IIM graduate sets up interactive school

Jamshedpur: When her classmates were preparing to face placement interviews at the IIM, Ahmedabad, 24-year-old Gardi Agarwal De was busy planning something different.

Ms De, who passed out of IIM in April, straight away headed back to her home town to execute the plan of setting up a preparatory school, to create a non-intimidating environment for children where they will not have to mug up texts.

"I have plans to set up a chain of schools, which will not be the usual class room oriented ones but inculcate more interactive, growth-oriented learning," Ms De said.

"The basic idea is to create an environment for children that will not only dispel fear of going to school but also set up solid foundation to grow," she said. "We will involve parents of the children in different activities," she added. Parents' attendance for two hours every week, will be mandatory to make the whole experience interactive as well as to inculcate confidence among their wards, she said.

Ms De will make teachers partners with half of the earnings divided among them.