It is important that you are aware of the track record of courses offered, and the people behind the organisation before you enroll into an Online Course. The Indian Montessori Centre has been conducting The Indian Montessori Training Courses since 1939 without a break. It is no exaggeration when we claim that we have spearheaded the Montessori Movement in India. The Online Montessori Training Course has been crafted by Mrs. Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan. Mrs. Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan doesn't believe in diluting the Montessorian Philosophy, and hence the Online Montessori Training Course has not lost the rigourous approach that is required in a course of this nature.
Dr. Maria Montessori arrived in India in 1939 and started conducting the Indian Montessori Training Courses and the Montessori Movement started in India in real earnest. With the help of Mr. Mario Montessori she conducted courses (not yearly courses) once or twice a year between 1939 and 1950. There were 16 courses in all. From 1952, Mr. A. M. Joosten, who was personally appointed by Dr. Maria Montessori, began conducting the Indian Montessori Training Courses.
Chrononlogical data of Indian Montessori Training Courses:
Director of Training - Mr. A. M. Joosten |
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1952-53 | 17th course - Calcutta |
1953-54 | 18th course - Calcutta |
1954-55 | 19th course - Calcutta |
1955-56 | 20th course - Bangalore |
1956-57 | 21st course - Bangalore |
1957-58 | 22nd course - Delhi |
1958-59 | 23rd course - Delhi |
1959-60 | 24th course - Delhi |
1960-61 | 25th course - Hyderabad |
1961-62 | 26th course - Hyderabad |
1962-63 | 27th course - Calcutta |
1963-64 | 28th course - Calcutta |
1964-65 | 29th course - Calcutta |
1965-66 | 30th course - Ranchi |
1966-67 | 31st course - Ranchi |
1967-68 | 32nd course - Bangalore |
1968-69 | 33rd course - Bangalore |
1969-70 | 34th course - Hyderabad |
1970-71 | 35th course - Hyderabad |
1971-72 | 36th course - Hyderabad |
1972-73 | 37th course - Ahmedabad |
1973-74 | 38th course - Ahmedabad |
1974-75 | 39th course - Calcutta |
1975-76 | 40th course - Calcutta |
1976-77 | 41st course - Calcutta |
1977-78 | 42nd course - Bangalore |
1978-79 | 43rd course - Bangalore |
1979-80 | 44th course - Hyderabad (Mr. Joosten passes away) |
Director of Training - Mr. S. R. Swamy |
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1980-81 | 45th course - Hyderabad |
1981-82 | 46th course - Hyderabad |
1982-83 | 47th course - Hyderabad |
1983-84 | 48th course - Calcutta |
1984-85 | 49th course - Calcutta |
1985-86 | 50th course - Calcutta |
1986-87 | 51st course - Hyderabad |
1987-88 | 52nd course - Hyderabad |
1988-89 | 53rd course - Bangalore |
1989-90 | 54th course - Bangalore (Mr. Swamy retires) |
Director of Training - Mrs. Meenakshi Sivaramakrishnan | |
1990-91 | 54th course - Bangalore |
1991-92 | 55th course - Bangalore |
1992-93 | 56th course - Bangalore |
1992-93 | 57th course - Bangalore |
1993-94 | 58th course - Bangalore |
1994-95 | 59th course - Bangalore |
1995-96 | 60th course - Bangalore |
1996-97 | 61st course - Bangalore |
Indian Montessori Training Course awarded status of Associate Course by AMI. Indian Montessori Centre takes over awarding diplomas. | |
1997-98 | 62nd course - Bangalore |
1998-99 | 63rd course - Bangalore |
1999-2000 | 64th course - Bangalore |
2000-01 | 65th course - Bangalore |
2001-02 | 66th course - Bangalore |
2002-03 | 67th course - Bangalore |
2003-04 | 68th course - Bangalore |
2004-05 | 69th course - Bangalore |
2005-06 | 70th course - Bangalore |
2006-07 | 71st course - Bangalore |
2007-08 | 72nd course - Bangalore |
2008-09 | 73nd course - Bangalore |
Centre for Montessori Training, Chennai(CMTC)was started in Chennai in 1988 and has been conducting training courses. | |
1998-99 | 1st course - Chennai |
1999-2000 | 2nd course - Chennai |
2000-01 | 3rd course - Chennai |
2001-02 | 4th course - Chennai |
2002-03 | 5th course - Chennai |
2003-04 | 6th course - Chennai |
2004-05 | 7th course - Chennai |
2005-06 | 8th course - Chennai |
2006-07 | 9th course - Chennai |
2007-08 | 10th course - Chennai |
2008-09 | 11th course - Chennai |
Summer course with medium of instruction as Kannada was started in IMTC (North)Bangalore in 2000. This course is conducted as regular classes in the month of May and June and during weekends in the rest of the year. The course begins in May and ends in June of the following year. | |
2000-01 | 1st course - Bangalore |
2001-02 | 2nd course - Bangalore |
2002-03 | 3rd course - Bangalore |
2003-04 | 4th course - Bangalore |
2004-05 | 5th course - Bangalore |
2005-06 | 6th course - Bangalore |
2006-07 | 7th course - Bangalore |
2007-08 | 8th course - Bangalore |
2008-09 | 9th course - Bangalore |
Indian Montessori Training Courses (South) was started in BNM School, Banashankari Bangalore. | |
2005-06 | 1st course - Bangalore (South) |
2006-07 | 2nd course - Bangalore (South) |
2007-08 | 3rd course - Bangalore (South) |
2008-09 | 4th course - Bangalore (South) |