SRN International School Maths Café, SRN International School Jagatpura

SRN International School Hosts Maths Café to Teach Students Business Skills

Jaipur | 12 Oct 2026

SRN International School, Jagatpura, organised a “Maths Café” for students up to Grade 8 from its CBSE and Cambridge wings, using food stalls and simulated commercial transactions to teach mathematics, entrepreneurship and the practical functioning of a market.

Maths Café Turns School Lessons Into Real-World Learning

The experiential activity was designed to connect classroom mathematics with situations children encounter in everyday life. Students established stalls offering food, beverages and other refreshments, and assumed responsibility for presenting, pricing and selling their products.

While operating the stalls, participants calculated costs, set prices, managed budgets and recorded transactions. They also learnt how revenue, expenditure, profit and loss influence basic commercial decisions.

Students Practise Profit, Loss and Budget Management

The buying-and-selling exercise allowed students to apply addition, subtraction, multiplication and division outside the conventional classroom. Handling money also helped them understand currency, change calculation and financial accuracy.

Students were required to consider whether the selling price of an item covered its cost and generated a reasonable return. This transformed abstract concepts such as profit margins and budgeting into decisions they could observe and evaluate directly.

The activity also introduced participants to customer preferences, product demand, market competition and the importance of presenting an item effectively.

Activity Builds Entrepreneurship and Communication Skills

Beyond mathematics, the event placed students in situations requiring communication, teamwork, leadership and problem-solving. They explained products to visitors, distributed responsibilities among team members and responded to customer queries.

Running a stall encouraged the children to make decisions independently while remaining accountable for stock, money and customer service. The exercise also demonstrated how successful businesses depend on cooperation, planning and clear communication.

Director Usha Sharma Highlights Experiential Education

School director Usha Sharma, an Advanced Educational Professional certified in Georgia, USA, and a CBSE National Award recipient, praised the students for their enthusiasm and initiative.

Sharma said education should extend beyond textbook knowledge and prepare children to respond confidently to practical situations. Activities such as the Maths Café, she said, allow students to learn through direct participation and understand concepts that may otherwise remain theoretical.

She observed that independently managing a stall helps children develop entrepreneurial thinking, confidence, leadership and decision-making ability. It also introduces them naturally to cost, pricing, profit, customer behaviour and competition.

Mathematics as the Foundation of Daily Economic Decisions

The Maths Café illustrated that mathematics is not confined to books, examinations or classrooms. It plays a central role in shopping, budgeting, business management and everyday financial decisions.

Through the activity, students experienced how mathematical knowledge supports planning and responsible decision-making. They were also encouraged to develop original ideas and apply their learning creatively in future projects.

The school described the event as a meaningful step towards experiential education, aimed at making learning more engaging, effective and relevant to life beyond the classroom.