The Future Foundation School is a Kolkata-based K-12 school founded in 1981. It follows the syllabus of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. It is guided by the principles of Sri Aurobindo and, Mira Alfassa. Students are prepared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC). Humanities and Science Streams are offered at the ISC level. The Future Foundation School is an initiative of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture. It is a co-ed school and ,the medium of instruction is English.[1] The school is accredited to the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training, under the Quality Council of India. It is the first school in India and one of the first few in Asia to receive the LabelFranc Education accreditation. This quality mark is awarded to academic institutions which have the goal to promote a system of bilingual teaching to students by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.[2] The school has been ranked 24th best co-ed school in India by EducationWorld for the year 2019-20 [3] and also the recipient of Leading Schools Corp.
The Future Foundation School, is founded on the principles and guided by the light of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The aim therefore is to organise an environment and an atmosphere affording inspiration and facilities for the exercise and development of the essential aspects of personality: the physical, the vital, the mental, the psychic and the spiritual.
Mental Education
Students are prepared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE - Year 10) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC - Year 12) examinations conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).
The Curriculum at lower levels is flexible and based on development of skills and is aimed at arousing an interest in the child, 'a liking for work and a will to progress'.
At higher levels ICSE and ISC curriculum is followed. Humanities, Commerce and Science Streams are offered at ISC level.
Senior students are provided with Structured Career Counselling that helps children understand their talents and channelise them better. Various sessions on career counselling are held by nationally and internationally reputed career counselling organisations.
Learning by doing
The Future Foundation School strives to 'awaken in the child the taste for true study and the habit of making a persistent effort to know...'
The methodology is bound by no convention and is based on themes, projects and seminars; role-plays and debates, field trips and workshops.
Attention, concentration, observation and recording forms the basis of learning by which the mind is enriched and stress is more on understanding the 'how and why', than on memory.
The aim is to arouse in the child an interest in what you want to teach him, a liking for work, a will to progress. To love to learn is the most precious gift that one can give to a child: to love to learn always and everywhere, so that all circumstances, all happenings in life may be constantly renewed opportunities for learning more and always more.
Learning Pageant
Display of children's work done in school is done through 'Learning Pageant' - a display of learning. Skills and concepts being developed are displayed through models and charts. role plays, music and action songs.
Children interact with visitors, work on puzzles, perform experiments, work on various educational tools to display the learning they have acquired.
Vital Education
Vital education at The Future Foundation School, enriches the child's creativity, builds awareness, develops inherent skills and talents and provides quality training with the help of experienced teachers, who are, by themselves renowned performers in their own field of culture and art forms.
Students are expected to be committed to their chosen stream of studies and emerge with not only an all round understanding of principles but also a passion for their chosen subject.
Physical Education
Physical Education is an important part of the child's Education and given due importance for all Classes.
Students participate in various activities including Eurythmics, Yogic Asanas, Scouting & Guiding, Athletic Camps, Martial Arts and others.
'Method, order and discipline' forms the core of the Physical Education programme and helps in the regular growth of the child.
Life Skills
Education is not only to make a child ready for higher studies but also to make him independent and able to take care of his personal needs. This is achieved by teaching them 'Life Skills'.The School's role in the life of a student is to help him to know himself and the world.
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