Shades of Our Schools - Screening at RIE

The Teacher Foundation screened the documentary Shades of Our Schools at Regional Institute of Education, Mysore on January 15th. Maya Menon, director of TTF led the discussion that followed.

Shades of Our Schools is directed by Bangalore based director Gautam Sonti and is producted by The Teacher Foundation. The film depicts the routine incidents in Indian classrooms. The film does not show the white (really good practices) or the black (objectionable practices) of our schools. The film created with the objective of holding a mirror in front of teachers and teacher educators shows the seemingly 'normal' episodes; the gray shades in between white and black.

At RIE the film was screened for teachers, BEd and MEd students as well as for RIE faculty. Over 175 people attended the film screened in two sessions. There was an open discussion afterwards in which the participants raised questions on the accepted norms of Indian schools.

Here is the coverage of the event in Mysore Mail

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