions. Nancy Celil, author or The Art of Inquiry, writes that real learning takes place when children are engaged in asking and answering carefully crafted questions. Inquiry gives them “an opportunity to explore with their minds, to gain meaning for themselves, and to relate new data to old ideas. When children seek to ask or answer questions about things for which there are many potentially correct answers they begin to develop an attitude of appreciation for the immensity and complexity of the natural world.” Inquiry will be sparked as teachers ask questions and encourage students to ask questions about that which they wonder. The process of inquiry will be like a journey, beginning with what is known and then focusing on a place to arrive. The practice of inquiry will involve making connections with facts, skills, and beliefs to the world in which we live, and then considering how the world may be for others.

Key Questions

The heart of the curriculum is research units, called Units of Inquiry, which are designed by teachers and students. There are eight fundamental concepts which are expressed as key questions that drive the inquiry process. Research results have led the PYP conclude that there are clusters of important ideas which can usefully be grouped under this set of overarching concepts, each of which has major significance, regardless of time or place, within and across disciplines. There are eight fundamental concepts, which are expressed as key questions, which drive the inquiry process. The concepts are broad and are intended to define clusters of ideas. The heart of the curriculum are research units, called Units of Inquiry, which are designed by teachers and students.

Assessment

Within the PYP, continuous assessment is integral to all teaching and learning. Both children and teachers will be actively engaged in assessing student progress as part of the development of their wider critical thinking and self-evaluation skills. This will require both formative and summative evaluation: formative assessment being that which is interwoven with the daily learning and helps teachers and children find out what the children already know in order to plan the next stage of learning, and summative assessment is that which takes place at the end of the teaching and learning processes and gives the children opportunities to demonstrate what has been learned.

Many methods of assessment will be used to provide a balanced view of the child such as:

Observations. Performance assessment of tasks with established criteria that are authentic challenges and problems. Process–focused assessments of Tran disciplinary skills using check lists and inventories. Selected response assessments such as tests and quizzes. Open–ended tasks in which children are presented with a stimulus and asked to communicate an original response. Portfolios of children’s work.

• 10. Can students transfer easily from one primary years programme school to onther?

YES, Keeping in mind that each school determines its own admission and placement standards, the essential elements of the PYP will be the same from school to school. However, since the IBO does not prescribe the curriculum to be taught, that may vary from school to school.

• 11. Will the children from Ajmera Global School adjust in any indian curriculum?

Yes, kept the age appropriate concept for each level and each subject. This facilitates our students to adjust in any curriculum not only Indian.

• 12. How can my child enroll in the primary years programme in AGS?

Kindly visit us
ADDRESS: Yogi Nagar , Eksar Road Borivli (West), Mumbai 400 092.
TEL : +91 22-28332674 / +91-22 28332675
EMAIL : info@ags.org.in.com