Education in India was becoming overly competitive and the metrics to measure success were created to support one specific kind of learner, ignoring the many kinds of learners children can be. The focus on the child and their wellbeing was being ignored to a the point of children feeling a huge sense of failure and stress far too young. We exist to bring joy back into learning.
We have a strong conviction that learning in smaller communities enables better quality education, focuses on the child & allows an entire community to be built & participate around the child's learning.
The day is designed to be holistic in nature with 50% of the day spent on core learning skills, 30% spent on exploring other skills like music, art, sports & 20% of the day is spent on life skills & wellbeing.
The core Papagoya value is to keep the child at the centre of all we do. All decision making starts with the question “is this good for the child?”
Children have agency, voice and autonomy in the school and participate in creating school rules, food menu’s & feed into the curriculum of what they would like to learn.
The adults who lead the explorations are all experts in these fields from within our local community & come to work with the children on a weekly basis.
Parents are considered core to the community & participate in the learning journey.
Papagoya is increasingly being recognised for its child-centric approach to education with many educators reaching out to us to spend time in our campus and learn good practices that can be incorporated into their spaces.
The school model is being developed in an open source manner that will allow practitioners to experience our practice and incorporate it into theirs or to develop more community-centric schools.
Papagoya actively supports past educators and parents who have been inspired by our model & have started similar spaces of learning. Papagoya is part of networks like the Playful Schools to share our practices, and is also recognised by UN Women India's anthology of 75 women creating impact in leadership.
Reach out to us, we believe the more we collaborate on education, the more we can all work towards paving a new path. We invite you over to spend sometime with us to experience life at Papagoya. As you decide on how you would like to create a community space for learning, we will support and share our approach and assist you in getting your space started. Write to us on hello@papagoya.com