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Time of India
8 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
Faridabad government school named among top 10 finalists for World's Best School 2025; check why
Chandigarh's Government Girls Senior Secondary School, NIT-5, Faridabad, has earned global recognition by being named among the top 10 finalists across different categories in the annual World's Best School Prizes . Organized in the UK, these awards highlight the significant contributions schools make to societal development. Schools from Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh have been shortlisted for potential inclusion in the Best School to Work programme, an initiative aimed at helping schools attract and retain top teaching talent. The winners in all categories will be revealed in October. Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda , speaking on Thursday, described this achievement as a source of inspiration for government schools across the state. He emphasized that this success reinforces the idea that government schools are capable of excelling on global platforms. Dhanda added that the recognition of the Faridabad school would further encourage other government schools to prioritize innovation and student welfare. He noted that reforms initiated by the state government—such as the introduction of smart classrooms, STEM labs, and teacher training—will receive renewed momentum from this accomplishment. Live Events The World's Best School Prizes, founded by UK-based T4 Education after the COVID-19 pandemic, honour schools that are making transformative impacts both inside and outside their classrooms. The five prize categories include Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity, and Supporting Healthy Lives. T4 Education is a global platform that unites a network of over 200,000 educators across 100+ countries, committed to advancing education worldwide. The Faridabad school has been recognized under the Supporting Healthy Lives category for its efforts in transforming the lives of at-risk girls. The school integrates nutrition programs, mental and physical health support, and education to remove social barriers and ensure that no girl is left behind. Each category has 10 finalist schools. All 50 schools are also participating in a public voting round, which opened this week, to decide the Community Choice Award winner. The final results will be announced in October, and both winners and finalists will be invited to share their insights at the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi on November 15–16. There, they will present their best practices and innovative approaches to global education leaders and policymakers. [With inputs from PTI]
Time of India
11 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
Haryana's government girls school recognised among top 10 schools worldwide for supporting healthy lives
CHANDIGARH: Government Girls Senior Secondary School NIT-5, Faridabad, is among the four Indian schools that were on Wednesday named among the top 10 finalists across different categories for the annual World's Best School Prizes, organised in the UK to celebrate schools' enormous contribution to society's progress. Schools from Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh were unveiled as contenders for membership to the Best School to Work programme to help schools attract and retain the best teachers. The winners across categories will be announced in October. "This achievement is inspirational for the government schools of the state. This also proves that government schools can excel on the global platform," Haryana's Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda said on Thursday. Education Minister Dhanda said the success of the Faridabad school will propel other government schools in the state towards innovation and student welfare. With this, he said, the reform initiatives like smart classrooms, STEM labs (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics lab) and teachers' training by the state government will fresh impetus. The five World's Best School Prizes for Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity and Supporting Healthy Lives were founded by UK-headquartered T4 Education in the wake of COVID-19 to give a platform to schools that are changing lives in their classrooms and beyond. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo T4 Education calls itself a global platform, bringing together a community of over 2,00,000 teachers from more than 100 countries to transform education. The government school in Faridabad has been selected for transforming the lives of at-risk girls by interlinking nutritional programmes, physical well-being, and mental health support with education to break down societal barriers and ensure no girl is left behind. It is on the list of 10 finalists for the prize under the Supporting Healthy Lives category. The winners will be chosen by an expert Judging Academy, with all 50 finalist schools across five categories also taking part in a public vote opened this week to determine the winner of the Community Choice Award. The worldwide winners across these categories will be announced in October, with all the finalists and winners invited to the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi on November 15-16. The winning schools will share their best practices, unique expertise and experience with policymakers and leading figures in global education. Is your child ready for the careers of tomorrow? Enroll now and take advantage of our early bird offer! Spaces are limited.
Hindustan Times
21 hours ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Faridabad govt school among 4 Indian schools selected as finalists for World's Best School Prizes
Chandigarh, Government Girls Senior Secondary School NIT-5, Faridabad, is among the four Indian schools that were on Wednesday named among the top 10 finalists across different categories for the annual World's Best School Prizes, organised in the UK to celebrate schools' enormous contribution to society's progress. Schools from Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh were unveiled as contenders for membership to the Best School to Work programme to help schools attract and retain the best teachers. The winners across categories will be announced in October. "This achievement is inspirational for the government schools of the state. This also proves that government schools can excel on the global platform," Haryana's Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda said on Thursday. Education Minister Dhanda said the success of the Faridabad school will propel other government schools in the state towards innovation and student welfare. With this, he said, the reform initiatives like smart classrooms, STEM labs and teachers' training by the state government will fresh impetus. The five World's Best School Prizes for Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity and Supporting Healthy Lives were founded by UK-headquartered T4 Education in the wake of COVID-19 to give a platform to schools that are changing lives in their classrooms and beyond. T4 Education calls itself a global platform, bringing together a community of over 2,00,000 teachers from more than 100 countries to transform education. The government school in Faridabad has been selected for transforming the lives of at-risk girls by interlinking nutritional programmes, physical well-being, and mental health support with education to break down societal barriers and ensure no girl is left behind. It is on the list of 10 finalists for the prize under the Supporting Healthy Lives category. The winners will be chosen by an expert Judging Academy, with all 50 finalist schools across five categories also taking part in a public vote opened this week to determine the winner of the Community Choice Award. The worldwide winners across these categories will be announced in October, with all the finalists and winners invited to the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi on November 15-16. The winning schools will share their best practices, unique expertise and experience with policymakers and leading figures in global education.
Indian Express
a day ago
- General
- Indian Express
4 Indian schools among finalists for World's Best School Prizes 2025
Four Indian schools were on Wednesday named among the top 10 finalists across different categories for the annual World's Best School Prizes, organised in the UK to celebrate schools' enormous contribution to society's progress. Schools from Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh were unveiled as contenders for a membership to the Best School to Work programme to help schools attract and retain the best teachers. The worldwide winners across categories would be announced in October. The five World's Best School Prizes – for Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity, and Supporting Healthy Lives – were founded by UK-headquartered T4 Education in the wake of COVID to give a platform to schools that are changing lives in their classrooms and beyond. 'In a world being turned upside down by AI, as technology reshapes the way we learn and renders jobs that have existed for centuries obsolete, amid growing challenges of climate change, conflict, poverty and populism, the world our young people are entering has never felt more precarious. 'And a good education, with humans at its heart, has never been more important,' said Vikas Pota, Founder of T4 Education and the World's Best School Prizes. T4 Education calls itself a global platform bringing together a community of over 2,00,000 teachers from more than 100 countries to transform education. Government Girls Senior Secondary School, NIT 5, a state secondary school in Faridabad, Haryana, has been selected for transforming the lives of at-risk girls by interlinking nutritional programmes, physical wellbeing, and mental health support with education to break down societal barriers and ensure no girl is left behind. It is on the list of 10 finalists for the World's Best School Prize for Supporting Healthy Lives. ZP School Jalindar Nagar, a public primary school in Khed taluka, near Pune, has been recognised for revolutionising public-school education by providing quality student-led learning with its Subject Friend system, a peer-learning model where students of different ages teach and learn from each other. This Maharashtra-based school is a finalist in the World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration category. Ekya School, J P Nagar, is an independent kindergarten, primary, and secondary school in Bengaluru which is empowering students to become innovative thinkers and proactive problem solvers through a Design Thinking curriculum that integrates human-centred design processes and skills development. This school in Karnataka has been named a Top 10 finalist for the World's Best School Prize for Innovation. Delhi Public School Varanasi, an independent kindergarten, primary and secondary school in Varanasi, is creating an environment where students are empowered to explore, grow and lead with compassion through its learner-centric educational model that embeds environmental stewardship and social responsibility into the learning experience. This UP school is in the running for the World's Best School Prize for Environmental Action. Congratulating the schools on becoming finalists for the World's Best School Prizes 2025, Pota said, 'It is in schools like these that we find the innovations and expertise that give us hope for a better future. Leaders and schools around the world have so much to learn from these inspirational Indian institutions.' The winners will be chosen by an expert Judging Academy, with all 50 finalist schools across the five prizes also taking part in a public vote opened this week to determine the winner of the Community Choice Award. The worldwide winners across these categories will be announced in October, with all the finalists and winners invited to the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi on November 15-16. The winning schools will share their best practices, unique expertise and experience with policymakers and leading figures in global education.
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- Business
- South Wales Guardian
London school in running for global education prize
Rivers Academy West London, in Feltham, has been named as a finalist for the World's Best School prize for supporting healthy lives. The state secondary school says its curriculum helps give students in a deprived area life skills and has programmes which teach them about healthy living and sustainability. It is one of four UK schools to reach the finals of the T4 Education prizes, meaning the UK has more finalists than any other country globally for the third year running. One Degree Academy, in Enfield, London, is a finalist for the overcoming adversity prize. The state-funded nursery and primary school prioritises admission for children from lower-income families. It offers ballet and fencing as after-school activities and every child learns a musical instrument and takes swimming lessons. Minerva Virtual Academy, an online independent secondary school, has become the first of its kind to become a finalist for the innovation prize. It launched in 2020 and has grown from four students to more than 1,100 from 60 countries. Heanor Gate Spencer Academy, a secondary state school in Heanor, Derbyshire, is a finalist for the community collaboration prize. The school helps students find local employment in the former mining town which faces limited job opportunities and reduced social mobility. Its curriculum includes self-regulation and emotional literacy, and students take part in community initiatives such as in a local gym and care home. The winners and finalists of the five prizes – community collaboration, environmental action, innovation, overcoming adversity and supporting healthy lives – will be invited to the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on November 15 and 16. They will also receive memberships to the Best School to Work programme to help them attract and retain teachers. Tim Wormald, the assistant principal of Rivers Academy, said: 'We're in an area of London that doesn't always get the best news so I think it's brilliant news for Feltham to showcase what young people in the area can do in a positive way. 'I hope it gives the students some confidence and self-belief.' Hugh Viney, the founder and chief executive of Minerva, said he hoped the achievement would 'act as proof' of the value of online schools. 'Since we launched in 2020, we have argued, and presented evidence to government, for online schools to be recognised as part of the solution to the crisis that our current system finds itself in,' he added. 'While some are receptive to the idea, there are still those that don't see the benefits a school like ours can bring.' Historian and educator Sir Anthony Seldon congratulated Minerva Academy on its nomination, which he said 'offers a compelling glimpse of what lies ahead, a school that is flexible, global and compassionate'. Jo Addleton, the headteacher of One Degree Academy, said: 'At a time when families face growing challenges and schools are stretched more than ever, this recognition means so much.' Matt Jones, the principal of Heanor Gate, said: 'To see our work commended on a global platform fills me with profound joy. The recognition within this nomination is a testament to the unified efforts of every student, colleague, parent, and community member, and it is a moment of celebration for us all.' Vikas Pota, the founder of T4 Education, said: 'In a world being turned upside down by AI, as technology reshapes the way we learn and renders centuries-old jobs obsolete, and amid growing challenges of climate change, conflict, poverty and populism, our young people face a more precarious future than ever. And a good education, with humans at its heart, has never been more important. 'It is in schools like Rivers Academy West London, One Degree Academy, Minerva Virtual Academy, and Heanor Gate Spencer Academy where we find the innovations and expertise that give us hope for a better future.' The winners will be announced in October.
