Pankaja Munde, former MLA, Maharashtra, and Pooja Ajeenkya Patil, chairperson and founder, Mars1, marking the official opening in Worli, Mumbai. Facebook
D Y Patil International School has launched Mars1 Preschool, a pre-primary school that will foster young learners' discovery, inquiry, and learning.
Mars1 Preschool is driven by its aim to provide every child with limitless learning in a happy atmosphere, building on the standard of excellence set by its parent brand.
Ajeenkya DY Patil, chairman of Ajeenkya DY Patil Group, said that since young minds are always absorbing information, and just like a potter guides clay to becoming a masterpiece, the institute wants to lead students to excellence from the get-go. “We believe that the education process should focus on absorbing knowledge with evolving technology rather than focusing on getting good grades, and with Mars1 Preschool, we endeavour to achieve that,” he said.
Mars1 Preschool will make use of advanced technology in the form of a one-of-a-kind interactive learning floor that encourages collaboration, communication, and creativity via play. This technology is an integral part of the Mars1 curriculum that exposes learners to auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic learning. Students can also meet and learn from Cubetto, a friendly, wooden robot that teaches children between the ages of 3 and 5 to code. The young learners will arrange a sequence of instructions to create a programme for Cubetto. As they do so, they will develop their computational thinking and problem-solving skills.