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We intend modation with meals served in a
to provide ADMISSION & FEES 280-seats dining hall, to residential
internationally- students from across Uttar Pradesh,
benchmarked Sunbeam International Varuna Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal and West
schooling to is a class I-IX co-ed international Bengal.
nurture well- day-cum-boarding school affiliated Sports facilities include fields
rounded stu- with the UK-based Cambridge As- for cricket and football, a 25-metre
dents equipped sessment International Education. swimming pool, designated yoga,
to succeed Admission into SIV is based on an chess, carrom, table tennis. aero-
anywhere in a Dr. Deepak Madhok bics and martial arts rooms, boxing
fast-globalising entrance test and interview. The ring, roller skating rink, basketball,
world,” says Dr. Deepak Madhok, school accepts boarders from class badminton and volleyball courts and
the go-getting Chairperson of the III. 10-metre shooting range.
Sunbeam Group, who has master- Fees (per year): Day scholars: The co-curricular education menu
minded SGEI’s growth from one Rs.107,900-145,350 is also extensive with children pro-
school in 1990 to nine owned and Boarders: Rs.304,160-349,450. vided opportunities to learn the fine
17 associate schools, two women’s For further information, email siv@ arts, instrumental and vocal music,
colleges, an autism centre and a free drama, dance and pottery. Students
school offering vocational educa- sunbeamschools.com or call also have the option to sign up for
tion. These institutions provide high 9721452805; website: www.sun- Scouts & Guides training, hobby
quality education to 35,000 students beamschools.com/school/siv clubs (quiz, e-scrapeshala, sustain-
mentored by 2,000 teachers. ability, Math Smart, MUN) and par-
However, the seeds of the Sun- ticipate in Cambridge Climate Quest
beam Group were sown way back in spared no effort or expense. SIV’s programs, environment sustainabil-
1972 in Bhagwanpur (Varanasi) by three-storey red and white aestheti- ity and community service initiatives.
educationists Dr. Amrit Lal ‘lshrat’ cally designed academic building Two years on with all teething
Madhok and Deesh ‘Ishrat’ Madhok houses 30 fully-wired classrooms pains over, SIV is running smoothly.
who undertook a mission to pro- equipped with Interactive Flat “Over the next two years, SIV will
mote schools to deliver high-quality Panels, nine state-of-the-art robot- be upgraded into a full-fledged class
English-medium education in India’s ics, composite computer, physics, I-XII international school with our
largest Hindi-language state. In chemistry, biology, geography and students writing the Cambridge AS
1990, Deepak, an alum of Benaras psychology laboratories, a Podcast & A Level exams. Simultaneously,
Hindu and Allahabad universities studio, two 800-seat multi-purpose we will continue to improve our
resigned from the UP State Public halls and a 500-seat amphitheatre. academic processes, invest in profes-
Services Commission to take his The school’s library houses 2,000 sional development of teachers,
parents’ mission forward. print volumes and 35 magazine strengthen global partnerships for
Unsurprisingly, to establish Vara- subscriptions in addition to multiple student/teacher exchange programs
nasi’s first international exams board online resources. SIV also offers fully and upgrade infrastructure facili-
school, the SGEI management has air-conditioned residential accom- ties,” says Madhok.

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