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Sunbeam English School

Bhagwanpur

eanwhile, even as Sunbeam Suncity has established its reputation as Uttar Pradesh’s most avant
M garde internationally benchmarked co-ed day-cum-boarding school, the CBSE-affiliated, K-12
Sunbeam English School, Bhagwanpur (SESB), established in the heart of Varanasi 44 years ago, con-
tinues to provide rigorous English-medium education to 3,948 students mentored by 211 teachers.

Sited on a 4.1 acre campus, the co-ed day-cum-boarding SESB provides 86 classrooms, 16 state-of-
the-art labs, two libraries (22,000 volumes), two playgrounds, volleyball and basketball courts, and
facilities for boxing, athletics, badminton, swimming, chess and roller skating. Moreover this pioneer
SGEI school has adopted several 21st century pedagogies such as experiential and cooperative learn-
ing, peer tutoring, and flipped classrooms. It has also signed collaboration agreements with 16 organ-
isations (XSEED, Teacher Foundation, Negi Mountaineering Institute) to enable all-round growth and
development of students.

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