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ground plus three-storey building struggling to improve dismal learn-
houses 24 classrooms, a science ADMISSION & FEES ing outcomes in their schools. The
lab and a library with 9,000 print South Delhi Municipal Corporation
volumes. In addition, every class MIS is a CBSE-affiliated K-class X recently invited MIS to implement
has its own age-appropriate library. school. Admission applications are its model in three schools under its
Although the school doesn’t have a available for admission into nursery School Quality Enhancement Pro-
large enough playground for field to class VI in November/December. gram. Moreover, the Gujarat state
sports, it is mandatory that students Tuition fees (per month): Rs.1,200- government has appointed Thakur
sign up for indoor sports such as 2,000 a consultant to implement the MIS
judo, karate, wrestling and boxing, model in government schools. Si-
as also for one co-curricular activity For further information: email muni- multaneously, Thakur has franchised
such as music, drawing, painting, internationalschool@yahoo.co.in or the MIS blueprint to a dozen BPS
debate or public speaking. call 7838112789. schools countrywide.
Moreover despite its low fees www.muniinternationalschool.org, “My mission is to share our
(Rs.1,200-2,000 per month), the unique and successful education
school management has invested model with government as well as
generously in providing digital teach- BPS to empower them to provide
ing-learning facilities. Since 2016, it education institutions were ordered affordable technology-enabled
has been providing computer tabs to shut down in March 2020, to safe- education to the children of India.
to students of class V onwards, now guard children against the Covid-19 I am convinced that they are eager
replaced with laptops. contagion. to learn and have high potential,”
Unsurprisingly given this push The spectacular success of MIS says Thakur, an education mission-
towards digitisation over the past in providing low-priced high quality ary who has gifted the nation with
quinquennium, MIS seamlessly K-X education has drawn the atten- a proven new primary-secondary
transitioned to online classes after tion of several state governments learning model.

California State University, Long Beach

One of the largest universities in America’s
most populous state, the scenically sited CSULB
has an aggregate enrolment of 39,360 students
from over 100 countries worldwide

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CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION OF THE
23-campus California state public higher edu-
cation system, California State University, Long
Beach (CSULB) is one of the largest universities
in America’s most populous state (40 million) with an ag-
gregate enrollment of 39,360 students from over 100 coun-
tries worldwide. The Wall Street Journal and the Times
Higher Education rank CSULB #4 for campus student
diversity.
Sprawled across 322 acres in the coastal city of Long
Beach, CSULB is also ranked among America’s Top 10 pub-
lic universities for value for money by Money magazine. CSULB campus vista: among Top 10 most-applied-to varsities
Moreover, the US News & World Report routinely ranks
it among the Top 10 most-applied-to universities of USA. education — provide over 147 undergraduate, postgrad and
Founded in 1949 as the Los Angeles-Orange County doctoral degree programmes to 39,360 students mentored
State College, it was awarded university status in 1972. Cur- by 2,372 faculty.
rently, its eight colleges — arts, business, education, engi- Notable CSULB alumni include acclaimed Hollywood
neering, health and human services, liberal arts, natural filmmaker Steven Spielberg, J.F. Lawton, screenwriter of
sciences and mathematics, professional and international the Hollywood blockbuster Pretty Woman, and Tara Cross-

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