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resolution skills even as the manage- ADMISSION & FEES before they graduate,” adds Acharya.
ment has devised a well-structured The school’s focus on balanced ho-
SEL (social and emotional learning) ITL Public School, Dwarka is a CB- listic education has paid off by way of
programme. SE-affiliated K-12 co-ed day school. excellent board exam results. In 2021-
“Developing an entrepreneurial For kindergarten admissions, the 22, of the 200 students who wrote
mindset within our students is a thrust management follows the Delhi state the CBSE class XII exams, 128 aver-
initiative of the school. Our students government’s admission policy. Ad- aged 90 percent plus with humanities
have invented 14 herbal products mission applications for classes I-IX topper Navya Seth averaging 99.25
ranging from sanitizers to mosquito are invited between January-July percent. The school’s teachers also
repellents and eco-friendly shopping subject to vacancies. provide advanced coaching to pre-
bags using medicinal herbs from an Tuition fee (annual): Rs.87,000- pare students for CUET, NEET, JEE,
in-house herbal garden and tools from 95,000 JSTSE, NTSE, KVPY and Olympiads.
science labs. These products were all For further information, contact With ITLPS consistently improving
sold out at a recent skills bazaar or- (Ph): 011-25071251/53; e-mail: its ranking in the annual EWISR and
ganised for parents and guests. The in- itlschool@yahoo.in receiving good notices from its par-
tent behind this programme is to pro- ents’ community, the management is
vide real-world commerce experience optimistic about the future.
to our students,” explains Acharya. sal design of learning and differenti- “Our goal is aligned with the vision
Yet perhaps the most distinguish- ated instruction,” says Acharya. of NEP 2020 which advocates com-
ing feature of ITLPS is its integrated According to Acharya, ITLPS is one petency-based learning and empow-
inclusive education model. “We have of the very few CBSE schools country- ering students with 21st century skills
90 special needs children who are wide to offer 23 vocational education for success in a sustainable global
partly or fully mainstreamed under subjects including fashion studies and economy. Towards this end, we have
our unique integration through peda- entrepreneurship, AI, web develop- taken the lead to implement CBSE’s
gogical interventions strategy. ITLPS’ ment to higher secondary students. skilling hub scheme and expect many
entire staff is trained in Indian sign “The idea is to get students interested more such initiatives to follow in the
language and teachers follow univer- in business, commerce and industry years to come,” says Acharya.

Maynooth University, Ireland

In recent years, MU is attracting growing
interest from students in India especially for
data and computer science and business
analytics. Over the past two years it has fielded
800-1,000 admission applications annually

NE OF FOUR CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS
of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth
University (MU, estb.1997) is moving up the
Oleague tables of international varsity rating agen-
cies. Times Higher Education ranks MU among the world’s
Top 500 universities in its latest World University Rankings
2023 and among the Top 250 worldwide and #1 in Ireland
in its THE Best Young University Rankings 2022. Maynooth University South Campus: growing interest
Sited on a typically Irish lush green 100-acre campus
half-an-hour’s drive from Dublin, the national capital, MU students mentored by 643 faculty.
offers over 150 study programmes in its faculties of humani- Although awarded autonomous status 25 years ago, MU
ties, science and engineering, and social sciences, includ- traces its origins to the Royal College of St. Patrick, founded
ing business, law, and education. Currently it hosts 15,180 in 1795 as a seminary for the education of clergy. In 1871, it

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