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Leadership & Management Leadership & Management
An Education We Want Quality Assurance

CMS education strives towards a A Broader and and Innovations
holistic programme that helps children Bolder Education
love learning and inculcate the desire st
to serve the world. The school aims to Education in the 21 century
provide a broader and bolder must be both broader and “Education is not a destination but a journey in itself
education of body, mind, heart and bolder. A modern school needs that turns an entity into a human being which is the
spirit. Such an education produces: to do much more than ensure biggest need of the hour.”
good marks on a sheet. Helping
l Self-Directed Learners children get good academic The core aim of education is to provide young people
l Quality Producers results is the minimum with a learning environment that prepares them to
Dr Sunita Gandhi l Effective Communicators responsibility of a school. convert challenges into opportunities. Ms Susmita Ghose
Hon. Chief Academic Advisor, CMS. l Collaborative Workers Indeed, a ‘good’ education must To make each student humane in thoughts and actions, Superior Principal and
PhD, Cambridge University, UK. l Critical Thinkers produce; a 'good' human being we at City Montessori School make relentless efforts to Head, Quality Assurance and
President, Council for Global Education, l Community Contributors and a self-motivated agent of Innovations Department
USA and EducationWeWant.Org, India develop strong analytical skills, creativity and innovation
Such an integrated approach ensures social transformation. imbued with values in our learners.
every child's development with From ensuring the holistic development of our pupils The implementation of Fitzroy Reading Programme,
confidence. ALfA (Accelerated Learning for All) Programme, Live
through an effective pedagogical approach that focuses Worksheets, Experiential Learning Projects (ELPs),
on the core components of modern learning- competency based assessments by Centre for Science of
Integration of Technology metacognition, critical thinking and problem-solving to Student Learning (CSSL), setting up of Professional
safeguarding better human interaction, the Quality
Learning Communities (PLCs) and ObCo cycles have
Assurance and Innovations Department strives to explore,
ensured that CMS continues to be a vanguard in global
kindle and nourish the hidden potential and talent of all
2023-24 has been another successful year for hardware across CMS, with the students across the 21 campuses of CMS. best practices in education.
the Computer Department's dedicated team of specialists, engineers and As we embrace the challenges of the future, the Quality
technicians overseeing the smooth functioning of our computer labs, It is our constant endeavour to keep our education in Assurance and Innovations Department remains
IT Training Centres, Interactive White Board and Interactive Flat Panels, step with the ever-changing needs of society. Various steadfast in its commitment to shape not only the
servers, networking, and Internet functionality. Should a technical difficulty programmes for building skills of the educators i.e. Heads learners of tomorrow but also our leaders. With this
arise anywhere in CMS, the team is always on hand to ensure that it is fixed of Mathematics (HoM) & Heads of English (HoE) purpose in mind we commenced our second batch of
immediately. In addition, our LED screens and sound systems continue to Programme, Certificate Programme in Instructional Cambridge International Certificate and Diploma in
support events for children in our state-of-the-art auditoria and across all Leadership (CPIL) and the Art Of Question Making have
Mr Vinay Gandhi CMS campuses. been held throughout the year at regular intervals for Educational Leadership (CICEd) after the successful
Honorary Chief Technical Advisor educators to cohere to the elements of CMS Vision 2025. completion of the first batch in March 2023.
BSc Honours (Engg.) Our attempt is to create benchmarks of the finest
Queen Mary College, Phase I training on Metacognition and Growth Mindset educational structures aimed at developing future ready
University of London was also conducted at Anand Nagar Campus for class VIII
students to enhance their meta cognitive skills. learners who take pride in our heritage and culture
and also evolve into excellent professionals and
change-makers.
Strategic Planning Teacher Observation

(Classroom/Notebook/Enrichment/ObCo)
It has been another eventful year filled with successes at CMS, thanks to the
dedicated efforts of teachers and staff across the organisation. Further great Staff Recruitment, Orientation/
strides have been made towards the 'Vision 2025' initiatives, in which Preparation of school curriculum Upgradation program for teachers
processes of teaching and learning are being developed and reformed in
QUALITY
order to make education more skills-based, emphasising the 'Six Cs' of skills- ASSURANCE
based education: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Database creation and updation of all AND INNOVATIONS In-service training of teachers
Thinking, Character, and Citizenship. As we enter the new session, we take teaching and non teaching staff DEPARTMENT and other staff training
particular pride in that we have been able to expand the provision of the QAID
Mr Roshan Gandhi Cambridge International Curriculum to more locations across Lucknow, as
Strategy Advisor we strive to open up this unique opportunity to greater numbers of Organising/Creating/Supervising and Expanding the Horizon -
MBA (Education Leadership),
University College London (UCL) students. Conducting Examinations and Assessments PLCs, School reviews, CPIL, HoMs & HoEs
BA (Hons), University of Oxford
Organising Inter Campus Competitions
and Preparing students for various
National Level competitions
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