A globally recognised
Award
The ISA is a scheme with truly international appeal, as
our overseas school partners know.
This is in line with the international strategy (DfES 2004)
which highlights 'as other countries show interest, we will work
with them to develop the ISA into a truly international award'.
Many countries overseas are also involved in the ISA including
Jordan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Cyprus; and it’s
an important part of the British Council Connecting Classrooms
programme
The ISA is an accreditation scheme run by the British
Council for the Department for Children, Schools and Families in
the UK. There is no fee and the ISA is open to all
schools (nursery to sixth form). The scheme recognises good
practice in adding an international dimension to the school
curriculum.
The ISA in India
In the year 2003 The British Council India introduced the
International School Award in India as a pilot project. Through the
pilot project it developed an award scheme to recognise the work of
Indian schools with international links that include the UK. The
scheme is based on the UK model with appropriate modifications.
India was the first overseas country to pilot the International
School Award. More>>>
The ISA in Sri
Lanka
The British Council in Sri Lanka
introduced a pilot of the scheme in 2005 with the aim of
recognising the international work done in schools as well as the
collaborative projects schools in the UK and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka
is the second country outside of UK to introduce this accreditation
scheme. British Council has always placed the international
dimensions of teaching and learning at the heart of its work since
1940 when it opened the first office in Colombo.
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