Indus World School (IWS) is envisioned as a chain of professionally managed schools that understand the child, the learner and the demands of a 21st century education and brings to school education the expertise of its parent entity. HDFC, one of the most prestigious companies in the corporate sector, is an investor in the Indus World School chain. Our View of 21st Century Needs of Education Our children are growing up in changing landscapes of the 21st century workplace which is going to place very different demands on them. We are at a cusp; the of end of an era, at the end of Information Age * Where society and schools rewarded people who knew the most "facts" * Students who performed in "fact based" tests got into the "fact based" university systems * Getting up the career ladder was also "fact" driven Today Computers and the Internet have changed the workplace equation dramatically * Closely held resources are now open to public and knowledge has become truly democratized * Highly paid fact based jobs are being taken over by a combination of computers/less educated people. The BPO, LPO, KPO industry is evidence of this shift Factual knowledge is no longer the differentiator between success and failure. Today everybody has equal access to facts. Today what you do with the facts is more important than merely knowing them. "The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of mind - persons who could crank code, craft contracts, or analyze numbers. But the keys to the kingdom are changing hands. " Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind IWS - Promoting Holistic Education for the Modern Day Learner For ages, traditional education, with its emphasis on rote learning and memorization of static facts, has valued conformity over novelty of thought. But in today's world of global competition and task automation, innovative capacity and a creative spirit are fast becoming requirements for personal and professional success. Indus is inspired by the 21st Century Learning Outcomes Framework IWS promotes learning that is cognitive as well as the aesthetic and affective. The vital link between theory and relevance is effectively established in our curriculum. Our students will be 21st century learners with strong analytical skills, people skills, foresight and creativity. The learning environment at IWS seeks to set benchmarks for futuristic education with a vast array of skills including- * Learning and Innovation skills [Creativity, Collaboration, etc] * Life skills [Self-Directedness, Inter-personal skills, etc] * Media and Technology skills Please visit www.indusworldschool.com to find out how Indus makes it happen in the classroom