What our students learn, and how
A full modern curriculum, taught in small groups, inside a residential routine that teaches as much as the timetable does.
Subjects We Teach
Our teaching follows the state curriculum so our students can move into any school, or sit any examination, without disadvantage. [FILL IN — confirm the board or curriculum the school follows.]
English
Reading, writing and speaking from the first year. Confidence in English opens every other door.
Mathematics
Number sense built slowly and properly, because gaps here follow a child for years.
Science
Observation before formulae — the forest around the school is the first laboratory.
Social Studies
India and the world, and the particular history of Arunachal Pradesh and the Tagin people.
Hindi
The link language, taught for real use rather than for marks alone.
Tagin Language & Oral Tradition
Songs, names, genealogy and the knowledge of the Nyibu — taught by those who hold it.
Donyi-Polo Studies
Faith, practice and the ethical reasoning behind them. Taught as understanding, not recitation.
Computer Literacy
Planned. [FILL IN — confirm timeline once the computer room is equipped.]
Games & Physical Work
Daily play, and a share of the real work of running the school.
The timetable is only half the education
Children here do not simply attend school; they live it. The hours between lessons — chores, meals, games, prayer — carry as much of the teaching as the classroom does.
[FILL IN — adjust these times to the school's actual routine.]
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 5:30 am | Wake, wash, tidy the dormitory |
| 6:00 am | Morning prayer — Donyi-Polo Aya Jilaka |
| 6:30 am | Study period |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Classes |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch and rest |
| 2:00 pm | Classes |
| 4:00 pm | Games, gardening and shared chores |
| 6:00 pm | Evening prayer |
| 6:30 pm | Supervised study |
| 8:30 pm | Dinner |
| 9:30 pm | Lights out |
Four Things We Do Differently
Small groups
A teacher who cannot name every child in the room cannot teach them properly. Our class sizes are deliberately small and will stay that way.
Mother tongue first
Early concepts are introduced in Tagin, then carried into English. Children understand faster when the first explanation arrives in the language they think in.
Learning by doing
Students grow part of what they eat, keep their own quarters, and take turns at the work of the school. Responsibility is taught by being given.
Elders in the classroom
Nyibu and village elders are invited to teach directly. Oral knowledge survives by being spoken to someone, not by being written down and shelved.
Want to see it for yourself?
Families are welcome to visit the school before applying.