Founded in 2006, Dawn International School is a co-educational international day cum residential school located in Kochi, Kerala. The school has been catering to the educational needs of students from more than thirty five different countries and is the first school in Kerala to introduce the Edexcel IGCSE syllabus.
The school is also introducing the CBSE board in the coming academic year of 2014-15. Teacher student ratio of this school is 1:35.
The school hosts a sprawling campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities. These include fully air-conditioned spacious classrooms, computer room with internet connection, well-equipped laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology, audio-visual room, amphitheatre, music room, activity centre and learning centre.
The school offers a well-stocked library with a wide collection of general and reference books. Huge playground and an indoor swimming are also provided for students’ sports activities. The school also provides hostel, round the clock security and air-conditioned buses for door-to-door pick up.
The school is affiliated with UK based Edexcel and offers the Edexcel International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and General Certificate of Education (GCE) ‘A’ level curriculum. IGCSE is equivalent to classes IX and X; GCE ‘AS’ level is equivalent to class XI and GCE ‘A’ level is equivalent to class XII.
The medium of instruction is English but students can also learn French, German, Hindi and Malayalam. Other subjects offered at IGCSE level are mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, information and communication technology, business studies and economics.
Extracurricular
The school places equal importance to academics and extracurricular activities such as Indian classical and western music, classical and western dance, yoga and instruments such as guitar, violin, keyboard, Tabla and Veena. Personal development, craft, choir, swimming, karate, horse riding, roller skating, football, cricket, basket ball, throw ball, table tennis, carom and house activities are all available for the kids to explore.
DR. JOHNSON.C.LUKOSE (chairman)
Prospectus and forms are available at the school reception. Registration forms should be duly filled in and submitted to the school office within the stipulated time.
Fees: The annual school fee for LKG is Rs. 60,000. Fees can be paid in three equal installments.
Dawn International School has been ranked among India’s top 20 day cum residential international schools by the EducationWorld C-Fore Survey 2013.
The school provides separate hostels for boys and girls with all the necessary amenities.