Building & BaLA Initiatives

Building as Learning Aid (BaLA)

• Green Building Initiative & Building as Learning Aid (BaLA)
• An initiative for maximizing the conservation and optimum utilisation of resources and enhancing the efficiency of systems and operations.
• Design of under construction KV buildings includes minimum disruption of natural ecosystem, reduced hard pavement, enhanced natural sunlight in classrooms etc. and provision of rainwater harvesting system.
• Adoption of energy efficient fittings and fixtures (LED & BEE 5 star marked appliances) in KVs and adoption of low flow water fixtures for water conservation.
• Providing barrier free environment in all new KV buildings which are under construction and to be constructed in future.
• BaLA is about innovatively treating the space and built elements to make the existing school architecture more resourceful with higher educational value in a child friendly manner.
• BaLA is a way to holistically plan and use the school infrastructure. It incorporates idea of activity based learning, child friendliness and inclusive education for children with special needs (CWSN).
• At core, it assumes that this architecture of school can be a resource for the teaching-learning processes.