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The school is a second home for our children
School is more than just a place where children go to study.  Rather, it is a place where a child lives for almost half of his waking hours during twelve formative years of his childhood.   The entire child -body, mind, heart and soul - is immersed in the school environment and is dynamically interacting, influencing, and being influenced by its various aspects.
 
Hence, when we call for a child- or learner-centric education, we must realize that we are saying that the whole child should be the locus of the learning process, and not merely his cognitive aspect.  Reciprocally, all aspects of the school environment matter (classroom climate and dynamic, the school physical environment, the curriculum, the quality of human relationships, peers and teachers) all play a role.
 
This environment may be safe, nurturing, supportive, and stimulating or limiting and stifling to one or more aspects of the child's personality. Hence, the prism that we use to measure the outcomes of our investment in education should be widened to include all aspects of the learner [physical, mental, emotional and social well being] and all aspects of his/her learning environment [prevalent human relationships amongst students and between students and teachers; students psychosocial well being; school climate, values and culture; teaching learning approaches and methods; student engagement; school community relation;etc.
 
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