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Oshwal Academy is a private, co-educational institution situated in Mombasa, Kenya, which is owned and managed by Oshwal Education and Relief Board (part of a community of Kenyan-Indians practising Jainism), which also owns several private schools and hostels in Nairobi, Kenya. Its curriculum follows the British National Curriculum of General Certificate of Education (GCE), although it replaced the O Level system to IGCSE from the 2006/2007 academic year. The original building was sold and the school relocated to the exclusive Nyali region of Mombasa in 2005.

As of 2007, the new 14-acre (57,000 m2) campus includes:

  • Kindergarten School
  • Junior School
  • Senior School
  • Lecture/Examination Theatre
  • Open Cafeteria
  • Administration Block
  • Library

The campus also includes sporting facilities, as follows:

  • Multi-purpose hall (which caters for indoor games such as badminton, basketball, handball, table-tennis and volleyball. It can host entertainment events.
  • 25-metre swimming pool and toddlers pool
  • Full-sized football pitch (also can be used for hockey and rugby)
  • 400 metre track field
  • Tennis courts
  • Common rooms
  • Gardens

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten section in the school is a co-educational institution for children between the ages of 2 and 5. The section has a separate building, with a separate playing area.

Junior School

Junior School caters for students between the ages of 6 to 11 which follows the British educational system of Key Stage. .

Senior School

Senior School is divided into an IGCSE section and an A Level section. Year 7 to 11 concentrate on the IGCSE examinations, after which students sit on their pre-university examinations during Year 12 and 13, modelled after the British Advanced Level system.

Co-curricular activities

Some of the clubs and activities available are:

External links

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