Aksharaa School

Kadaghari-9, Kageshwari Manohara, Kathmandu

Level

PG-10

ABOUT

Aksharaa School is a co-educational day school, established in 2011 A.D. It is one of the internationally accredited schools employing cutting-edge teaching methodologies and technology-enhanced classrooms. Aksharaa School is located in Kadaghari, Kathmandu and offers courses from Grade 1 to 10.

Since its establishment, Aksharaa School has embraced a student-centered progressive philosophy of education. This philosophy in Aksharaa has been highlighted with transformative principles of education like awareness, autonomy, and authenticity that suggests the importance of learning in self-engaged action.

The enrichments available at Aksharaa allow the school to break the barrier of traditional learning and shape the career of a child beyond four walls. Students studying at Aksharaa are allowed to be friendly with technological gadgets like laptops, computers, television and projectors for academic relevancy which helps them in being knowledgeable.

Aksharaa is operated within 3 academic and administrative blocks accommodated upon the earthquake-resistant buildings standing on the spacious area spread over 23 ropanis of land. The premises also include full-sized playground for sports facilities, computer lab, library, science lab, informary, and more.

Aksharaa believes in balanced education system and uses age-appropriate cognitive development along with adequate physical, emotional growth and social adaptation. To focus on this Aksharaa builds education within the Learning-Reinforcement-Practice-Application (LRPA) module.

LRPA module is suggestive of Touch-Explore-Learn-Enjoy that felicitates students to build up the cognitive horizon with fun, curiosity, and excitement. This school also focuses upon further development of the physical, mental, and intellectual state of a child for their integrated growth.

The school also has a Parents School Association through which parents are invited to consult and get progress reports by conducting some important events or sessions like Guest Speaker Sessions, Parenting Sessions and Curriculum Sessions. These events are designed to help parents keep up with their children's progress while also helping them in effectively dealing with modern parental challenges through expert advice.

Aksharaa believes in not only the traditional way of learning but also uses a creative and innovative approach which contributes for the modernizing of the teaching and learning process. Some of the examples are 3DI, Karkhana, and Eduten (an online math playground).

Vision

Nurturing children to become globally competent and responsible citizens.

Mission

Aksharaa School inculcates value-based education through collaboration with parents and other stakeholders to instill in each student a zeal to learn, to take risks, and accept challenges to adapt in the ever-changing world.

Salient Features

International Accreditation
Spacious and well-furnished classrooms
Good learning environment
Cutting edge teaching-learning methods
A synergy of physical and technological mixes for integrated child growth
Learning through LRPA
Use of LRPA in the integration of modern technologies like Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Learning Management System (LMS)
Continuous Assessment

Appropriate assessment of each task is done to monitor a child's skill of manipulation of words, materials, ideas, concepts. Such assessments help to notice whether the child has acquired language, mathematical and social skills or not. This is done on a day-to-day basis through the use of the CAS book.

Active observation and Recording
Holistic growth through Balanced Education System
Assignments

Age-appropriate specific assignments are assigned in each chapter. Written assignments, Project works and Research work are used as records on the development of specific skills related to instructional objectives or the attitude expressed or demonstrated by a student towards learning.

ICT enhanced environment
Library with Book talk show every Sunday
Transportation facilities
Extra-Curricular Activities
Co-curricular activities
Aksharaa Model United Nations (AMUN) programs
Qualified and dedicated teachers and staffs
Nationwide exposure to various events, programs
Participation of students in international programs
Educational and day-night tours
Academic competitions like essay writing, storytelling, album making, wall-magazine decoration, etc.
Photography, toy making, clay modeling courses
Community awareness programs
Multi-language classes like Chinese, Sanskrit
Guest Speaker Session
Parenting Sessions
Music and Sports Clubs
Teacher's Development Programs

Aksharaa is a learning organization. Within our scheme as a progressive organization on learning, we continuously strive to develop our teaching faculty and non-teaching staff members through various training programs designed to catering individual needs that ultimately help us reach our goal. These training programs are planned and executed by the invited facilitators and by the teachers of Aksharaa who collaborate with internal and external experts. Such training programs not only help teachers develop themselves professionally and personally but also, create an environment that encourages peer support.

Admission Guidelines

Admissions in Aksharaa are announced annually based on the seats and requirements. Along with it, there are procedures to follow by the students along with their parents.

The admission process in Aksharaa are as follows:

Parents of the prospective students are given a tour of the school
Parents are needed to file an application for admission personally or through the school's website here.
After the application evaluation, parents are notified about the entrance test and interview dates.
When the parents are interviewed by the admission team, the students will be appearing in written and oral tests.
The criteria for the admission of the child include his/her academic aptitude, socio-emotional development, and willingness of parents to be working partners with the school in the educational process.
After 3 days of the written test and interview, the school will inform the parents through a phone call about the confirmation.
After the child is confirmed to be part of Akasharaa, parents are requested to register their child within 7 days.