School type Residential school Founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Gender Coeducational Education system Montessori education | Established 2005 Years offered 5 to 18 Phone 0422 251 5444 Founded 2005 | |
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School board Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Address Velliangiri Foothills, Ishana Vihar Post, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641114 Motto A Space for Natural Blossoming Similar Isha Yoga Center, Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matriculat, Velliangiri Andavar Temple, Dhyanali, Karunya Residential Internatio | ||
Isha Home School (also known as IHS) is a residential school situated at the Isha Yoga Center near Coimbatore and founded in 2005 by Sadhguru, India. Children are divided amongst the four houses, Chola, Hoysala, Kakatiya and Maratha named after ancient empires of the Deccan Plateau in India.
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Isha home school an introduction part 1
Residential arrangement
Depending on their age, students at the Isha Home School fall into one of three sections - junior school, middle school and senior school. Junior and middle school students up to grade 7, reside in a home-like atmosphere with the children living in "houses" with "house parents" and housemates of various ages. The houses are designed to recreate the atmosphere of the home with classes being conducted mainly within the premises of the house itself(only till middle school). The senior school students reside in dormitory-style boarding.
Teaching methods
At the junior and middle school levels, the school implements a synthesis of the Montessori method of teaching and a more typical teacher-student method of education. Children are encouraged to experiment and explore various subjects and develop an interest in them with teachers and house parents playing the roles of guides and mentors. The senior school from grade 9 onwards, follows a more typical classroom teaching method. At the senior school level, the school follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) board of education at grade 10 and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) at grade 12. Emphasis is placed on learning outside the textbook. Innovative methods of education such as teaching mathematics using origami are combined with field trips to facilitate learning. Frequent workshops are also conducted on performance arts such as pottery and dramatics with experts from various fields such as Shobha Viswanath, Creative Director of Karadi Tales, Velu Saravanan, Prahlad Kakkar and Shekhar Kapur sharing their expertise with the students.