Creating safe and inclusive spaces for children to embrace their true selves within their schools
We believe that as institutions of formal education, schools play a central role in the foundational learning and development of children. The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 has stressed a multidisciplinary, holistic and integrated approach to education, highlighting the development of creative potential, social, ethical and emotional capacities as aims of education in addition to the development of cognitive capacities.The National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), 2023 has accordingly placed art education among the thrust areas, acknowledging the role of arts in enabling creativity, social-emotional development and overall well-being of the students, and facilitating immersive, experiential and cross-disciplinary learning.
The objective of our intervention at the school level is twofold.
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Structural integration of art as a pedagogy in the school education system.
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Establishing social-emotional learning and competencies as a necessary outcome of education. Our programmes are primarily implemented in lower primary and higher secondary government schools for students from grades 3-10. We aim to support low-resource schools in need of interventions like art education, materials and supplies, and a creative learning environment.
Our Flagship Programmes - SEL and Arts
Ekaa – The One-Day SEL Immersion
A day to reflect, connect, and grow.
The one-day immersive workshops introduce children to different art forms and materials woven with components of social-emotional learning, facilitated through discussions exploring one’s emotions connected with the artwork they create.
Sanjog – The Year-Long SEL Journey
Building lifelong skills, one step at a time.
A year long programme where weekly sessions on social-emotional learning are imparted using an art-based curriculum. Apart from immersive art activities, the curriculum utilises the modalities of interactive discussions and reflective thinking, channelling children’s expressive abilities through different forms.
KalaShiksha – Art for Educators
Empowering educators through creativity and connection.
A training programme for educators that introduces them to the SEL modules developed by Thoughts to Action and builds their capacities to implement the modules in their respective classrooms, engaging the learners and creating an enabling learning environment.