Tapas Project Shaala (TPS) 2026 is a four day virtual education conference designed to bring together educators, home educators, parents, learners, and community members to rethink how learning is designed, experienced, and sustained. Anchored in the theme Designing for Autonomy, Curiosity & Community, the conference explores how environments, relationships, and systems can better support children in a rapidly changing world.
Each day of TPS 2026 is thematically curated and features thoughtfully sequenced keynote sessions, conversations, and panel discussions with educators, researchers, school leaders, and global voices in education. The sessions address critical questions around curiosity led learning environments, learner autonomy, community connected education, early years foundations, leadership at scale, and the future of schooling.
The conference intentionally speaks to multiple stakeholders including educators, parents, and learning designers, recognising that meaningful change in education requires alignment between schools, homes, and communities. Sessions for educators focus on pedagogy, leadership, assessment, and learning design, while parent focused conversations offer practical guidance on supporting independence, resilience, and emotional security at home.
A distinctive feature of TPS 2026 is its strong emphasis on lived experience over theory. Speakers are invited to share real dilemmas, trade offs, failures, and decisions from their work across mainstream, alternative, and global education contexts.
For architects, designers, and learning space innovators, TPS 2026 offers valuable insight into how learning philosophies, leadership choices, and community engagement directly influence the design of physical, digital, and shared learning spaces. Participants will leave with sharper questions, grounded perspectives, and a deeper understanding of how autonomy, curiosity, and community can meaningfully shape the future of schooling.