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ADMISSION & FEES

Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur is a
K-12 co-ed day school affiliated with the Central Board of
Secondary Education, Delhi. Registration forms are issued
by the school office in the month of November. Admis-
sions are based on a written test followed by interview and
medical exam.
Tuition fee (annual): Rs.93,000-172,760
For further details contact Ph: (0512) 2218222; email: princi-
pal@spsec.co.in; school@spsec.co.in

art including Pattachitra (West Bengal & Odisha), Cheriyal,
Madhubani, Warli, Phad, Gond, among others is encouraged
SPEC Kanpur campus: EW Ivy League status. Inset: Bhawna Gupta under the expert mentorship of nationally acclaimed artists
to revive living traditions.
Gupta signed up with SPSEC in 1996 as a secondary school Vitally important co-curricular education is
teacher, was promoted to vice principal in 2015 and to the supplemented by an extensive sports programme and
principal’s office in 2017. facilities such as expansive playing fields, an athletics track,
To attain these institutional objectives, the SPSEC synthetic tennis courts and indoor arenas for table-tennis,
management has invested liberally in a specially designed chess, gymnastics among others. Students receive expert
campus to stimulate exploration and discovery. Apart coaching in cricket, football, tennis, badminton, basketball,
from the Shri Govind Hari Singhania Centre for Advanced archery, taekwondo, volleyball and roller-skating.
Learning and India’s pioneering school-level Skill School, SPSEC’s commitment to holistic education has
SPSEC’s academic infrastructure includes separate junior, positively impacted academic outcomes. In 2025, of the
primary, secondary and senior secondary buildings housing 210 SPSEC students who wrote CBSE’s class XII school-
100 air-conditioned smart classrooms, state-of-the-art leaving exam, 58 students averaged over 95 percent with
robotics, psychology, and Vedic mathematics laboratories the toppers Ananya Bajpai (Science) and Yashpreet Singh
— installed in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur & CSJMU — Gujral (Science) averaging 98.8 percent and 97.8 percent
3D printing lab, AR/VR lab, astronomy lab, Gen AI lab, and respectively. In the 2025 class X CBSE board exam, of the
a Meditation Centre. Moreover, well-furbished junior and 237-strong cohort, 93 students averaged 95 percent-plus
senior libraries house 33,566 volumes and subscribe to 36 with Aadhar Khare topping with 99.2 percent. Recently,
magazines and e-resources, a music lab, a specialised Dance class XII student Rudraksh has
Lab, a Sculpture & Heritage Lab, and a multi-purpose hall earned an entry into the India
have been constructed to stimulate aesthetic sensibility, Book of Records for designing
confidence, and cultural literacy of the school’s students. and developing a long-range
“At SPSEC, technology is seamlessly embedded into drone, reflecting the school’s
every dimension of teaching-learning, and administration. culture of innovation and
Our 100 ICT-enabled classrooms are equipped with smart scientific inquiry.
panels, digital visualisers, and audio-response systems “In SPSEC, we have always
to elevate classroom teaching-learning supported by a believed in nurturing human
campus-wide high-speed Wi-Fi network, and the Google potential with integrity, Manorama Singhania
Classroom Learning Management System to facilitate foresight, sensitivity and
blended learning, flipped classrooms, digital assignments, compassion. To this end, future plans include strengthening
and real-time feedback. Moreover AI-based learning global collaborations, expanding centres of excellence,
tools, digital formative assessments, virtual labs, STEM boosting experiential learning and deepening our
simulation software, language learning platforms, and commitment to teachers’ professional development.
modules on online safety and cybersecurity prepare We are determined to maintain our position as India’s
students for the new digitally complex world,” adds Gupta. top Ivy League Day School by redefining future-ready,
Complementing a robust digital ecosystem, initiatives ethically anchored education. The journey ahead is filled
such as Nature’s Lap, the Biotechnological Museum, with promise, and our students will continue to be its
Navgrah Vatika, Buddha Vatika, and the Lady Anusuiya navigators,” says Manorama Govind Hari Singhania,
Botanical Garden extend learning beyond conventional who took over as chairperson of SPSEC after her husband’s
classrooms. Moreover, appreciation and learning regional demise 11 years ago.

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