How International Schools In Mumbai Go Beyond The Classroom

Parents around the country are slowly but surely waking up to the effectiveness of international curriculums. This phenomenon has resulted in the rapid increase in the number of international schools in Tier 1 cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, and Pune, as well as smaller cities in India.

One of the main aspects that gives international schools offering the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) and IB (International Baccalaureate) curriculums an edge over curriculums like the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and local state boards is the learning that students get outside the classroom that supplements their formal learning experience.

International schools stress on practical learning and hence, offer their students an array of opportunities to learn from real-world situations. Be it through science or language labs, or hands-on projects, the young minds get to put their classroom learnings to good use on multiple occasions during the academic year. Many schools also offer theatre, dance and other forms of visual and performing arts that have been known to boost holistic growth. Sports like basketball, cricket and football encourage leadership and team spirit, and hence these are taught by many schools. In fact, in Mumbai, where school playgrounds are a rarity, schools often tie up with local clubs to provide their students a space to learn and master these sports.

Soft skills are the need of the hour in the professional world, and international schools are catering to this need by helping their students hone their personality strengths and overcome their weaknesses. When it comes to technical skills, those are offered aplenty too. For example, skills like coding, which were earlier reserved for undergraduates, are now being commonly seen in even secondary school students.

If you look at the list of top 10 schools in any Indian city today, you’ll realise that many of them are international schools, and now you know one of the main reasons behind this!