The Sylvan Trails School

Dr. Deepa Narula shares the story of the inception of TSTS & her vision of the learning program at the school. “Living in Canada for the past several years, I wore several hats – that of a parent toddler going to play school and daycare, parent of his sibling in primary grade, a teacher in the Canadian public (Government) school system as well as a student of Teacher Education programs at the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Time and again, I was stuck by the same realization: how much more hands on, experiential the whole learning process was in the Canadian schools. The learning process encouraged creative thinking and originality; the emphasis was always on “letting the child figure things out” instead of us teachers telling them and making them “learn”.