Mahatma Gandhi International School

MGIS, French students rediscover Gandhi

It’s soon going to be an exchange of ideas based on Ahimsa and Gandhi as the exchange programme between Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) and Lycee International, France, has been finalised. In April, 14 students and two teachers from MGIS went to France for a creative and cultural exchange programme. “We had a great time introducing [...]

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Do as you feel (An article by Anjou Musafir)

Do children ape their parents in their habits? Will children take to drinking if their parents drink or smoke if there is a smoker in the house? One parent was worried about the impact of social drinking of her husband’s family on her young son. The husband had friends dropping in some evenings and the [...]

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Say no to homework! (An article by Anjou Musafir)

Q: My child does not do homework after returning from school. I have to keep reminding her and I end  up being ‘pushy’. What can I do? A: Homework is one demon that haunts school-going children. It is one artificial invention destined to keep children busy after school hours and out of parents’ hair. Mostly teachers are [...]

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Size Matters (An article by Anjou Musafir)

We live in a complex world. We live with complexes. Everyone has a complex, someone has a superiority complex, another inferiority complex. Before delving into the psychological complexes that are abstract, I would like to discuss the ones that are related to our bodies. So each of us grew up thinking ‘I have a big nose’, [...]

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Hormonal drive (an article by Anjou Musafir)

Why do adolescents drive dangerously? What are they trying to prove and why? What can we do to reduce these instances? Obviously, the first point is that the large numbers of school children indulging in showing off by using their vehicles are boys. One of the main causes is the rise in testosterone that urges the [...]

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I want it my way (an article by Anjou Musafir)

Recently, a parent asked, ‘What’s the roadmap in terms of milestones for children? Have you decided what children should know in every class?’ The question was, of course, pertaining to curriculum. This appears to be the main concern for a lot of parents. Parents and even teachers are reassured the moment they can hang on [...]

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That’s not the way (an article by Anjou Musafir)

As a society we are caught up in procedures. We feel reassured when procedures are laid down. More the procedures, more is the value accorded, as the system appears to be foolproof. An outcome of the Industrial revolution, there is no doubt that procedures are necessary to be followed for a system to function, for [...]

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Olympic Games in perspective

Students of grade 6, the “Unstoppable Challengers”, started their project for the academic year 2008-09 with the popular Indian game “Langdi”. They also played “Ball to Prisoner” a French game, one of their favourites. They drew up a list of rules and the exact procedure of how to play it, in the process of exploring [...]

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