Podar International School - Tumakuru - Guluru

In 1927 Sheth Anandilal Podar, an eminent Mumbai-based businessman, with interests in cotton mills, founded the Podar Group of Schools. Interestingly, Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Nation, was the first President of the Anandilal Podar Trust. What began as a single institution is today a multi-school, multi-city, multi-brand entity, ambitiously executing a growth strategy with an emphasis on global standards. The MISSION of the school is to develop and equip the children of India for the challenges of the 21st Century. To achieve this, the organization has always been a step ahead to adopt itself for all the technologies in whatever the situation comes. OUR VISION is To be the best and be recognised as raising the traditional standards of educational possibilities and outcomes for students, parents and society.The School has strong base of VALUES as Innovative, Open, Committed, Long-term for the overall development of a student. The school has well equipped smart classrooms. The digitalized classrooms provide opportunities to students with more awareness of upgraded technological atmosphere to learn and acquire the knowledge. The facilities of visualizer, projector, 3D printer, etc; make the classrooms attractive and the classes interesting. Being an innovative, well-structured organization PODAR longs for the new variety of learning methods. From the day of inception, it is the practice of the organization to upgrade and modify the curriculum as per the requirement of the learners matching with the changing times. Every class is a fun filled learning for learners in PODAR. The organization has guided its schools, pan India with the new structure of teaching learning pattern. Teachers are provided with plenty of tools and their utilization to make the learning attractive and interactive, keep the students attentive in the class. The textbooks are composed keeping in mind all sorts of learners. For each concept unique lesson plans are provided with different activities which would be suitable for that particular concept such as art integration, LSRW activities, vocabulary activities, asynchronous activities, flip rotation classroom, etc. As the classrooms are equipped, the teachers are also well equipped with the complete knowledge of upcoming technological inventions and implement them in their classes. To have an effective communication virtually with children and parents, specific WhatsApp groups are created for each section taking consent from the parents. The class wise time-table, general instructions, regular class schedules, home-works, etc, are being shared and conveyed through these groups. The leadership team observes classes on a regular basis and gives constructive feedback to the concerned teacher.Going a step ahead of all these, the nursery students are being taught through the 3D animated videos. Rhymes, stories, etc. are taught to the students very effectively through these videos. To be connected with our students keeping their interest in mind various co-curricular activities are also been conducted in a very creative manner. The life skill classes are part of our curriculum, to bring awareness in students about the present situation and get adjust themselves to the present scenario. Giving our students the opportunity to lead from the front, Council Election is also conducted every year. On the whole, it can be proudly said that our teachers show great willingness and readiness to learn attitude to come on par. The whole school is techno savvy, efficiently adapting to the new situation. It is always a step ahead to accustom itself to the digital world.