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Institution Profile

music, harmonium, kathak and take ADMISSION & FEES February-March 2024, 85 averaged
Gandhar Mandal exams and engage 90 percent-plus with batch topper
in green and community develop- The K-class X Wisdom High Inter- Gauri Deshpande averaging 98.08
ment initiatives. national School, Serene Meadows percent. Moreover, WHIS-SM stu-
In addition, training for Olympiad campus, Nashik is a CISCE-affiliat- dents routinely excel in inter-school
exams, STEM and robotics work- ed co-ed day school. The admission basketball, athletics, tennis, swim-
shops, public speaking and debating process for all classes begins in ming, skating, chess and other sports
activities is also available to students. the month of October and ends in competitions.
Moreover under the school’s compre- March. “Although I am satisfied with the
hensive Career Guidance program, Tuition fees (per year): Rs.87,000- development and evolution of WHIS-
students receive personalised men- 91,000. SMC, continuous improvement is our
torship and counseling to identify For more details, visit mantra. For the next five years, our
their strengths and weaknesses. The www.whis.edu.in governing board has set several goals
in-house remedial team, includes including establishing international
psychologists and special educators, mented by life-skills education which partnerships to facilitate student
working closely with children to are at the core of our pedagogy. For exchanges, developing online learn-
address their socio-emotional and our highly qualified teachers who ing platforms to support blended and
academic problems. drive this institution, professional flipped learning, strengthening com-
“WHIS-SMC was conceptualised development training workshops are munity ties through service-learning
to arouse and develop the full poten- routinely organised,” says Mahore. projects and volunteer programmes,
tial of 21st century learners. There- The WHIS-SMC management’s introducing leadership development
fore, we have designed inquiry-based focus on balanced, integrated programmes and establishing an ac-
experiential education curriculums education has paid off by way of tive alumni network to connect with
that promote application of concep- excellent academic outcomes. Of former students. These will be our
tual knowledge and theme-based the 173 students who wrote the focus areas for the next few years,”
transdisciplinary learning supple- ICSE class X school-leaving exam in says Mahore.

University of Otago, New Zealand

Founded in 1869, UoO is ranked among the
Top 1 percent of higher education institutions
worldwide (#214) in the latest QS World
University Rankings 2025

S NEW ZEALAND’S OLDEST VARSITY, THE
University of Otago (UoO, estb.1869) enjoys
an enviable global reputation, especially in the
Asouthern hemisphere, for teaching and research
excellence, particularly in the biological and health sci-
ences. UoO is ranked among the Top 1 percent of higher
education institutions worldwide (#214) in the latest QS
World University Rankings 2025 and has been awarded QS’ UoO's Dunedin campus: enviable global reputation
highest possible 5 Stars Plus performance rating. Moreover,
UoO boasts a high student success rate with 96 percent of However, the academic and administrative centre of the
graduates either employed or opting for further study, and university is in Dunedin (admin capital of Otago province),
for eight of the past 11 years, its faculty has won the New where a majority of students are enrolled.
Zealand Prime Minister’s Supreme Award for Teaching When it was founded 150 years ago, UoO was gifted
Excellence. 100,000 acres of pasture in scenic Dunedin as an endow-
Otago University is also one of the few Kiwi varsities with ment from the Otago Provincial Council with a charter to
branch campuses in five major New Zealand cities — Dune- award degrees in arts, medicine, law and music. The univer-
din, Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, and Invercargill. sity admitted its first batch of students in July 1871 with a

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