Oberoi International School

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Oberoi International School
Location
Mumbai - 400063, Goregaon (East), Oberoi Garden City,
India
Information
Type International School
Established July 2008
Chairperson Bindu Oberoi
Head of school Neil McWilliam
Staff Local and expats
Faculty Local and expat
Grades Nursery School to Grade 12
Number of students approximately 1550
Athletics Badminton Courts
Basketball Courts
Cricket Pitch
Tennis Courts
Squash Court
Table Tennis
Swimming
Volleyball Courts
Affiliation PYP, IGCSE, IBDP , CIS, NEASC, EARCOS
Website

Oberoi International School is an International School in Mumbai, India, it was opened on the 17 July 2008, and is directed by Bindu Oberoi, who has directed it since the school was started.[1] The school is fully accredited for all the programmes it offers. It has now also received the CIS accreditation.[2][3]

History and foundation

The school was started in July, 2008 with the aim to provide the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme for children below 10–11 years (up to Grade 5), the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme (now Cambridge Lower Secondary 1), the IGCSE curriculum for children over 14 and under 16 (Grade 9 to 10) and the IB Diploma Programme for children older than 16 (Grades 11 and 12).[1][4]

Management

The current head of school at Oberoi International School is Neil McWilliam. The school is run by a board of trustees, the chair of the Board is Bindu Oberoi.[5]

TEDxYouthOIS

The schools conducts a TEDx conference every year under the TEDxYouth category. TEDxYouth is aimed towards and managed by the students of the school

Subjects offered

The IBO's PYP curriculum is followed till Grade 5 and OIS Middle School Programme is followed from Grades 6-8. The OIS Middle School Programme acts as a good preparation to the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education).

Students study the IGCSE programme in grade 9 and 10. The IGCSE is a comprehensive programme that covers a number of subject areas such as Mathematics, Science, Humanities, English, Languages, Art, Technology and Social Sciences.

Students of grade 11 and grade 12 study the DP (Diploma) Programme of the IBO. The curriculum consists of six main groups of subjects around three core requirements.

See also

References

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