Lucknow, 1 March : A two day workshop was inaugurated today by Chief Guest Dr Nidhi Patel, IAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner cum ADM, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh at CMS Gomti Nagar Campus II. The workshop focussed on training teachers on ALFA (Accelerate Learning for All) pedagogy for students of Class Montessori to II. Over 600 teachers from 11 campuses of City Montessori School and other City International Schools of Ayodhya, Kanpur, Lucknow, Barabanki participated in this interesting workshop with great enthusiasm and curiosity to learn and innovate.

The Chief Guest Dr Nidhi Patel highlighted the importance of ALFA project and said that Himachal Pradesh government has adopted this pedagogy for the primary students of its schools throughout the state. She further said that groupism among students starts from early ages and we can now counter that with paired learning where children are paired randomly everyday. She also mentioned that by following Alfa method, children lose their hesitation and do not fear to make mistakes and ask each other questions. She was hopeful that in other places also including Lucknow, the new teaching method will become popular with students and teachers.

CMS Founder-Director, Dr. Bharti Gandhi, lauded ALFA learning for combining education with pleasure, fostering independent thinking, innovation, and recreation. The method facilitates easy language and mathematical learning without rote memorization of formulas.

Introduced in 2022 by City International School under Dr. Sunita Gandhi's guidance, ALFA's pilot project expanded to 11 CMS campuses. This year, the remaining 11 CMS campuses introduced the ALFA project for Montessori to Grade II students, emphasizing quick learning through practical observation and association of letters with objects and pictures.