The written school report and the parent-teacher interviews are products of another era when we didn’t have access to the internet and emails. Every school has their own version of the report, which can provide a lot of information or sometimes little information about a child’s progress. Then there’s the parent-teacher interview, which, in some cases, can be education’s version of speed-dating. These communication channels are usually dominated by one voice: the teacher’s.

Here is attached a publication which has a twofold aim – to help students learn a language creatively whilst at the same time raising awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through bringing together a range of innovative ideas for teaching creatively and addressing these key issues. The activities include enabling students to think creatively about sustainable food and food supplies, creating energy which does not harm the environment, and collaborating with other students globally to diminish the digital divide.

Achieving our goals has become even more challenging. We live in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. We need a learning system that ensures an “education worth having” – one that is fit for purpose enabling learning for all; one that is increasingly productive; one that allows all to “learn a living”.

Education is an act of hope in the face of an always-uncertain future. I am excited to have connected in their dream of building a reputation for high-quality, challenging programmes of education that develop internationally minded young people who are well prepared for the challenges of life in the 21st century and are able to contribute to creating a better, more peaceful world. This is the Shiv Nadar School way, an “Education for Life.”

“Year 11 and 12 is far too outcome-based and I can say that from perspective,” she said. The young scientist said the schooling system judges students on how well they can memorise a formula or definition and apply that to a specific example — over and over.