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Introducing the Masai Foundation Unit

The Masai Foundation Program is designed to strengthen logical thinking, thereby increasing the student’s competency to learn to program.

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Introducing Student Guide by Masai School

When students join Masai School, their mind is full of questions – Where will the classes happen? How will I attend them? What if I have questions? Who will answer them? How will my attendance be tracked? What is Slack? How to use Zoom, and other software?

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Masai’s 5 level support system for students

On average a Masai student would spend 1200+ hours writing code, solving 100s of assignments, and working on several projects before they graduate, and get placed as Software Developers. All of this learning and practice happens in a duration of 30 weeks, and thanks to Masai’s 5 level

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Things to not do at Masai School

We are often told about the things one should do in order to succeed, but in this article, we will share a few things one shouldn’t do at Masai School to be successful. If you are someone who’s a part of Masai and confused about the things

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Understanding the I-do, We-do, You-do teaching pedagogy

A study by Conklin and Wilkins among elementary students showed great improvement in their reading levels while taking the ‘We do’ approach. And once they were able to read properly, they enriched their vocabulary and oral language skills as well.

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Mastery-Based Progression - The Mantra for Students' Success at Masai

Competency-based learning is a system tailored to meet the needs of the students, to strike the hammer where it’s hot, rather than repeating the same template year after year.

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Why we started the Thrive Program at Masai School

It doesn’t require any extra financial commitment, nor any adjustments in the payments towards the Income-Share Agreement (ISA). But when the world entered into lockdowns in March 2020, Masai School had its third cohort just graduated. The students were trying to find job placements at a time when the

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6 skills you need to become a competent coder

Any aspiring developer is only as good as an amateur coding enthusiast until they consciously choose to learn and master the relevant skills that will help them succeed in their careers as developers.

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5 trusted ways to get job-ready for 2022 - Employability Skills

“Stanford Research Institute and the Carnegie Melon Foundation joined hands to conduct a research with Fortune 500 CEOs, which established that 75% of long-term job success depends on the level of soft skills/people skills you have.”

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How to become a Full Stack Developer in 30 Weeks?

“Companies are looking for good candidates as badly as people are looking for jobs as software developers.”

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10 Qualities of a Successful Student & Professional

Taking responsibility is saying; I tried my best but it didn't work out, ownership is saying- I tried, it hasn't been working out, but I am committed to making it work, so I will figure out a way.

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Everything you need to know about Income Share Agreements (ISA)

Students can enroll and attend the Masai School with Zero enrollment cost, then upon completion pay 15% of their salary + GST as applicable and (only if salary isRs. 5 LPA or more) for 3 years, and the total payment is capped at Rs. 3 lakhs.

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Highlights of Construct Week VI at Masai School

The cumulative effect of this change is that by the time a student graduates they would have spent at least 5-6 weeks out of their 30-week curriculum working on real-time projects, thereby giving them an edge.

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The Masai School Accreditation

Accreditation = Graduation. Graduation = Accreditation Overview Masai Accreditation is our final signal to students and employers that a particular student is now fully career-ready. Accreditation signifies that a student has not only met or exceeded all the technical expectations and expertise of the Masai School curriculum but also has demonstrated

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The Masai School Glossary

Heard of a term and are not sure what it means? The Masai School Glossary serves as a guide for quick references. Have a recommendation for a term to add to the list? Share it with us via the /help-desk command on Slack/Cliq. TermDefinition/help-deskThe way to contact the

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The Masai School Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct is set forth to give students general notice of academic and non-academic expectations. Here at Masai School, we are committed to the success of our students. That focus solely drives everything we do. Apart from providing a clear framework, the policies and procedures in the Student

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The Industry Mentor Program at Masai School

Who can take part? We are excited to now expand the Industry Mentor Program to all the students as soon as they finish Unit 4. What can I expect? Our Industry Mentors are working professionals from the tech industry who choose to volunteer their personal time. They come to Masai

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What is Async at Masai School?

When you are async, you will repeat the unit you are yet to master, by attending classes with the batch behind you.

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Tools and Platforms used at Masai School

Navigating through Masai School Since Masai School is a remote-learning environment, we use a variety of tools and platforms to build and develop our community and support the Student Experience. Our most commonly-used tools and platforms, along with requirements and recommendations for usage, are outlined below. SlackZoom Slack What is

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The Career Coach Program at Masai School

What is Coaching? Having 1:1 conversations enhances an individual’s skills, knowledge, or work performance. The focus is to set objectives within a specified time limit. Coaching helps in identifying a student’s strengths and weaknesses and reinforcing them with constructive changes. A coach should be able