Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School
Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School is a high school in Jekegram, Thane, India, close to the city of Mumbai.
The school was founded in 1968 by Gopalkrishna Singhania and named after his wife. The school started operating in 1969 and has expanded from 400 students then to 6500 now, under principals Dr S.R.N. Rao, Dr M.D. Jani, Dr Vijayam Ravi and Mrs Revathi Srinivasan (current).[1]
The school philosophy is "Offer equal opportunities to all so that they rise to their fullest potential". The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts its Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations for Class 10 and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations for Class 11 and 12. It is the recipient of the British Council's International School Award. The school was ranked 1st Day School in the country of India in the year 2015 by a number of sources such as Education World. Starting 2016, the school offers the IB Diploma Programme for students of grade 11 and 12.
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Spread over 10.6 acres (43,000 m2) in the heart of Thane, there are three buildings including a glass facade building. The school has won prizes in state scholarship exams, national debates, science related competitions, an aviation quiz, the Intel International Science Fair, and the International Science Olympiad.
It has been selected for the International School Award (ISA) from the British Government by the British Council, a non-governmental organization. Mrs Vijayyam Ravi, the former principal has pioneered the 'one textbook policy' for students, in which the students from class 1 to class 7 have one textbook including all the academic subjects, which has been carefully edited by a team of teachers.
There are extra-curricular activities like military training, NCC, Scouts and Guides.
An 'Individual Education Programme' has been started for children with learning difficulties. For testing the students abilities, Std1-4 have the 'appraisal' system, in which grades are given to the students. From Std 5, the exam system begins. Till the academic year 2010-2011, it was a 50 marks paper. However from the year 2011-2012 the marks have been revised to maximum marks of 80. The GPA system is followed where GPA means 'grade point average'. The maximum GPA is 5. Students scoring GPA higher than 3.75 are given membership in the Honour Society. Students in std 1-5 are in the elementary section, students of std 6-8 are in the junior section and students of std 9-10 are in the senior section along with students of std 11-12 being in the ISC section. An annual book fair is held.
Events
- Parents day
- Sports day for Std JR.KG-4th and 5th to 12th
- Annual day
- Book fair
- International exchange programme
- Occasional event : ex-Sulonian fun fair (open to everyone, in and out of school)
- Youth Fest (ISC Students)
It has three libraries and four grounds for playing and physical development along with indoor games. There are seven computer labs. It has six halls where meetings are held. It has two club periods for standards 1 and 2 in which students are allowed to enjoy the subject of their choice. In 2015, a three sport indoor auditorium was inaugurated in collaboration with sports training company, Sports Ignite. The facility has tennis, basketball and volleyball facilities in one hall. The school's reputation makes it a regular venue for the annual CISCE Cell Meet to discuss the subject content for the following year, along with national level competitions such as the Albert Barrow creative writing competition.
School song
साहस धीरज के हम साथी, धर्म कर्म भी सात हमारे।
मेहनत है क़ानून हमारा, एक रहेंगे मिलकर सारे......।।
पढलिखकर ज्ञानी बनने से, पहले हम इंसान बनेंगे।
ऊंच नीच का भेद भूलकर, मिल-जुल अपना काम करेंगे।।
मानवता के रकवाले हम, धरती के है राजदुलारे।
साहस धीरज के हम साथी, धर्म कर्म भी सात हमारे।
मेहनत है कानुन हमारा, एक रहेंगे मिलकर सारे......।।
References
- ↑ ":: Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane ::". singhaniaschool.org. Retrieved 2015-12-21.