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Lotus Valley International School, Noida

EducationWorld August 08 | EducationWorld Institution Profile
Since it admitted its first batch of 73 students in 2004, Lotus Valley International School, Noida is a CBSE affiliated day boarding school, distinguished by its superb infrastructure, has attracted 1,550 students of ten nationalities May 29, the day the Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) — the largest pan-India secondary school examinations board — announced the results of its school leaving (class X) exam, was a historic day for the Noida- based Lotus Valley International School (LVIS). Its entire first batch of 22 students who wrote the class X CBSE exam passed with flying colours in first division. Promoted in 2004 on a 12 acre campus in the bustling Delhi suburb of Noida, LVIS admitted its first batch of 73 students from nursery to class VII in the same year. Since then this co-ed K-XII day-boarding school, distinguished by its superb infrastructure, has caught the attention of parents from over ten nationalities with its muster roll comprising 1,550 students supported by an 80-strong faculty. The brainchild of property developer and philanthropist Nirmal Singh, who is also chairman of the schools board of directors, LVIS core philosophy is to teach every student as an individual with distinctive learning, inclination and unique ability. The lotus underlines the schools central philosophy of drawing the best from each student so that all can rise above the quagmire of modern day negativity and pessimism, just as the lotus thrusts itself upwards from the mire in an act of beautiful transcendence. Our key objective is global exposure but with Indian value systems, explains S.C. Arora, vice-chairman, chief executive and de facto principal of LVIS. In a distinguished career in Indian education spanning 45 years, Arora has served as principal of the India School in Kabul (Afghanistan), as founder-principal of the Apeejay School, Noida and as chairman of the influential National Progressive Schools Conference, Delhi. Under Aroras proactive leadership and guidance, within less than a quinquennium Lotus Valley has expanded its enrollment to 1,550 students and has acquired the reputation of a front-rank institution among the new genre of capital-intensive international schools which have mushroomed in and around the national capital region. On the academic side, in addition to its CBSE curriculum LVIS also offers students the option to follow the IGCSE and ‘A level suites of the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) board or the IB programme of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) Geneva at the Plus Two level. Commencement of studies for the Cambridge Information Technology awards starts at age seven, as does language learning and mastery of written and spoken English. Checkpoint tests in English, maths and science in class VIII are conducted to ensure that students are well prepared for the curriculum choices that lie ahead. With smart board technology integrated in all classrooms from class II onwards, the Lotus Valley management is fully committed to utilising contemporary technologies to supplement and support the classroom experience of students and encourage activity-based learning. We have attracted excellent faculty by guarant-eeing highly rewarding professional
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