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| name = The Levelfield School
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| location = Village Husnabad<br>[[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]], [[West Bengal]] - 731101
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|55|18|N|87|30|13|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| type = [[Private school]]
| religious_affiliation = Secular
| established = 2010
| founder = Arghya Banerjee
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| faculty = 30<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbseaff.nic.in/cbse_aff/schdir_Report/AppViewdir.aspx?affno=2430190|title=Complete Information Form|website=cbseaff.nic.in}}</ref>
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| gender = Mixed
| age_range = 6-18
| enrollment = 500<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/far-from-the-madding-crowd-117081900984_1.html|title=Far from the madding crowd|first=Anjuli|last=Bhargava|date=August 19, 2017|via=Business Standard}}</ref>
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| campus_size = 2.5 acres<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/117185/levelfield-school-unconventional-methods-changing-concept-of-education/|title=This Levelfield School's Unconventional Methods Are Changing the Concept of Education|date=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
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| affiliation = [[IGCSE]]<br>[[Advanced Placement]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.levelfieldschool.com/}}
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'''The Levelfield School''' is a co-educational [[private school]], located in [[Suri, Birbhum]] in [[West Bengal]], that was founded with the aim of practising experimental [[pedagogy]] that differs from the conventional methods of the [[Education in India|Indian education system]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/24-good-businesses_2012/getting-them-to-think-2309|title=Getting them to think | Outlook Business|first=Outlook|last=Business|website=}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/school-of-new-thought/cid/1286868|title=School of new thought|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The school emphasizes reading, discussion, debate and the use of [[multimedia|multimedia technology]] over [[rote learning]] or a textbook-based education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-former-i-banker-looks-to-build-the-iitiim-of-k-12-education-1557246|title=Former i-banker looks to build the IIT/IIM of K-12 education|first=Priyanka|last=Golikeri|date=June 21, 2011|website=DNA India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.educationworld.in/the-levelfield-school-suri/|title=The Levelfield School, Suri|date=February 5, 2019|website=EducationWorld}}</ref>

Levelfield was founded in 2010 by Arghya Banerjee, a graduate of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] and [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] who quit his engineering job to start the school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/arghya-banerjee-of-levelfield-school-how-search-for-an-ideal-school-helped-this-man-build-an-award-w-1824736|title=How Search For An Ideal School Helped This Man Build An Award-Winning Education Institute|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> He planned on founding a school that did not follow the usual Indian teaching methods, which often give extreme importance to examinations or over-rely on textbooks and rote learning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-achievers-arghya-banerjee-is-battling-against-rote-learning/20140509.htm|title=One man's battle against rote learning|website=Rediff}}</ref>

The school, instead, focuses on overall development and employs teaching methods that include watching [[world cinema]] to discuss subjects such as [[sociology]], [[ethics]] or history; playing [[board games]] to understand [[strategy]]; reading books, solving [[puzzles]] or watching documentaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/education/the-school-of-tomorrow/article19895407.ece|title=The school of tomorrow|first=Arghya|last=Banerjee|date=October 22, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/a-school-where-teachers-dont-teach/20171003.htm|title=A school where teachers don't 'teach'!|website=Rediff}}</ref> The unconventional methods of the school have been covered by the Indian media.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://www.levelfieldschool.com/}}

[[Category:Private schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Schools in Birbhum district]]
[[Category:Cambridge schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]

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