Seth M.R.Jaipuria School, Lucknow

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Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, otherwise known as the Jaipuria School of Lucknow is a co-educational institution imparting Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (age group 3 plus to 17 plus) through English as the medium of instruction. It is situated in the Vineet Khand area of the Gomti Nagar colony of Lucknow. The school building constructed on the latest architectural design stands on a sprawling piece of land admeasuring 10 acres leased out by the Lucknow Development Authority.

The school prepares students for Indian Certificate of secondary Education or ICSE (Year 10) and the Indian School Certificate or ISC (Year 12) Examinations. Preparing the students for the Cambridge School Certificate, UK or 18 and the International Baccalaureate, Geneva is under consideration. Although a day-school, it has incorporated into its curriculum several salient aspects of residential public schools. The education imparted here is activity oriented and is aimed at bringing out the best in the children and grooming their all round personality. The school draws its name from Late Padmabhooshan Seth Mungtu Ram Jaipuria, a great philanthropist and industrialist who played a dominant role in the industrialisation of the nation after independence. Founded by his son, Dr.Rajaram Jaipuria in the year 1992, the school has filled a long felt need in the educational sphere of Lucknow and is run under the aegis of Integral Education Society, Kanpur.

Shri Sharad Jaipuria, Chairman and Managing Director of Ginni International Ltd. New Delhi is presently the Chairman of the school. The management of the School comes under the purview of Integral Education Society, Kanpur of which he is the President. Another Institution managed by the Integral Education society, is Jaipuria Institute of Management and this also function in the same campus.

The school management has placed the institution under the able supervision of Mr. P. Aravindakshan, the principal of the school. An accomplished academician himself, he embodies the perfect blend of experience and administrative skills. His untiring efforts has enabled the school to set high standards for itself in just twelve years of its existence. The Vice Principal Mr. K Lakhtakia is greatly appreciated by his students and academia for his acumen and wisdom.

The school has a vision of a new world in which relationships are governed by the spirit of universal fraternity. The mission of the school is to prepare children who have courage and heroism to demand from themselves tireless labor and inner discipline directed towards self-control and self-mastery. This school is engaged in providing facilities and opportunities to students to develop strong and healthy bodies, clear and wide minds, resolute will power and ever-widening horizons of knowledge and even of wisdom.

With English as the medium of instruction and giving Hindi & Sanskrit their rightful place in the curriculum, the school aims at developing in its alumni a scientific temper, modern outlook and love for the motherland, imbibing its culture, heritage and traditions, besides imparting academic education in the commonly purported areas.

The school endeavors: 1. to import integral education, general as well as vocational, to all irrespective of caste, creed and color; in an atmosphere of purity, efficiency, discipline and fraternity with special emphasis on moral and spiritual values and character building rooted in Indian culture. 2. to ensure all-round development of integrated personality of the scholars through efficient education under teachers of very high physical, intellectual and cultural caliber with total dedication. 3. to develop integrity and fullness of versatile personality so that there is total dedication to the service of mankind; 4. to provide training in leadership and experience in self government through prefectorial system and other allied positions of responsibility; 5. to develop creative potential of children through painting, music and other forms of performing arts, 6. to promote national integration and foster international understanding and brotherhood, 7. to instill among learners an awareness for maintaining environmental purity and ecological harmony, and 8. to improve self-confidence and creativity through participation and involvement in co-curricular activities.

Alumni of Seth M.R. Jaipuria School have made their landmarks all over the world in both academic and industrial world. Few notable alumni include Miss Shweta Singh (who is currently pursuing Masters in Economics from the University of Cambridge), Mr. Abhinav Singh (who graduated from the National University of Singapore and is currently working working with Synovate Business Consulting) and the author of the book “Textbook of Food Science & Technology” Miss Avantina Sharma.