GUWAHATI: Suderashan Public School , Guwahati was the only school from the northeast to receive the British Council International School Award in a recently held ceremony in Delhi this year. A total of 44 other schools from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were also awarded on the occasion."These awards encourage schools to work with global citizenship values, offer a benchmark to teachers who want to offer best practices and learning practices, and recognize those who achieve excellence in these areas. I am very pleased to see so many participants this year and hope to see more in the future," said Duncan Wilson, director of Schools, English and Skills at the British Council.Debanjan Chakrabarti, director of east and northeast India at British Council, said, "We are delighted to have worked with teachers across schools in east and northeast India. The need is to move away from propositional to procedural learning. Students need to know 'why' and 'how', more than 'what' and 'when'. We hope more schools enrol for the International School Awards and go on this global journey of creative learning with us."

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