Mallya Aditi International School
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| Mallya Aditi International School | |
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| Established | 1984 |
| Location | Bangalore, India |
| Students | approximately 500 |
Mallya Aditi International School (M.A.I.S) is a school located in Yelahanka, Bangalore, India. The school's principal is Sathish Jayarajan (2003 - ). Anne Warrior was succeeded as Principal by Ranee Noronha (1999-2002), who has since become the Principal of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai. Mallya Aditi is considered one of the most exclusive private schools in southern India.
The school is named after Bangalore billionaire and Member of Parliament Vijay Mallya as a result of a generous endowment. The school is located at 13°06′08″N 77°34′59″E / 13.10222°N 77.58306°E
The school's architect won several awards for designing the modern, minimalist lines of the school buildings. The buildings are "open" - corridors are not enclosed and lead to large, airy courtyards around which are several classrooms.
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[edit] The school
Aditi, as it is popularly known, has a broad curriculum for its elementary school students that is designed to acquaint them with both Eastern and Western culture and methods of study. Aditi students study Indian languages, namely Hindi and Kannada, but can also study English, French, or German. Western music, Indian dance and Indian classical music are also offered.
Examinations are held once at the end of each academic year for grades 6, 7 and 8. For grades 9 and 10, a choice between the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is offered. For grades 11 and 12, a choice between the Indian School Certificate (ISC) and the Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) is offered. IGCSE and AICE are conducted by the University of Cambridge International Examinations - CIE.Students used to start to receive "real" homework from the 6th grade, however this age has been recently advanced.
[edit] Clubs and facilities
Sports include basketball, football, cricket and volleyball. School starts at 7:55 a.m. and ends at 2:45 p.m., with a break at 9:30-9:50 a.m. and at 12:05-12:40 p.m. The length of these breaks has been reduced from 2006-07. There are three computer labs - these serve The Junior School, The Senior School and the faculty. Alongside these computer labs, there are two "Tech Hubs", which also serve Students and Faculty with computers and educational material. There is also the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology - an affiliated school - located on the Aditi campus.
The school has also produced plays, musicals and concerts. Among the student clubs and organizations - such as the Model United Nations - are clubs relating to the arts. Aditi students run a Dramatic Society, Debating, Quiz and Chess Clubs, a school choir, the M.A.I.S Film Societyand the Photography Club. In 2003-2006, an after-school Robotics Club, started and facilitated by Harvard-and-MIT-trained researcher, Shuchi Grover, met once a fortnight and had about 15 students as members each year.
Aditi students have their own newspapers and magazines. Past student publications include Silhouette, The Scribe and The Scribbler. Current student journals are The Joke, The White Crayon and The Wise Guy.
The school's teams in football and basketball regularly perform well in inter-school events. It is the opinion of students however that the quality of the sports fields, in particular the football field, leaves a lot to be desired. Aditi's football field is less than a third the size of a true football field, with hockey-sized goals that aren't aligned to each other and an uneven mud surface. The small land area doesn't really allow for much expansion of the Physical education facilities.
[edit] Interact Club
Aditi is known across Bangalore for its proactive Interact Club, founded and supported by the Rotary Club of Bangalore.. A tradition at Aditi is Out of the Box, a well-known inter school competition run by the school's Interact Club, which attracts contestants from more than 20 schools. It was started in 2002 and has grown every year. The Interact Club also organizes an annual Retreat, in which club members attend an array of personal development workshops conducted by experienced professionals in the field. Past events conducted by the Interact Club include fund raising Music Concert, which aimed at bringing together musical talent in schools and colleges around Bangalore in the hope of supporting the education of underprivileged children, and Fast Forward, a 2 day fund raising carnival that aimed towards bringing about an awareness regarding the current environmental situation.
The Interact Club also conducts bake sales and personal development workshops throughout the year, and participates in other community-driven activities such as the annual Terry Fox Run and the collection of money for the National Association for the Blind.
[edit] Awards
In 2005, the school was awarded the Cambridge Fellowship by the University of Cambridge in England, in recognition of academic excellence among schools offering Cambridge qualifications. Only 20 secondary schools in the world have received this fellowship. In early 2005, Aditi also won the Intel Award for the Best Integration of Technology in Education 2004, from a pool of India's best schools.
In addition to this, Aditi has been one of the two or three schools chosen worldwide by the University of Cambridge to be prototypes in an experimental science exam (where the practical paper is completed through computer simulation). These schools were chosen based on their excellent academic record, and the results of the students in the board exams will decide whether or not the experimental paper will come into practice.
[edit] External links
- "Best" International Schools: India and Nepal, Newsweek Showcase.com
- Cool Schools, Newindpress.com, Nov 10, 2006
- [1] Official website
