| B K Birla Centre For Education | |
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| Near Talegaon Dabhade Shirgaon - Gahunje Pune District, Maharastra, 410 506, India |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Basant Kumar Birla |
| Principal | Dr. Subhash Kumar |
| Gender | co-ed |
| Age range | 9 to 13 years |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Language | English |
| Houses | Agni, Prithvi, Salil, Vyom |
| Sports | Football, Softball, Badminton, Cricket, Tennis |
| Affiliation | CBSE |
| Website | http://bkbirlacentre.com |
B K Birla Center for Education is a residential co-ed school located near Pune. Affiliated to the CBSE syllabus, it caters for 720 students from class IV to X.[1] It was founded in 1998 by industrialist Basant Kumar Birla and inaugurated by Rahul Bajaj.[2] The school's first principal was Shri G.C.Rao, who was further succeeded by Shri S.K.Bhardwaj. Shri Bhardwaj is succeeded by Dr. Subhash Kumar, who is the current principal.[3]The school also had a temporary principal, Matthew Menezis, before Shri S.K Bhardwaj succeeded.
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In September 2009 the school received media coverage when it was found, a total of 21[4] individuals were found to have been infected with Swine-Flu in the residential school premises. The school issued leave to the infected students though, subsequently, the parents of the children, alleged, that the school management were complicit[5][6][7] whereby, delaying testing for swine-flu infection. The distraught parents ultimately organized a "Parents Association, B K Birla Center For Education", they expressed dissatisfaction at the school management, a member said:
During the concluding day functions of the Ganesh festival at the school, we found that many students were coughing. When the administration noticed that the parents were observing it, those students were asked to leave the hall where the rituals were being performed. But, within a week, 17 students have been tested positive for H1N1. It means the administration was hiding the facts—Member, Parents Association, B K Birla Center For Education, [8]
The association's demanded the management should first remove principal S K Bharadwaj, and then negotiate with them. S K Bharadwaj defended the school position, where he said:
I will not meet parents in a group as per the guidelines of the CBSE. But I am open to meet parents of each student, personally. There is a recognised Parents Teachers Association,' and not a single member of this association has joined the newly-formed body. Hence there is no point in meeting these parents.—S.K.Bhardwaj, [9]
As of the following academic year, Shri S.K.Bhardwaj was succeed by Dr. Subhash Kumar.
In September 2011 it was reported that a student had attempeted suicided within the campus. The parents of the student were informed about the incident who in turn leaked it to the press due to the parent's alleging of physical abuse of the victim. The student was taken to a nearby hospital and treated. The parents criticized the school for continuing to use extreme physical abuse as punishment for student wrongdoing. The principal did not comment on the news story.[10]