Underlining the need for an accurate assessment of the current learning methods in their organisations,education experts from Indian syllabus-based CBSE schools in the Gulf region and India are of the opinion that students should clearly understand core concepts while learning. GEMS Education,a leading international education company,and the India-based Educational Initiatives (EI),which works in the field of child psychology and student assessment methods,led discussions recently to review ways of improving the learning and teaching standards through a series of holistic initiatives. Comprehensive research by EI shows that while children today respond to rote-based questions relatively well,they fail to answer unfamiliar or application-based questions due to unclear core concepts. Dr Wasil,Director,GEMS Education,said,"Assessments carried out with the right spirit and approach is a sure-shot path to empowerment and school leadership has to be ever on the learning curve to ensure this". Sridhar Rajagopalan,Managing Director,EI,said,"EI and GEMS share the same philosophy of helping children learn with understanding and such interactive and activity-oriented discussions will provide the platform for teacher empowerment and improvement in the region". The discussions also fulfilled the great need to create deeper insights on assessments that address the specific needs of students,teachers and school managements. The focus was on actionables and on translating different perspectives into practice with a roadmap for the HOW of implementing assessment. Through its interactive tools such as Mindspark (digital self-learning program),ASSET,Detailed Assessment,CCE Certificate Course,Teacher Evaluation Programme,Teacher Sheets and more,Educational Initiatives assists thousands of teachers in improving their students' achievements. EI is also working with leading organisations such as the World Bank,the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation,Google,the Azim Premji Foundation,Duke University,USA and is conducting large-scale assessment projects with various state governments. EI has been recently recognized as an official Supplement Educational Service provider in Texas,USA.
