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Jain International
Residential School
Bangalore
romoted in 1999 as one of India’s first new genre international schools with globally benchmarked
P infrastructure, Jain International Residential School (JIRS) is ranked India’s #2 and Karnataka’s #1
co-ed boarding school in the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2019-20. Affiliated with the CBSE
(Delhi), Cambridge International (UK), and IB (Geneva) exam boards, this class IV-XII fully residential
school offers its 750 boy and girl children a rigorous academic programme, contemporary IT enabled
pedagogies, advanced pastoral care, values-based education and a plethora of co-curricular and sports
options supplemented with entrepreneurship and leadership training programmes. In 2016, JIRS was
acknowledged a ‘Best School Brands’ of India institution by the Economics Times.
ABOVE & LEFT The 350-acre JIRS campus is an aesthetic blend
of traditional gurukul architecture and international design. It
hosts well-equipped science, computer, language and maths
labs, a library housing 9,000 print volumes and 40 journal
subscriptions, 20 hostels, medical unit, cafeteria, five spiritual
centres, and mechanised laundry unit. Accredited by NABET
(National Accreditation Board for Education and Training), JIRS
is ranked #1 countrywide for infrastructure provision and safety
& hygiene in the EducationWorld India School Rankings
2019-20.
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