Category: Social OL FAQ

In our opinion traditional schools do not necessarily impart social skills. Merely being in a class with  age children does not imply social skills.Open Learners choose their social relationships, which often span across different age groups. These could be based on who is near me and accessible – neighbours, relatives, family friends etc. Or these…

One, school limits us to typically having friendships only with people of the same age. Open learners can make long lasting friendships across a wider age group. Two, more than 90% of the time in school is taken up by classes. In the time that is left, some of us are lucky to build good…

Since there is no curriculum, nothing is extracurricular. Open Learners explore what interests them which could range from Science to flying kites to music to embroidery. And this variety of interest and the time available for deep diving into their interest also gives them opportunities to interact with people with the same interest and also…

In some ways open learning is all about developing life skills. The biggest being to lead one’s own life. Since nothing comes to them on a platter – they get into planning, doing, exploring, experimenting, reflecting, failing, … the list goes on.We realise education is not about some external curriculum, but about discovering and developing…

In our experience this is not at all a problem. Already they are fiercely independent as well as well versed with the ways of the world. Open learners do not exist in any one environment, in fact they learn how to make the best of all kinds of environments. And if they choose to goto…

Open learners are in the ‘real’ world from day one. So they are used to competition as well as cooperation, following something as well as leading by their own designs, Letting go as well as taking initiative and so on.Realise the world itself is not competitive, and open learners get to see the world not…