About Quest
Started in 2016, in Palavakkam, The Learning Community at Quest is a vibrant space that brings together different learners who are actively engaged in learning a variety of skills in many different ways. Our new space in Besant Nagar is dynamically designed to enable learning and exploration of a wide range of skills and interest areas.
We have created unique learning experiences through our events, workshops, field trips, and summer camps. Collaborations with schools like KC High, HLC International and Akshar Arbol International School, has helped us create unique field trips, exciting events and other specially curated events in our space.
The success inspired us to curate our unique after-school programme in 2017 — the Individualised Engagement Programme (IEP). Inspired by self-directed learning, IEP is designed to encourage every child to take charge of their own learning journey, with or without the assistance of others, by identifying their learning goals, choosing their mode of learning, and evaluating their own performance and outcomes as well.
For our work in the field of self-directed education, we were recognised by The Alliance for Self Directed Education (the first space to be recognised in India!) and are a part of a global network of self-directed education institutions.
The success of the IEP encouraged us to start our full time flagship programme, The Unschooling Project in 2021, when we moved to our new space in Besant Nagar, a landmark building that has been dynamically designed to enable learning and exploration of a wide range of skills and interest areas. Designed as a collection of free-flowing volumes that give a feeling of space and visual connectivity, with each space seamlessly blending into the next, the ample natural light and the use of colour lending to a sense of openness and fun. The Quest building was selected as Jury winner and recognised as an ideal option for learning in a worldwide Architecture platform
In September, every year, we host India’s Self-Directed Education week in partnership with the Alliance! This event is aimed to help bring together thought leaders, educators, innovators, and learners from around the world to explore, learn from one another and celebrate the principles and practices of self-directed education.
Learn more about SDE Week
