News & Events
Year 2022
We are happy to inform that diksa centre for excellence in math conducted an online math workshop for the primary math teachers of Navy Children Schools, pan India. The faculty development workshop conducted on the 10th of December was inaugurated by Ms. Athiya Parveen Babi, principal of NCS, Coimbatore, followed by an inaugural address by Mrs. Sudha Ganesh founder of diksa.
Mrs. Anuraadha Jaishankar and Mrs. Namagiri Ravindran of diksa conducted the five hour interactive workshop. Hands on activities to explain the concepts in place value, number properties, basic operations, fractions and geometry were explained. The responsibility of primary math teachers in making the subject interesting to the children and removing math phobia from their minds was emphasized.
Twenty one teachers from the twelve Navy Children Schools across the country participated enthusiastically and the program was well received and appreciated. Mrs. Chithra Geetha of NCS, Coimbatore proposed the vote of thanks.
This event by diksa and NCS signals a new beginning in collaboration between a mainstream school and a special school. It is also a recognition of the value that a special school can bring towards removing math phobia and helping children realise that math can be fun.
Year 2020
diksa conducted a free interactive online talk series – ‘CREATING SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS’ on various topics for parents, teachers and special educators.
Year 2019
April 2019 – diksa annual day
Year 2018
February 2018
The Students of diksa went on a field trip to Eco park, Chetpet, Chennai.
March 2018
Students of diksa were taken to watch the Oscar winning movie “COCO”.
April 2018 Project day
Project day was celebrated at diksa. Students made many models depicting the monuments and culture of Tamilnadu. They also presented a skit on the ill effects of junk food. The primary children presented a thematic representation on nursery rhymes.
May 2018
diksa centre for excellence in math conducted the summer camp “math is easy” in the first week of May. The program turned out to be a fun filled one with many new learnings for the children.
July 2018
‘Padmashri awardee Dr. Arvind Gupta, popularly known as the toy man of India visited diksa along with our mentor Mr.S.Sundaram on 11th July, 2018. He opened up a new world of ‘toys that talk to us’, the fun in creating them and the joy of playing with them. We teachers became children along with the students. Awesome!!. Toys do have their own language!
August 2018
We are proud to announce that our student Tarun won first prize in Arts (Sub Juniors category) and T. Sai Venkata Samrutha won second prize in Solo-Classical Instrumental music contest conducted by soroptimist on 4th august 2018.
diksa students participated in the International yoga conference conducted in Mahabalipuram.
October 2018
diksa centre for excellence in math conducted a workshop for all the teachers of Sankalp, the open school, Chennai on 24th and 31st of October 2018 on effective teaching of primary level mathematics.
Year 2017
3rd Jan 2017 – 18th Jan 2017 Tutor Training program at diksa.
The program was well received and the feedback from the trainees was very encouraging. The feedback was as follows: “The course content was very exhaustive covering all the major areas of remedial teaching. The theory sessions were smoothly interwoven with relevant practical teaching experiences with individual supervision.All the teachers of diksa were very friendly and approachable when we went to them with our doubts.There was an atmosphere of openness and sharing.”
4th March 2017
Mrs.Sudha Ganesh conducted a workshop on ‘Specific Learning Difficulties’ for the teachers of Sri Sivaswamy Kalalaya Senior Secondary school,Chennai
28th March 2017 – Students of diksa went on an educational tour to the Government Museum,Egmore,Chennai.
March 2017-April 2017
diksa conducted a series of interactive sessions for counselors in March /April 2017. The theme was the relevance and effectiveness of MLE or Mediated Learning Experience in a counselling context. It was attended by a team of experienced counselors.
The program highlighted the effectiveness of complementing the emotion based approach of counselling with the cognitive approach of MLE. Cognition and emotion are basically two sides of the same coin. Feedback from the counsellors -” What I have taken back from these sessions– The importance and value of learning through a mediator in our daily lives and our interactions with our family, the way it gives structure to our counseling approach, the cognitive deficits list is very useful and gives clarity in setting goals for our clients”.
April 2017 -diksa centre for Cognitive Enhancement for Young Adults was launched. The goal of this cognitive enhancement program is to equip the individual with the necessary cognitive skills to handle various life situations (personal and professional) independently and effectively. The program will help the young adult to set realistic goals and achieve success with a feeling of competence and optimism.
April 2017 -diksa Centre for Excellence in Math was launched.
diksa has worked with experts to develop many hands-on activities to help children visualize and understand math concepts and practice procedures & skills in a fun way. This approach has helped remove the general math phobia and replace it with confidence and enthusiasm to do math. Leveraging this expertise,’diksa Centre for Excellence in Math’ was launched
12th April 2017-13th April 2017 Children of diksa attended a craft workshop conducted by Mrs.Indirani. The workshop’s focus was on recycling house hold wastes and creating useful articles.
May 2017 – conducted a one of its kind math workshop,‘Math is Easy’ to build concept mastery for primary school children. The workshop involved a systematic, structured and sequential approach to build math concepts through practical hands on lab activities using simple daily use materials. It was attended by children from various schools.
Parents feedback about the math workshop.
*The course was well planned..and it really helped my son understand the basic concepts.My son wants to attend your next workshop.
*For the first time in so many years, I didn’t sit with my daughter to complete her homework.She did the homework independently and she was happy. She even tried to explain what she learnt.
*My daughter said that the teachers explained all the concepts very patiently and she felt comfortable. She was able to understand the concepts easily.
* My children came out smiling after three hours of doing math every day !!
August 2017 Launching of ‘grow with math program’
diksa centre for excellence in math launched a unique program ‘grow with math’. It is a yearlong program to teach primary level math concepts to children. The concepts are taught in a fun filled way using sequentially structured practical math lab activities and activity sheets with a focus to encourage active student interaction. The program was a resounding success and received positive feedback and appreciation from students and parents alike. For more details about the grow with math program, CLICK HERE.
November 2017
Mrs.Sudha Ganesh conducted a workshop on ‘Specific Learning Difficulties’ for the teachers of Thiruvavaduthurai Aathinam Higher Secondary school, Thiruvidaimaruthur in Thanjavur district. The workshop was well received by the teachers. They have shown interest to continue the association with diksa through online interaction, specifically for teaching math strategies.
Year 2016
23rd July 2016 – Mrs.Sudha Ganesh conducted a workshop on ‘Introduction to Learning Disabilities’ at Mirra foundation, Chennai.
September 2016 – Mrs.Sudha Ganesh conducted a workshop on ‘Introduction to Specific Learning Difficulties’ at Sarawati Vidyalaya,Chennai.
2nd Sep 2016 – 10th Oct 2016 Tutor training program at diksa
Year 2015
18th Sept 2015 – Guest lecture on ‘ Emotional and behaviour challenges of children with learning difficulties’ by Mrs. Mohana Narayanan.
1st Oct 2015 – workshop on ‘Orientation to Sensory integration’ by Mr .Karthik Ranganathan.
7th Oct 2015 – guest lecture on ‘Assessments of children with learning difficulties’ by Dr.Sangeetha Madhu.
Year 2014
1st Jan 2014 – diksa annual day.
9th Feb 2014 – ‘Sai bhajan’ was held at diksa.
9th Feb 2014 – A tree walk was organized for the children of diksa at Kotturpuram Park in collaboration with NIZHAL, an organization committed to conservation of trees.
21st Feb 2014 – visit to the Birla planetarium, Chennai.
Year 2013
15th Jan 2013 – diksa Annual Day.
21st Jan 2013 – 25th Jan 2013 – diksa Conducted a workshop for Vidya Sagar Teachers on reading, spelling, written expression and dyscalculia as part of their one year diploma program.
8th Feb 2013 – Field Trip for morning students of diksa to Dakshin Chitra.
23rd March 2013 – diksa conducted a workshop for teachers of Indus Public School on identifying children at risk and providing early intervention.
April 2013 – In-house Training for diksa Teachers.
10th July 2013 – Launch of diksa Drama Club.
17th Jul 2013 – 21st Aug 2013 – Five weeks Tutor Training Program in diksa.
7th Aug 2013 – Mrs.Sulata Ajith of Sankalp,the Special school, conducted a workshop on autism at diksa.
7th Sep 2013 – Mrs.Mangala Jeyachandran of Lady Aandal school gave us a talk on mainstreaming dyslexic children.
14th Oct 2013 – Mrs.Mohana Narayanan conducted a workshop on counseling at diksa.
15th Oct 2013 – Interview on Dyslexia by Ms. Sudha Ganesh in 92.7 Big FM.
5th Dec 2013 – Mrs. Sudha Ganesh gave an interview on dyslexia in “Puthuyugam”, Tamil TV Channel.
Year 2012
27th Jan 2012 – One day workshop on “Reading” as part of Continuous Rehabilitation Education for Special Educators at Vidyasagar, Kotturpuram, Chennai by Mrs. Sudha Ganesh.
March 2012 – Field Trip for morning students of diksa to Railway Museum, Avadi, Chennai.
April 2012 – In-house Training for diksa Teachers.
18th Jun 2012 – 20th Jul 2012 – Five week Tutor Training Program in diksa.
7th July 2012 – Panel Discussion on Parenting for parents of Harishri Vidyalaya School. Founder Sudha Ganesh was one of the panel members along with other eminent specialists.
13th Aug 2012 – Sudha Ganesh visited Sushil Hari School and gave a talk on Introduction to Dyslexia for Primary School Teachers.
Year 2011
12th Feb 2011 – A session on Mediated Learning Experience for members of Chennai Counsellors Foundation.
April 2011 – In-house Training for diksa Teachers.
14th May 2011 – 4 week Tutor Training Program for Teachers of SIET Dyslexia Centre commenced.
24th Dec 2011 – diksa Annual Day.