Today, grades and marks alone can-not define success and empower children, but rather the capabilities and skill sets of an individual student is actually what makes the difference in today's competitive world. Hence, delivery of education needs to be more holistic with more emphasis on sport, performing arts, creativity, social & political awareness initiatives, life skills and social skills, among others. It should also be certainly centered around socio-emotional learning platforms which should be practical and can deliver hands-on skills that make students life-ready. In sports, one has to have the knowledge and ability across various parameters, i.e., from decision-making, handling pressure, managing conflicts or complexity, creativity, flexibility, relationship management, time management, discipline or even project management skills, among others.

Perfectly understanding the current need of the hour which concerns towards aiding the children fulfil their actual and passion-ate dreams in the sports industry is the Mumbai based company named ACE. The company is run by none other than the legend himself, Ajit Agarkar and his wife Fatema Agarkar.

The company's unique proposition focuses on integrating sports as part of the daily school curriculum through its sports vertical and through its education vertical. ACE plays the role of a valuable partner for management and school leader-ship teams by significantly enhancing teaching-learning methodologies among the stakeholders ­ students, teachers, and parents. ACE's team is completely focused on R&D so as to make the content relevant, be it through sports integration or education ­ a transition towards futuristic learning with the integration of technologies which help in creating innovations. Meanwhile, ACE's Educational vertical also caters to the needs of owners and promoters in the K-12 space from consultancy of green field schools

(national or international boards) to teacher skilling, curriculum design, school audits and parenting workshops.

Revolutionizing the Teaching/Learning & Managing Methodology
As both Ajit and Fatema have close to two decades of experience in their respective fields, ACE's Sports or Education verticals have a common thread of quality assurance, relevance, research & development, in-novation and personalization. They bring that vast experience and exposure into a unique offering for efficient school management and a holistic teaching/learning delivery.


Fatema Agarkar, Founder

Perfect Execution of Strategies
ACE believes that under sports, there are three principle formats, which is in school sports curriculum as a weekly schedule, after-school hours advanced coaching and also a specialised division of students that takes on a specialisation in sports with a modified curriculum (according to the requirements). While speaking about their effective methodology, a major focus of ACE has been towards the execution of the strategies across the two vital areas ­ the turnover of the staff in school, and skilling them in a manner that is timely and completely research driven. Furthermore, they operate with proactive plans which cover contingencies/alternative plans, the use of technology, and keeping partners in loop with thorough understanding.

While speaking about their effective methodology, a major focus of ace has been towards the execution of the strategies across the two vital areas ­ the turnover of the staff in school, and skilling them in a manner that is timely and completely research driven

Also, what makes ACE shine-through among its peers is the fact that it utilizes techniques that are child centric by bringing-in guest speakers, exposure to different for-mats of the game and also allowing children to enjoy the sport as opposed to making it a tedious task. "Change is constant and must be welcomed, as it constantly enables the industry to innovate and move ahead and we work with that. Being aware, participating in national and international trade fairs and working with ancillary service providers is also a way of staying ahead. Ultimately, it is the vision and the passion that generates solutions or pre-empts, and the experience of the Founders comes-in very handy with their top-down vision," concludes ACE's team.