finishing school as a tool to drive academic excellence

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Finishing School as a tool to drive academic excellence

Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore1st Feb 2013

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• Edu-Next is a provider of finishing school services to B-School students

• Established a model linked to placements to engage students individually and make informed decisions

• Using technology to build scale while maintaining quality

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What is Edu-Next?Have proven value to leading institutes

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The primary issue

Students are placement focused and are not

concerned about anything else.

And sadly, do not realize the crucial role of

academics in getting that coveted job!!

So how do you institutionalize the understanding that good

academics leads to good careers?

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FINISHING SCHOOL

Institutionalizing the fact that better academic outcome leads to placement outcome

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• Wikipedia says – “A finishing school (or charm school) is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social skills and cultural norms as a preparation for entry into adult society”

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What is finishing school and what is not?

How do we read it in today’s context?

• Smartness• Access to right information• Understanding of how the world works• Contextualization• Drive and motivation

What is finishing school?

• Language• Etiquette• Accent• Dressing sense• Manners

What it is confused to be…

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An indicative finishing school processInduction

Summer placements

Final placements

Summer internshipsResume Preparation

GD & Interview

Career Guidance

Goal setting

2 years of B-School

And more….

Career Options

Current Affairs

Problem Solving

Soft Skills

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• Contextualizes concepts in class

• Sparks interest to ask questions in class

• Helps apply concepts

• Resume is a reflection of the self.

• Initial version en eye-opener

• Resume gets filled with work during the B-School

How does this drive academic performance?

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Current AffairsResume

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• Key skills like articulation, report writing, verbal and written presentation

• Improves exam performance

• Drive goal setting which influences academic choices

• Mentor aligned to student aspiration

• Exposure to roles and options

How does this drive academic performance?

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Career guidance & goal setting Critical Soft Skills

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• Results in confidence building

• Identifies conceptual and resume related gaps

• Pushes students to revise concepts and older lessons

How does this drive academic performance?

Problem Solving• Improves problem

solving ability

• Shows in exam performance

• Increases application of theory in real world scenarios

GD and Interview

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QUESTIONS?

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