Correspondent

Madhuvanthi Arun

Mrs. Madhuvanthi Arun is a brilliant PSBB alumnus who has also served as a teacher and a nursery section coordinator in the very same school. A graduate in Visual communication, Madhuvanthi preferred to do her masters in education since it is there in her blood.

She has had the distinction of co-authoring a book on "environmental sciences" brought out by Manoj Prakashan and this book is currently being used by the primary section teachers in most of the reputed schools.

She has had the privilege of visiting about 20 schools in U.K. and U.S.A and making a comparative study of the teaching methodologies. She has also held several workshops where she has lectured on usage of innovative methodologies of teaching which includes usage of creative drama, dance and mime to make lessons interesting for children. Madhuvanthi Arun during her extensive travel abroad has imbibed the essence of the teaching methodology there which is based on a dynamic system of activity oriented teaching and participative learning. This, she has put into practice in her own school, The Mrs. Y.G.P. School, wherein the classrooms have been replaced by specific learning stations with the students moving from one learning station to the other, which are in turn structured on the lines of specific subject labs. This is a progressive shift from the current methods that are sedentary and monotonous.

In order to provide a global educational environment, Madhuvanthi has entered into a partnership with Edward Richardson Primary School, an I.S.A.Awardee, in the U.K.This partnership has been designed for mutual enrichment through an active exchange in the areas of syllabus, teaching methodologies and teacher –student interactions.

She is also the first person to provide a smart touch screen board for her children in Mrs. Y.G.P. School in order to facilitate reinforcement of all the learning that happens in the various learning stations in a creative and interesting manner.

Madhuvanthi Arun today stands on the threshold of a future which beckons to her with a lot of promise in it. She knows she has a long way to go and she is ready for it!!!