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school and how we have been getting ready to enjoyable both for themselves and their students. One of
accomplish them. Having crossed several project our key approaches will be to transform our classrooms
milestones, we are now at the cusp of starting our new into thinking classrooms that promote positive
dream school from the beginning of the new academic disruption. In this pursuit, our teachers and all the
year 2024-25. As we excitedly look forward to the stakeholders in our school community will encourage
auspicious occasion of the launch of our school in August questions that can trigger creative thinking, critical
thinking, thinking as an individual and as a group, making
2024, let me take you through some nuggets of our
students think in meaningful ways, adopting research-
guiding statements and how we look forward to
based thinking strategies, and so on. Central to our
achieving them.
teaching and learning practices will be our constant
While children are the soul of any school, how teaching pursuit to stay ahead of the instructional strategies
and learning take place to inspire and motivate every learning curve, based on research-driven and proven best
child to grow to their fullest potential is what matters the practices. We believe that digital technologies, led by
most. Therefore, as we prepare our children for the artificial intelligence, are going to significantly influence
and impact our new pedagogical pathways.
future, the pedagogy in the school will serve as a major
differentiator. Further, however progressive the The focus on holistic development, the pursuit of building
pedagogy may be, it is the teachers who will steer it to be a happy school, the culture of excellence, the emphasis
most impactful and personalised to cater to the needs of on inclusive education, the primacy of competency
every child. That's why we often say that teachers always development, the commitment to developing children
wield a magic wand to influence and inform every child's who appreciate and practise the core values of the school,
learning journey and life itself. high-quality teaching and learning (HQTL), global
citizenship, and digital citizenship, among others, will be
Keeping this in perspective, in the last few years we have part of our blueprint to transform every student to be the
VICE-CHAIRPERSON’S MESSAGE given the utmost priority to recruiting very talented and best versions of themselves.
experienced teachers and school leaders from across the
I take this opportunity to thank our leadership team, our
world and continually training them. Our initiation into
teachers and staff, parents, our alumni, and all our well-
PYP and MYP in the last two years has given us a lot of wishers for co-creating our new dream school. I am
The focus on holistic development, confidence and experience in how as a school we are humbled and inspired as I pay my deepest gratitude to my
collectively ready to offer these new curriculum pathways mother and our Founder & Chairperson, Smt. Nita M.
the pursuit of building a happy school, the culture of in a full-fledged way from the NMAJS campus. You will be Ambani for always acting as a lighthouse of inspiration

excellence, the emphasis on inclusive education… delighted to know that the NMAJS Pre-Primary School and guidance. Let the NMAJS flag fly high under the
(Nursery, LKG & UKG) will function from the Jio World inspirational and powerful wings of DAIS!
among others, will be part of our blueprint to transform Centre (JWC) – a state-of-the-art facility that has been
designed to be child-friendly, and making it a home away Together, let us build a thoughtful school, a timeless
every student to be the best versions of themselves. from home for every child. institution, a happy school…
My best wishes to all our children, and everyone in the
As you know, in our quest to prepare our children for the
DAIS and NMAJS community.
21st century, we will be following an amalgam of
Isha Ambani Piramal
instructional strategies that give primacy to inquiry-based
Every new school is born of a new dream, with the individuals and institutions. NMAJS signifies a new
learning, conceptual understanding, experiential
promise and potential to set new directions and articulate blossoming branch of a steadfast banyan tree, that is
learning, differentiated instruction, collaborative
new goals. Every new institution will have the leeway and Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS).
learning, flexible learning formats, creativity and
the freedom to experiment with new ways and means to It seeks to develop its wings and explore new horizons
innovation, and of course, values-based learning.
usher in big changes and create a lasting impact. It may on the strength of the solid foundation DAIS has built
Student agency being at the core of our evolving
have the bandwidth to disrupt the status quo. It may be over two decades. In such a short span, DAIS has made
educational philosophy, students will be facilitated to
able to change mindsets to be agile, adaptable and pathbreaking contributions to the world of education,
take ownership of their learning and learn at their own
futuristic to make the most of the emerging opportunities in ways unimaginable. Thanks to the vision and
pace. We believe that the concept and practice of learner
on the horizon, while being resilient and dynamic to take passion of none other than my mother, and the
agency will make them more agile and adaptable learners
on the challenges of the uncertainties of the future. Founder & Chairperson, Smt. Nita M. Ambani, NMAJS,
as they learn in an environment of their own voice and
in collaboration with DAIS, looks to the future to fly high
Nita Mukesh Ambani Junior School (NMAJS) is a choices. This educational approach will be an important
from a solid and time-tested springboard.
dream come true for several generations of educationists, precursor for them to be lifelong learners.
teachers, parents, and children. It is a dream come true In the last few years, on several occasions, we have had
As we prepare children for the uncertainties of the world,
for the city of Mumbai and our country, India. It is the the privilege of sharing with the entire DAIS community our focus will be on equipping our teachers with
culmination of the collective aspirations of many and our well-wishers the vision and mission of our new competencies and approaches to make learning

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