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shooting range, a roller-skating rink ADMISSION & FEES “Although I am satisfied with the
and an all-weather 25 metre swim- evolution of IWS and our rank in the
ming pool. Unsurprisingly, IWS Ivy World School, Jalandhar is a EducationWorld India School Rank-
students have excelled in state and pre-nursery to class XII co-ed day ings, our long-term goal is to evolve
national-level cricket, badminton institution affiliated with the CBSE, into Punjab’s #1 day school. To this
and other sports tournaments. Delhi. Registration forms are avail- end, we have ideated and will soon
Co-curricular education — dance, able at the school office in Septem- launch several institution develop-
music (offered in collaboration with ber. Admission is through a written ment initiatives. For instance, we re-
the Gurugram-based Torrins Acad- test followed by an interview. cently signed up for the Access USA
emy), theatre, carpentry, sculpture, Tuition fee (annual): Rs.69,900-1.01 Summer School Residential Mobility
art and craft and painting — is also lakh Program of the Michigan Colleges
an integral component of the cur- For further details, contact Alliance. In June our first cohort of
riculum. Moreover, environment and 9878988330, 7589117245 email: students returned from an educa-
sustainability education is given top info.jal@ivyworldschool.in tionally enriching 15-day programme
billing with students encouraged to at the University of Detroit Mercy,
nurture flora and fauna and tend to Michigan. We are also planning to
the school’s on-campus vegetable class XII school-leaving exam in expand the group’s footprint across
garden. February-March this year, five aver- Punjab and have drawn up plans
The IWS management’s balanced aged 90 percent-plus with two top- to establish three new campuses in
education strategy and commitment pers averaging 93.4 percent and 95.4 Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Phag-
to teacher training has paid off by percent respectively. In the 2024 wara over the next three years,” says
way of excellent academic outcomes. class X board exam, 17 of 78 students Vasal.
Of 30 students who wrote the CBSE scored 90 percent-plus. Fair winds!

Singapore Management University

Conceptualised as the island republic's first
autonomous university funded by government,
SMU has quickly acquired an international
reputation for dispensing rigorous business
management, economics and finance education

ROMOTED IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM, THE
publicly-funded Singapore Management Uni-
versity (SMU, estb.2000) has quickly acquired
Pan international reputation for dispensing
rigorous business management, economics and finance
education. In the latest QS Global MBA Rankings 2024, it
is ranked #43 worldwide and #6 in Asia.
SMU’s eight schools — accountancy; economics; social SMU's Bras Basah campus
sciences; Lee Kong Chian School of Business; computing
and information systems; Yong Pung How School of Law; key 21st-century skills”.
College of Integrative Studies and College of Graduate Conceptualised as the island republic’s first autono-
Research Studies — offer a wide range of undergrad, mous university funded by the government, SMU is mod-
postgraduate and Ph D programmes to 12,000 students eled on the top-ranked Wharton School of the University
mentored by 407 faculty. SMU spokespersons claim that of Pennsylvania, USA. Indeed, it began its innings with
its core curriculum develops “students’ broad knowledge a five-year collaboration agreement with the Wharton
of the world, interdisciplinary and contextual perspec- School. In 2004, SMU received a gift of S$50 million
tives, understanding of self and society, and capability in from the Lee Foundation following which the government

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