Oberoi International School
Oberoi International School | |
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Location | |
Mumbai - 400063, Goregaon (East), Oberoi Garden City, India | |
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Type | International School |
Established | July 2008 |
Chairperson | Ms. Bindu Oberoi |
Head of school | Mr. Neil McWilliam |
Staff | Local and expats |
Faculty | Local and expat |
Grades | Nursery School to Grade 12 |
Number of students | approximately 1550 |
Athletics |
Badminton Courts Basketball Courts Cricket Pitch Tennis Courts Squash Court Table Tennis Swimming Volleyball Courts |
Affiliation | PYP, IGCSE, IBDP , CIS, NEASC, EARCOS |
Website | www.oberoi-is.org |
Oberoi International School is an International School in Mumbai, India, it was opened on the 17 July 2008, and is directed by Ms. Bindu Oberoi, who has directed it since the school was started.[1] The school is fully accredited for all the programmes it offers. It has now also received the CIS accreditation.[2][3]
History and foundation
The school was started in July, 2008 with the aim to provide the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme for children below 10–11 years (up to Grade 5), the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (now Cambridge Lower Secondary 1), the IGCSE curriculum for children over 14 and under 16 (Grade 9 to 10) and the IB Diploma Programme for children older than 16 (Grades 11 and 12).[1][4]
Facilities and staff
The teacher to student ratio in Primary is 1:10 while in Secondary, the ratio is 1:20. The school campus spans 400,000 square feet.[4] The school has an Auditorium, Music & Dance Studios, Swimming Pool (Half Olympic size), Gymnasium, Badminton Courts, Basketball Courts, Cricket Pitch, Sand pit and a Play area.[5]
Management
The current head of school at Oberoi International School is Neil McWilliam. The school is run by a board of trustees, the chair of the Board is Ms. Bindu Oberoi.[6]
TEDxYouthOIS
The schools conducts a TEDx conference every year under the TEDxYouth category. TEDxYouth is aimed towards and managed by the students of the school
2016
The event was held on 23 January 2016 based on the theme "Think".[7] The speakers at the event were
- Akshay Agrawal, Founder of Classfever
- Kanika Mishra, Cartoonist
- Karishma Mehta, Founder of Humans of Bombay
- Parag Saigaonkar, Senior Partner at Deloitte
- Ankur Thakuria, Youth Diplomat
- Abhishek Roy, Author of Father of Gods
- Virginia Holmes, FATMU make up artist
- Joydeep Roy, Previous CEO of L&T
2014
The event was held on 15 November 2014 on the theme "Cosmos".[8]
Subjects offered
The IBO's PYP curriculum is followed till Grade 5 and OIS Middle School Programme is followed from Grades 6-8. The OIS Middle School Programme acts as a good preparation to the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education).
Students study the IGCSE programme in grade 9 and 10. The IGCSE is a comprehensive programme that covers a number of subject areas such as Mathematics, Science, Humanities, English, Languages, Art, Technology and Social Sciences.
Students of grade 11 and grade 12 study the DP (Diploma) Programme of the IBO. The curriculum consists of six main groups of subjects around three core requirements.
CAS Activities
The school also undertakes CAS activities.
Other Activities
- Art / Photography gallery
- Badminton
- MUN
- Assembly
- Basketball
- Hospital visit
- Library / Laboratory help
- Commercial Arts
- Learning to dance
- Football
- Speech and Debate
- Drama Production
- Squash
- Yoga
- Swimming
- Environment Protection
- Table Tennis
- Animation
- Volleyball, Origami
- Rock Climbing
- Ballet
- Judo
- Global Issues Network
- Debate
- Jewellery Designing
- Guitar
- Pottery
- Ace Speech and Drama
- Taekwondo
- Reading Club
Student Council
Each year, students are elected to be part of the student council which plays an important part in the school's decision making. The council consists of two representatives from grades 5–8, the Class Representative and Deputy respectively. The head boy and head girl are elected by all students and teachers from grades 5–8 to lead the student council and represent OIS.
The current President of the Student Council is Ishita Kumar, Grade 11. The Vice-President is Pratyush Juneja, Grade 11.
See also
- Treamis World School (T.W.S).
- TRIO world school, Bangalore
- Dhirubhai Ambani International School (D.A.I.S).
- Mallya Aditi International School (M.A.I.S).
- Greenwood High International School (GWH)
- Sarala Birla Academy (S.B.A)
- Oberoi Realty (Oberoi Constructions).
- Canadian International School (Bangalore)
References
- 1 2 "Oberoi International School commences first academic year". education.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "Schools Accredited by CIS.". www.cois.org. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "An Initiative of Oberoi Foundation". www.oberoiconstructions.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- 1 2 "Fast Facts". www.oberoi-is.org. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ Classfever. "Oberoi International School, Goregaon East". www.school.classfever.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ↑ "School Board". www.oberoi-is.org. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "TEDxYouth@OIS - Home". 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ↑ "TEDxYouth@OIS | TED.com". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
External links
- Official site
- Details about the school
- News report on the school from indiatimes
- Pictures and information