Abstract
Schooling is an essential stage in the socialization of a child. Schooling has a direct effect on a child's educational achievement, acquisition of skills, social cognition, and feelings (Sylva, 1994). Every schooling practice has the potential to mould the child and shape future citizens. Today many different schooling practices are prevailing in India. However, the majority of these schooling practices focus more on the cognitive development of the child and nurtures the values of competition and insecurity among the children. The schools have turned into factories that bring out mechanical individuals who cannot question, express, and voice themselves but who can only become a part of the race of obtaining marks and jobs. This kind of schooling may help in increasing the literacy rates but has not helped in producing truly educated and ethical citizens. It has led to moral degradation in society (Parihar, Parihar & Sharma, 2018). In this context, it is imperative to analyse the alternative schooling practices that nurture a better future. One such school that educates the heart, allows the flowering of the child and nurtures good citizens is the Valley School, Bangalore. Through this article, an attempt has been made to present a description of prevailing schooling practices and the challenges faced in the educational context. The authors put forth a review of schooling practices at valley school, one of the best alternative schools and ignite the discussion on Valley school being the best in nurturing a better future.
Highlights
IntroductionFrom an individual's birth to death, one is socialized by various institutions like family, kinship, school, Media, and others
The review presented above shows that the practices employed at valley school do provide an answer to the challenges that the present schooling practices are facing
There is a need to promote progressive and experiential education as that provided by Valley school, as only that can help us build good citizens and a good society
Summary
From an individual's birth to death, one is socialized by various institutions like family, kinship, school, Media, and others. One of the most important influencing agencies is the school and educational institutions. Schooling has paramount power to mould and develop the personality of Individuals. Research has shown that different levels of schooling, including pre-primary and primary, have an impact on aspects like cognition of the child, scholastic achievement, and social behaviour like delinquency and employment (Sylva, 1994). Schooling assumes the responsibility of nurturing children, developing them into productive and ethical citizens of the country
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