What began as our humble initiative from a three-room space with 50 students has now blossomed into a place which imparts knowledge to 800 students in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. Takshahsila Gurukulum came into being in 2009 when Mr. Manish Agrawal, founder of Takshashila Gurukulum, left his well-rounded and prosperous career at Mckinsey to teach kids coming from the families of modest means.
The Takshashila Wisdom Centre is a post-school programme, which provides a concrete and holistic educational foundation to kids from low-salary communities to fill the learning gaps and ensure the children stay in school. Following the principle of learning today and leading tomorrow, our training does not focus only on scholastic education but also on non-academic knowledge to mould and cultivate confidence, self-esteem and self-awareness amongst students.
It follows a planned curriculum for English, Math, Hindi, Science and Social Sciences from Grade 1 till Grade 12. The process of learning for each subject ensures a steady and logical unfolding of learning at each level. Upholding the principle of holistic learning, the curriculum is implemented through a dual approach of ensuring conceptual understanding through lecture, demonstrations and experiments as well as experiential learning through celebrations, events, field trips and workshops. This technique helps us to recognize students with remedial needs; students with learning incapacities and students who need a teacher’s stern eye and create solutions within the environment of the wisdom center such that each student achieves their true potential.