Mahatma Gandhi International School

MGIS, French students rediscover Gandhi

12. February 2010

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 [...]

Do as you feel (An article by Anjou Musafir)

23. January 2010

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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 [...]

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

10. December 2009

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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 [...]

Size Matters (An article by Anjou Musafir)

19. October 2009

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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’, [...]

Hormonal drive (an article by Anjou Musafir)

12. October 2009

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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 [...]

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

12. October 2009

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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 [...]

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

3. October 2009

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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 [...]

Message to MGIS students from the President of India

25. June 2009

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Anjou and Pascal met Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at the Rashtrapati Bhavan (the Presidential Headquarters) in Delhi. They presented the school and screened a documentary made by the students of grade 8- ‘The Matka Fridge Project’, a community service project done in collaboration with underprivileged students from a school in Bopal.

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MGIS, French students rediscover Gandhi

Do as you feel (An article by Anjou Musafir)

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

Size Matters (An article by Anjou Musafir)

Hormonal drive (an article by Anjou Musafir)

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

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

Message to MGIS students from the President of India

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