Building & BaLA Initiatives

BaLA (Building as a Learning Aid)

BaLA is an innovative concept towards qualitative improvement in education, through developing child-friendly, learning and fun-based physical environment building in school infrastructure. BaLA is a way to holistically plan and use the school infrastructure. It incorporates the ideas of activity-based learning, child friendliness, and inclusive education for children with special needs (CWSN). At the core, it assumes that the architecture of the school can be a resource for the teaching-learning processes. This concept was originally developed by Vinyas, Centre for Architectural Research & Design with support from UNICEF. KVS has decided to adopt the BaLA concept for all its Vidyalayas.

PM SHRI KV ISP Nashik, located on the green campus of ISP in Nashik, features two wings. The school has 32 classrooms, along with various departments, labs, a children’s park, and a playground.
The school proudly implements various initiatives under the BaLA (Building as Learning Aid) program, such as Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) and the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN). These initiatives are aimed at enhancing students’ proficiency in various subjects. The walls of the school have been transformed into Learning Walls, integrating important aspects of different subjects to create an engaging and educational environment for students.