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etc to enable role play. Moreover education at relatively affordable
to fulfill its institutional objective ADMISSION & FEES price points. “The extended pan-
of providing well-balanced holistic demic lockdown has generated great
education the school management Prospective parents should apply/ awareness about the value of blended
has made provision for numerous co- submit admission applications online and in-class education of the
curricular options including dance, online www.prometheusschool.com. type we offer in Prometheus School.
music, theatre, community service, Admission is based on parent/child By providing globally comparable IB
Model United Nations (MUN), field interaction. education and enabling infrastruc-
trips and adventure camps. Fees (per year): Rs.240,000-460,000 ture for the all-round development
“The distinguishing feature of of our students at affordable price,
Prometheus School is that our 50 (breakfast and lunch included) I believe Prometheus School has a
teachers follow inquiry-based learn- For further information, call 0120- very bright future and can prove to
ing pedagogies to nurture students’ 5058031 or email info@promethe- be a gamechanger in K-12 education.
overall development through con- usschool.com This is evidenced by the excellent
nected, personalised and meaningful response we have received from
learning experiences. All our learn- parents and students even in this
ing spaces, sports and co-curricular hands-on learning experiences,” says disruptive pandemic era. In PSN,
education facilities also enhance Sharma. we are confident that we will not
experiential learning. For instance Looking ahead Sharma foresees a only meet the academic and extra-
in the Prometheus Town, primary great leap forward of public — espe- curricular education expectations of
school children collaborate with cially middle class — interest in high our students and parents, but exceed
peers to create knowledge through quality globally benchmarked K-12 them,” says Sharma.

University of California, San Diego

Initially funded by donations from the city
council to provide engineering education, over
the past half century the multi-disciplinary
UCSD has established a global reputation for
teaching and research

NE OF TEN CAMPUSES OF THE UNIVERSITY
of California’s public education system, over the
past half century the University of California at
OSan Diego (UCSD, estb.1960) has established a
global reputation for teaching and research. In the World
University Rankings league tables of Times Higher Educa-
tion and QS, UCSD is ranked #33 and #54 respectively.
Sited on the erstwhile Camp Mathew military train- UCSD vista: high global ranking
ing ground and contiguous to the country’s first marine
research station — the Scripps Institution of Oceanogra- chancellor is Pradeep Khosla, an alum of IIT-Kharagpur.
phy — UCSD was initially funded 60 years ago by dona- UCSD’s alumni roll call features D.J. Patil, the first data
tions from the city council to provide higher education to scientist of the White House; Nick Woodman, founder, CEO
“students desirous of entering into the professional field of GoPro and Kate Rubins, NASA astronaut and the first
of engineering”. Today, its Jacobs School of Engineering scientist to sequence DNA in space, among others.
ranks #9 and its department of bioengineering ranks #4 in After remaining shut for over six months to check the
America’s Best Engineering Schools Rankings of US News spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UCSD campus began
and World Report. in-person instruction for students last September. How-
Currently, UCSD’s 12 academic schools and divisions ever, students are required to test for Covid contagion every
offer 140 undergraduate, 35 postgraduate, 47 doctoral and week.
five professional education programmes to 40,066 students San Diego. The second largest city of California state, San
from 100 countries worldwide, mentored by 2,959 faculty Diego (pop.1.3 million) is reputed for its mild year-round
including 16 Nobel laureates. The university’s incumbent climate, natural deep-water harbour, scenic beaches and

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