Building & BaLA Initiatives

Building as Learning Aid (BaLA) is an innovative concept that Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) schools in India have adopted to improve the quality of education. The BaLA concept aims to make the entire school physical environment a learning space, including the inside, outside, and semi-open spaces.
BaLA is about developing the school’s entire physical environment as a learning aid – the inside, the outside and the semi-open spaces – everywhere. At the core, it is about maximizing the educational ‘value’ of a built space. It is based on ‘how children learn’.