India, June 24 -- Exposure to different educational institutions is an effective way of learning about the quality of the institutions. Observing the atmosphere in the institution and close interaction with the students and staff would provide much information about the image of the school and the quality of education imparted there. During the last three decades I had the opportunity to visit hundreds of Catholic schools in all the states of India to conduct orientation programmes for students and teachers. Though the lessons learned from these schools vary according to the background of the school, people, culture of the place and the region there are some factors common to all of them.
Though all who run the educational institutions cla...