The crushing pressures young people deal with today are unlike anything previous generations have experienced. As result, we see an alarming rise in students who:
More than ever, the mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of students needs special attention. Classroom settings cannot always address these needs. The outdoors can and trekking, especially so.
Research says the outdoors isn't just good for children's health, it improves their ability to learn.
The crushing pressures young people deal with today are unlike anything previous generations have experienced. As result, we see an alarming rise in students who:
More than ever, the mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of students needs special attention. Classroom settings cannot always address these needs. The outdoors can and trekking, especially so.
Research says the outdoors isn't just good for children's health, it improves their ability to learn.
Seeing the strong impact of the outdoors and trekking on children, Indiahikes has designed special Outdoor Experiential Learning Programmes for schools. Over 10,000 students from across the country have trekked with us.
Experiential Learning treks at Indiahikes are immersive mediums of “learning by doing.”
Our programmes blend nature, adventure, and specially-designed learning activities to impart valuable life skills and leadership skills. We believe the best learning comes through tangible experience, challenges, and room for reflections.
To help schools reap maximum benefit from these programmes, we also conduct workshops that introduce teachers to experiential learning and how to use the outdoors for students’ holistic development.
Principal, DPS Bangalore West
Teacher, Daffodils School
Coordinator, DPS North, Bangalore
Founder and Guide, The Montessori School and Kriyasthala, Bangalore
This one-of-a-kind workshop by Indiahikes introduces teachers to the what, why, and how of Experiential Learning (EL) - right from the concept stage to the seamless design and facilitation of activities.
Indiahikes is India's largest and safest trekking organisation
Our Trek Leaders are certified mountaineers with a Basic Mountaineering Course or Advanced Mountaineering Course. Trek Leaders assigned to lead student treks are Wilderness First Responders (WFR) and NOLS certified. We conduct regular refresher courses and specialised trainings year-round towards building capacity and mitigating risk.
Apart from Trek Leaders, our technical guides, trek guides, programme facilitators and assistants accompany students on the programmes. Each one is trained to handle emergency situations in the mountains. Read more about how we keep your students safe here.
We ensure everyone follows stringent safety processes. There is a process for preparing team members, a process to monitor their health 3 times a day, a process for management of accidents, a process for managing altitude sickness, and a process for evacuation. We have processed for trekking and a separate process for difficult sections. Any potential risk is nipped in the bud.
Our extensive trek experience matters here. Trekking trails are not new to us. We have nurtured and developed these trails for many years. We have our own base camps on these trails. Safety of all team members is our responsibility, fom the time the programme starts till it ends.
We draw up a Risk Assessment and Management plan before every trek - especially when it involves children. We prepare a risk assessment and management plan for each project we take with a school. You can download our sample safety plan here.
Most modern safety equipment used in the Indian trekking community has been introduced by us. This has fundamentally changed how trekking is done in our country.
In all of our treks, we carry a high-altitude medical kit, an evacuation kit, a technical kit, radio equipment, and oxygen cylinders (pulse oximeters and BP monitors are standard equipment carried by our Trek Leaders, including ropes and carabiners).
Learning is tremendous when students step out of comfortable/familiar zones such as their homes, schools, and dependence on technology.
The outdoors and treks are ideal learning grounds for students - unfamiliar, new, and unpredictable.
When combined with the Experiential Learning cycle (Act, Reflect, Apply/Plan, Transfer), we've seen that learning outdoors is highly impactful compared to traditional mediums.
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