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Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School is a high school in Jekegram, Thane, India, close to the city of Mumbai. The school was founded in 1968 by Gopalkrishna Singhania and named after his wife. The school started operating in 1969 and has expanded from 400 students then to 6500 now, under principals Dr S.R.N. Rao, Dr M.D. Jani, Dr Vijayam Ravi and Mrs Revathi Srinivasan (current). The school philosophy is "Offer equal opportunities to all so that they rise to their fullest potential". The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts its Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations for Class 10 and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations for Class 11 and 12. It is the recipient of the British Council's International School Award. == Information == Spread over in the heart of Thane, there are three buildings including a glass facade building. The school has won prizes in state scholarship exams, national debates, science related competitions, an aviation quiz, the Intel International Science Fair, and the International Science Olympiad. It has been selected for the International School Award (ISA) from the British Government by the British Council, a non-governmental organization. Mrs Vijayyam Ravi, the former principal has pioneered the 'one textbook policy' for students, in which the students from class 1 to class 7 have one textbook including all the academic subjects, which has been carefully edited by a team of teachers. There are extra-curricular activities like military training, NCC, Scouts and Guides. An 'Individual Education Programme' has been started for children with learning difficulties. For testing the students abilities, Std1-4 have the 'appraisal' system, in which grades are given to the students. From Std 5, the exam system begins. Till the academic year 2010-2011, it was a 50 marks paper. However from the year 2011-2012 the marks have been revised to maximum marks of 80. The GPA system is followed where GPA means 'grade point average'. The maximum GPA is 5. Students scoring GPA higher than 3.75 are given membership in the Honour Society. Students in std 1-5 are in the elementary section, students of std 6-8 are in the junior section and students of std 9-10 are in the senior section along with students of std 11-12 being in the ISC section. An annual book fair is held. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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