In the ongoing endeavor to be responsive to students diverse learning needs, Study Hall Center for Learning (CFL) was founded in 2013 and specially designed to help students through NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) to provide sustainable and inclusive learning with universal and flexible access to quality school education and skill development from middle school to senior secondary level. Center For Learning is a unit of Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF) is a grade 6-12 program that aims to bridge the gap between students’ learning needs and our mainstream education systems. With a teacher student ratio as low as 10:1, CFL ensures personal attention for each child. It is a varied population consisting of those who were not thriving in the traditional system, including children who have a preference for arts, sports, non-academic interests, students with different learning styles, and some with learning disabilities as well.

Center For Learning was designed to provide flexibility and freedom to students so that they might complete their education according to their own strengths, weaknesses, and interests. It provides a space to those who don’t respond best under the traditional method and provides them a nurturing environment. It customizes education to the needs of each child.

CFL’ s vision is to recognize the multiple intelligences and multiple learning needs and styles of children, do away with a forced standardization in the name of ‘equality’ in education and to respect the unique journey of each and every child. As SHEF’s vision is to provide quality education for all, we have adapted our teaching and learning curricula, pedagogy and spaces to meet the diverse needs of each child in order to achieve this.

Milestones and Future Directions

• Children with disabilities are able to clear 12th.
• Change in students’ attitudes and outlooks, performance.
• Pivotal change in attitudes of parents and previous teachers.
• NIOS accredited - 2015

In future, we hope to -

• Implementation of CFL type centers everywhere, integrated into mainstream education, in all schools
• Forming partnerships for greater expansion
• Breaking social construct in minds of students and parents