Global School Alliance Meet At Gurgaon

<div>Top educators from best rated schools around the world are coming together in Gurgaon for the first annual meeting of the Global Schools’ Alliance (GSA). The agenda for this year’s event is ‘Co-creating the world’s best schools’.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The first and only school from India, Vega School, is the latest addition to the group. The head of GSA, Lene Jensby Lange of Denmark, chose India as the host country for the inaugural meeting.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Between 13 to 16 October, the heads and founders of progressive schools in the US, UK, New Zealand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Denmark will travel to Delhi to attend the annual conference and exchange research and best practises about how children learn.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The GSA will also set goals on how to collaborate with each other for the coming years and select projects on which children can work together internationally.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sandy Hooda, co-founder of Vega Schools, said, “Great educators from amazing schools like Allan Kjaer Andersen, Director of Orestad Gymnasium in Denmark and Sandra Jenkins from Freemans Bay School in New Zealand, are coming here to share their experiences. We hope there is a lot for Indian schools to learn from their counterparts and help put the child at the centre of learning.”</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>GSA head Lange, said, “I see a lot of schools coming up in the region who intend to be progressive in nature. Schools in India still need to change a lot in order to become truly progressive 21st century schools”.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Within GSA, partner schools and faculty are continuously learning from each other. Schools exchange research studies, best practises, and host other member school teachers for visits and teaching opportunities. Students attending member schools also benefit from the partnership, she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Barbara Cavanagh from Albany Senior High School, New Zealand, said, “Through online facilities children are able to collaborate with students in other countries on projects. By doing this they learn about different cultures and how to work together with people from different backgrounds.”</div>