EVOLVING CURRICULUM THROUGH INTEGRATION

CA Divya Rajesh Ramachandran, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Middle East, explains how the UAE arm of the renowned Indian educational brand balances core academics with emerging skills to help students on the journey to become well-rounded and future-prepped professionals

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How is your school rethinking curricula to balance core academics with emerging skills like AI literacy, sustainability, and entrepreneurship?

As a group of schools, we have understood that balancing core academics with emerging skills, would mean evolving our curriculum through integration rather than addition. We retain CBSE's academic rigour while embedding Al literacy, sustainability, and entrepreneurship across subjects through project-based and interdisciplinary learning. Our Kindergarten strives to build curiosity and scientific habits; middle and senior grades are trained to apply concepts to real-world problems. Teacher capacity-building, purposeful external partnerships ensure authentic learning and measurable impact.

In what ways are project-based or experiential learning methods helping students connect theory with real-world applications?