In 1983 Mrs. Premalatha started the MAHATMA Montessori School at Anna Nagar and was its founder Principal. Presently she is the Senior Principal, Managing Director of E.Rm.E.Rengasamy Educational that owns and manages Mahatma schools, which include seven schools three of the school following state board, three of the school following CBSE and one of the school following Cambridge. There are over 12,000 students and 1200 staff.
In 2005 she attended the Asian Congress of Storytellers and in 2011 she attended the International School Leadership Summit organized by the University of IOWA, IOWA city, IOWA for the two weeks starting from 4th September 2011. There she had the opportunity to visit various educational institutions and have a global perspective of ‘Future Education’.
She was in the working group meeting for revision of guidelines on ‘WORK EDUCATION IN SCHOOL EDUCATION’ conducted by Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education – Bhopal in 2001 and participated in the review of Social Studies Syllabus held in BHOPAL in January 2010. She is appointed as the British Council School Ambassador for the South Zone and serving efficiently bringing in many schools to work for ISA Awards.
I am passionate about 21st Century education that develops the whole child. My journey in education started in the progressive education system of New Zealand. I was employed as a secondary school teacher in science and physics. However, I extended my range of skills into areas of assessment, advising and research.
Over the past 10 years my employment has enabled me to conduct extensive primary and secondary and research into the most effective ways to achieve the best educational outcomes for students. From 2009 till 2015 I was employed as an educational adviser in ABU Dhabi. I was able to deliver professional development that transformed traditional teachers into effective student centric teachers.
I applied this experience and extensive secondary researchas head of R&D in Chrysalis at Chennai. At Chrysalis, I developed a pedagogical framework incorporating the best of this experience and research into a programme that was integrated into the classroom. The programme has been validated by comparison with similar programmes that have been developed such as by ‘The Centre for Curriculum Redesign’ at Harvard; and examination by experts in the UK, Japan and New Zealand, in particular.
My interest now lies in working with progressive schools seeking to produce citizens of tomorrow. These citizens will possess 21st century skills and be critical and creative thinkers able to adapt to the unknown challenges of the future.
