Running a school in today's world is no longer only about academic expertise. Principals today need to be equipped for the managerial role—from day-today functioning to planning improvement in the school's academic records as well as bringing all stakeholders together to work towards a common goal. To this end, principals of civic and government-aided schools from Mumbai have gone back to the classroom in order to learn management and leadership skills.

Helping them in this is India School Leadership Institute (ISLI), a Mumbai-headquartered institute that provides training to school principals. The five-year-old institute, is currently working with 93 Mumbai schools—34 BMC schools and 59 budget private schools. The programme is a two-year fellowship which ensures that training does not end with a couple of days' workshops.