What will it take to produce the citizens and leaders of the 21st century?

This is a question that education visionaries, innovators and futurists are asking themselves. No one answer has emerged (or is likely to emerge), but every single one agrees on one aspect - that the very foundations of and approaches to education need change.

Every progressive and forward-looking educational institution needs to ask this question before they have no other option left.

CERTAD, the Centre for Education, Research, Training and Development, was set up in Srishti School of Art Design and Technology to provide world-class innovation and capacity-building services in education. Among the members of CERTAD are stalwarts in the field of education.

Current programs and initiatives at CERTAD include:

• The Advanced Diploma in Designing Education.
  For more information click here
• Project Vision:
  Project Vision is a design and research collective that has been undertaken by Geetha Narayanan, the Founder Director of Srishti. Through Project Vision, a new pedagogy has been conceptualized and implemented in Learning Centres for under privileged children in some of Bangalore’s urban slums and for students in mainstream/elite schools. Paper on Project Vision by Geetha Narayanan.

Geetha Narayanan - Global Summit 2006 at Australia

Services provided by CERTAD in the past have included:

• Induction programme for new teachers
• Integration of Technology in the Curriculum
• Courses in professional development of educators [PDF]
• Organizational Development
• Change Management
• Curriculum Development
• Instructional Support to teachers
• Advanced Diploma in Design in Education

How has CERTAD been different?

CERTAD has provided:

• A one-stop shop for a school’s educational needs (not sure who else would do ALL these things)
• Customized solutions for schools
• Training and materials solidly grounded in theories of cognition, and latest research
• Srishti expertise to integrate design thinking in education
• K-12 "lab" space in a leading school such as Aditi, to pilot, test and refine our educational offerings (products or services)
• Availability of state-of-the-art training spaces at Srishti
• All CERTAD Trainers possess Masters or Doctoral degrees in Education
• World-class quality