The institution aims at helping children to discover their talents and skills to grow physically and intellectually, and at the same time, it is determined to provide them with a safe and joyful learning environment.
Keeping the innocence intact is a real challenge today. When it comes to the little kids, the parents are overprotective and want the best to mold their physical and intellectual growth to be on the higher level. Parents look for the best, when it comes to preschool learning, to instill the value to nurture them in a natural way and create outstanding global citizens. Thus the modern preschool education has become an integral part of the healthy growth for the kids to come out as the better version of humanity.
With the zeal to create vibrant and committed surroundings where learning becomes a joyful event, and with a thought and dream of creating a “Home Away From Home” for small kids, ICON Nurturing Innocence Preschool has worked hard to achieve the best nurturing environs for them. This preschool is created keeping in mind that, the children are free to grow, develop and discover their full potential in an environment that is caring and rooted in the familiarity of their context.
At ICON, the principle is to explore every aspect of childcare and providing them with a better education. This understanding incorporates the eco-friendly infrastructure, from being concerned of the professional staffs to employ to the quality of food to be served and the policies and procedures to which the brand should adhere. Most importantly, the school finds such infrastructure is important and thus it involves parents by openly communicating with them about the development of the child on an everyday basis.
Current Preschool Scenario in India
India is improving in a lot of sectors and preschool structure is one of them. According to TechSci Research report, it is already proven that child care market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 23% during 2017 – 2022. Factors like rising parent concerns and awareness about early childhood education and care, coupled with increasing number of nuclear families and working women population are expected to contribute to the growing demand for preschool and child care centers in the country over the course of next five years. Moreover, rapid urbanization has led to an increase in brand consciousness and penetration of many international preschools in the country. This has consequently resulted in the emergence of innovative and advanced infrastructure as well as quality education in the preschools across the country.
The Pioneering Notion
To justify the need of the hour, ICON Group of Schools has taken measurements to provide the best education for the preschool kids. The seed of the idea of starting a preschool was sprouted in the mind of Sunil Kumar, the Director of ICON Group of Schools which took a good shape with the involvement of Mukul Tyagi, and finally came to reality with the contribution of Abha and. Babita Tyagi who helped them to make this dream come true when they launched the first preschool after years of research in the year 2005 in Ghaziabad (Delhi/NCR).
The team has been running ICON Nurturing Innocence Preschool for almost 12 years now, which includes 2-3 years of research and ordeal for a franchise model. After successfully running its first franchise branch, ICON finally decided to formally enter into the franchise mode in October 2017 to spread its wings to the different parts of the nation, and within a short span of 10 months, it successfully opened more than 30 branches in 7 states of the country.
Leading the Trail
It is immensely important for any institution to understand the current trends and mode of education, and the importance of preschool increases in this matter as they deal with the budding minds. Observing a big deterioration in the education, values and culture; ICON has followed the vision of creating a better world and to enrich the lives of the children. The intention of the institution has always been adding value to nurture those in a natural way to create outstanding global citizens. ICON creates a vibrant and committed environment where learning becomes a joyful event.
Implementing Scientific and Innovative Methods
At ICON, the management understands the need of well nurtured and scientific process of learning at the most important stage of the students’ lives. This is the sole reason the team of ICON has designed the curriculum in such a way that the holistic development of the child is truly ensured. Recent research states that 90% of brain development of child happens at the age of up to 5 years. To ensure the maximum development of a child’s brain ICON integrated the curriculum with the world’s famous approaches and pedagogies to Early Childhood Education.
The curriculum is based on the NCF (National Curriculum framework) which is the only structured curriculum in India. To make the best use of learning, ICON exploits 15 different pedagogies of learning which includes Reggio Emilia, Montessori, 21st Century, High-scope etc. through which it ensures the maximum growth in a child.
The team of ICON is helping to develop the psychomotor skills through ‘learning by doing’ process. The emphasis is on the physical, mental and emotional growth of the child to make them self-reliant. The teachers help the kids to evoke an interest in the unique teaching mode which makes them eager to pursue excellence in all spheres.
Advancement in Learning and the Importance of Equipment
The curriculum aims to develop the whole childhood knowledge primarily focusing on children’s’ physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. The unique feature of the curriculum is that it is innovative, thematic and skill based. It is the combination of integrated concepts that provides hands-on exploratory attempts which make learning fun and enjoyable.
At ICON, every school has been featured with high-quality indoor facilities along with spacious outdoor play spaces so that child can get ample learning opportunities. Indoor Gym, Cooking Studio, Activity Gallery, Teaching Equipment, Music Corner, Doll House, Zoo Area etc. are being created as concepts to make the children learn through role play and concepts. it uses modern technology along with natural resources to create fun-filled and stress-free learning environments for kids.
Obeisance to Hygiene Education
ICON Nurturing Innocence Preschool gives prior attention to health and safety of the child and thus it provides loving, nurturing, family-oriented care and quality education. It is of utmost importance to inculcate hygiene among the kids for a healthy and happier life. The importance of health and hygiene thus has become the major part of the curriculum. The kids are regularly taught about the personal hygiene habits through demonstration, activities and classroom training to help them understand the importance of culturing them in life.
The Vehemence of Uniqueness
When an institution works to the direction of changing the course of the typical system of preschool education and try to establish something more relatable and scientific for the kids, the world acknowledges its effort and ICON Nurturing Innocence Preschool is no exception. Its immense contribution to make a better future and a better human being has been appreciated a lot. This institution has been awarded The Most Innovative Preschool by Excellence in Indian Education Awards in 2017. It is also awarded The Best Play School in Delhi/NCR by Right Choice Awards 2016, The Best Play School ‘In Academics and Pedagogy’ by My Brand Better 2017, The Top Play Schools in India by Digital Learning Magazine in 2018.
Words of Trust
“We started our journey with ICON nurturing Innocence Preschool in 2013 and it has been a fabulous experience to work with this nurturing school. They have a great passion to nurture the innocent minds. They have implemented the high standard of learning and designed eco-friendly infrastructure for kids. Their working system is great”. Being a part of ICON, we never felt a different branch. Their standard education programme is universal. They follow a completely new curriculum which gets revised every year with the advancement. Their support system and working method are unbeatable. Very smoothly they support from scratch and guide us for betterment.
Mrs. Rashi Gupta
Franchise Partner, Vaishali, Ghaziabad
“It was very difficult for me to choose among many brands available in INDIA, I spoke to many franchisors during my research to find the right partner and finally my search ended here at ICON. I still remember the voice I heard during my first telephonic discussion with “Icon Management” that “We will hold your hand” and it is very true. We joined the family of ICON in December 2017 by starting 1st branch in Sector-82 Gurgaon and within 4-5 months I started my 2nd branch of ICON in May 2018 and now planning to launch 3rd in November 2018 . We pride ourselves to be a part of such a big professional playschool group. Their core team is very supportive and provides training from time to time to maintain the standards. We are highly obliged for the support we get from their team on every little thing.”
Ms. Avani.
Franchise Partner, Gurgaon.
Towards a Promising Future
ICON has come a long way to become the icon of the advanced preschool of India. But it is flourishing towards its futuristic plans too. As of now the main focus of the brand is on the preschool segment only and it aims to open 101+ branches by the end of the year 2020. The brand is also planning to go for the K12 segment and very soon it will be entering onto franchising the formal school “ICON World School”.
With the vision to create a better world and to enrich the lives of the children, and creating a world for the innocence and nurturing the tender future of the humanity, ICON Nurturing Innocence Preschool is working as the ever protective garrison.
