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Ludhiana, March 30 Discoveri, an educational group today launched XSEED programme for schools in Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab. XSEED is a teaching methodology that equips teachers with tools and processes to implement experience-based teaching.
Ac “XSEED bridges the gap between school syllabus and its imparting to children by providing high-quality detailed teaching methodology. It is a process tool for teaching school curriculum devised by a panel of 80 teachers, led by educationists trained in Harvard, Cambridge, Indian Institute of Managements and other leading institutions,” said a release issued by Discoveri. It is compatible with CBSE and ICSE, and is also useful for schools following the IB and Cambridge boards.
The four components of XSEED are experiential curriculum, teacher training, leadership training and student work-books and assessment, which are fitted together to transform and raise the standard of learning in schools.
The skill-based training programme covers personal leadership, subject-specific teaching strategies and innovative teaching methodologies like thematic and project-based learning.
Pilot research projects undertaken by Discoveri on classroom delivery by teachers and learning of students revealed that students learning in XSEED classrooms improved by 53% compared to 17% for the traditional classroom students.
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