Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: In 15th India & International Premier Schools’ Exhibition (IIPSE) which began today at Ramada Hotel, parents were seen making beeline to admit their wards in an Indian School affiliated to International curriculum providing holistic education.
This two-day fair brings India’s high ranking Boarding Schools offering international boards (IB and Cambridge) along with national boards (CBSE and ICSE), all under one roof for the parents to interact face to face with Schools’ Principals, Headmasters and Admissions Heads seeking guidance on school education.
Andrew Das at Woodstock School said, “We are one of the oldest boarding school in the country established in 1832 and I am looking forward to welcoming the children of Jammu & Kashmir at my school to explore the best of schooling experience in a diverse multicultural environment”.
Deepika Gupta, Head of Admissions at Genesis Global School, Noida said, “We provide world class infrastructure and excellent sports facilities and employ methods like muti-sensory teaching, which includes audio visual teaching methodologies.
Anju Puri, Manager Admissions & Communication at Mussoorie International School said: “We have many students from J&K, and are getting endless enquiries for admission.” She said the times have changed. “Nobody wants their children to be bookworms. Parents want to groom then in all fields at the right time so that when the child grows up analyzing his sphere of interest”.
Pradeep Sharma, Deputy Headmaster of Kings College India, said, “It’s a unique opportunity for the parents of J&K to explore world’s finest British education now in India. Our school helps students to acquire life skills and prepare future ready citizens.
“We have brought leading schools from across India so that J&K parents of school going children, can directly interact with school representatives, be counseled free of cost, get current updated information, be told about available financial alternatives, be extended spot admission offers & above all clear doubts about issues like ‘benefits of residential schools,’ ‘dimensions of co-educational boarding schools’ and importance of board curriculums,” said Vivek Shukla, Director – Afairs Exhibitions & Media Private Limited.
Shukla said, “The exhibition has got good response on the first day. Over 1000 parents have come with various queries, and are satisfied with the offers”.
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