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Institution Profile

Suchitra Academy, Hyderabad

Arguably India's most successful holistic learning school, SA has acquired a national
reputation for blending academics, sports and co-curricular education

M. SOMASEKHAR

ITED ON A VERDANT
4.2-acre campus in Hyder-
abad (pop.10 million) aka
Sthe city of pearls, Suchitra
Academy (SA, estb.2011) is argu-
ably India’s most successful holistic
learning day school. Over the past 11
years since it admitted its first batch
of 26 children and 14 teachers, this
CBSE (Delhi)-affiliated school has
acquired a national reputation for
providing integrated education, opti-
mally blending integrated academic,
sports and co-curricular education
to its 2,000 students — includ-
ing 923 girl children — mentored
by 155 well-qualified teachers. In
2018, the school also introduced the
Cambridge International (early years
and primary) curriculums of the
UK-based Cambridge Assessment Suchitra Academy campus entrance: optimal blending model. Inset: Deepa Kapoor
International Education for class
I-VI students. In the latest EW India of every child. Therefore, our
School Rankings 2021-22, Suchitra curriculum is an optimal mix
Academy is ranked among the coun- of rigorous academics, sports
try’s Top 15 co-ed day schools and #4 and co-curricular education.
in Hyderabad. With a teacher-pupil ratio of
Promoted by edupreneur .V . 1:13, we pride ourselves on
K
P rav e e n Raju , SA is the sole K-12 according individual attention
school campus to host a world-class to all children and for provid-
badminton training academy (with ing excellent professional de-
seven indoor wooden courts) where velopment programmes to our
two-time Olympics medalist P.V. 155 teachers,” says Raju, an
Sindhu and boxing champion Nikhat engineering alum of Osmania Raju with badminton star PV Sindhu
Zareen among others train. The au- University and former nation-
tonomous academy, which currently ally ranked snooker and badminton forms for admin, teaching-learning,
hosts 120 trainees, has been awarded player. student assessment and co-curricular
Khelo India status by the Union The nationwide lockdown of education”.
government. As such, Rs.6 lakh per schools for 82 weeks following the “Our curriculum is designed to
annum is awarded to every athlete outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic cover at least 35 percent of teaching-
admitted for training. Currently proved a blessing in disguise, inas- learning through deep project work.
the academy hosts 20 Khelo India much as it accelerated the school’s To provide students a headstart
athletes. In 2020, the academy was programme to build a new interac- in new-age digital disciplines and
conferred 5-Star rating under the tive analytics platform and enable careers, post-Covid, subjects such as
FIT India Schools programme. better curriculum delivery. The artificial intelligence and coding have
“In SA, we are fully committed to management promptly orchestrated also been integrated into the school’s
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developing the mind, body and soul “seamless transition to online plat- core curriculum,” says e e p a K a -
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