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SAI International Residential School

Cuttack

he latest initiative of the SAI group, the SAI International Residen-
T tial School (SIRS) admitted its first batch of 163 boarders including
40 girl children, in July 2018. Sited on a sprawling 40-acre campus in
Cuttack 22 km from Bhubaneswar against the scenic backdrop of the
Nuagaon hills and the pristine Chandka forest with the River Mahanadi
meandering through it, SIRS provides rigorous academics supplement-
ed with a wide range of sports and co-curricular education activities de-
signed to develop the creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving
skills of children. SIRS is fast evolving as eastern India’s most preferred
boarding school. In its first of operations, the EducationWorld Grand
Jury certified SIRS as an Emerging High-Potential School.

ABOVE The school’s emerald green campus with its oriental
Buddhist inspired architecture offers naturally ventilated
buildings housing 16 IT-enabled classrooms, futuristic science
and IT labs, 1,000-seat auditorium, art and music rooms, audio-
video centre, library hosting 5,000 volumes with 30 journal and
newspaper subscriptions.

Inspired by ancient India’s guru-shishya traditions and modern
pastoral care, every child receives personalised academic,
emotional and spiritual mentoring to stimulate her critical
thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication skills.

RIGHT In the tradition of the world’s best boarding schools, SIRS offers superb
sports education and training infrastructure. The school’s 2,500-seat sports
stadium includes a 400-metre eight-lane athletics track, football ground and
two basketball courts. Well-qualified and professional coaches provide training
in yoga, swimming, volleyball, basketball, badminton, cricket, lawn tennis, table
tennis, skating, and horse riding.

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