Neil Arora

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Neil Arora

Fellow’s Profile

Neil Arora

Scaffolded play, lessons from Estonia and Armenia

Fellowship

Themes

Focus

Providing innovative ways of play to serve as tools in reducing the disadvantage gap.

Countries

Fellowship year

2023

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Locality

London

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Biography

I currently work as a partnerships manager for a national UK education charity. My work aims to contribute to the charity's mission, which is focused on reducing the disadvantage gap within the UK education sector. Before this, I worked as a business studies secondary school teacher.

My Fellowship focuses on equality, empowerment and scaffolded play that could be used as a tool to reduce the disadvantage gap in the UK education system. I want to explore why and how Estonia prioritises kindergarten and scaffolded play until age 7 rather than early years rigorous testing and I aim to explore why and how Armenia embeds chess in the school curriculum.

When I was a student I was frustrated with our education system Ð I grew up believing that I was not smart and therefore there was no point in trying in school. I learnt chess at 17 during my school lunchtime, and this changed my life. Now I have the confidence to tackle life's challenges and I feel equipped to participate effectively in life. Play empowered me to grow.

Through my Fellowship, I hope to bring back informative findings that serve as tools for reducing the disadvantage gap.

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