Podar International School, Mumbai

The Podar International School (IB & CAIE), Santacruz is one of the several institutions running under the aegis of Podar Educational Complex, which itself is managed by the Anandilal and Ganesh Podar Society (established in 2007). Ever since the school's inception in 2004, the main focus has been to provide quality education to its students.

As mentioned on the official website, the school follows different academic curriculums for other classes:

1. IB PYP curriculum from Class 1st to 5th.
2. Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme for Classes 6th and 7th (the school website has labelled this stage as a 'checkpoint').
3. The Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) for Classes 8th to 10th.
4. An option is given to students, to choose in between the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or A levels for the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) for Classes 11th and 12th.

The teaching faculty is competent and well-experienced, and the classroom curriculum is an amalgam of a teacher's human touch laced with the latest technology. For providing practical knowledge, there are various subject laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology, computer, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) etc. The school also houses a spacious and well-stocked library comprising of thousands of books in various languages.

Participation in Extra-curricular activities and sports is actively encouraged by the school management. The school houses a vast auditorium, in which various cultural events take place throughout the academic year. As far as the sports department is concerned, the school has hired outstanding coaches and built facilities for cricket, football, basketball and indoor games like chess, carrom etc.

The school provides excellent transportation facilities to its students. It comprises of several buses (referred to as Route numbers). 

A transport in-charge is allotted to each bus to ensure the safe and hassle-free commute of the students. The school also has a medical facility (in which at least one nurse is present at all times during school hours) and a spacious cafeteria where fresh and hygienic food is served. 

To seek admission for your child, the following steps have to be taken:

• Visit the school website, www.podarinternationalschool.com and fill an online registration form.
• An email will be sent from the academic counsellor, who will fix an appointment for a detailed information session (which includes a school tour as well).
• The age criteria has to fulfilled, followed by submission and verification of the documents.
• Provisional admission is allotted after payment of the required fee.
• The provisional admission gets converted to a permanent admission after submission of the previous school's Transfer certificate.

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