Global Indian International School (GIIS), a leader in global education with a network of 19 campuses across seven countries has announced a fully-funded scholarship of Rs. 4.75 crore for students in India. Entering its tenth year, the Global Citizen Scholarship promises to provide quality education to 10 deserving Indian students for the academic year 2019-2021. The application deadline is March 17, 2019.
As one of the leading international schools in India with presence in over six cities across the country, GIIS has invested around 7.5 million SGD under this scholarship programme and has given wings to over 80 Indian students who are now placed in top universities around the world.
Commenting on the scholarship initiative, Atul Temurnikar, co-founder and executive chairman, Global Schools Foundation said, “We have always been committed to India and the talents that are in this country. GIIS has always aimed to provide the best quality education for all its students across the world and ensured to instill global competency in them. Our Global Citizen Scholarship programme has been designed keeping in mind the need for global exposure for bright minds and hence gives them an easy access to the international curriculum and NextGen 21st century learnings at GIIS SMART CAMPUS in Punggol, Singapore.”
The GIIS SMART CAMPUS in Punggol is an epitome of new age learning, where technology, facility and design have been carefully formulated to give students the best academic and extracurricular pedagogy. This NextGen learning school aims to make students future ready with the use of technology enabled tools like virtual classrooms to connect with educators around the world, education centred around smart devices and digital collaboration, specialised labs on Robotics and Information Technology and many other 21st century learning tools. The state-of-the-art Smart Campus is powered by digital classrooms, sports-based data analytics and smart safety features like facial recognition and indoor positioning systems that ensure 100 percent security. The campus also has more than 600 CCTV cameras deployed to keep an eye on round the clock movement within the premises. The Smart Campus is built to provide a safe and secure learning environment for the holistic development of its students.
The scholarship programme is open for class 10 appearing students from any board to pursue class 11 and 12 under CBSE or IBDP curriculum.
The selection process will include a written exam, followed by two rounds of interviews. The centres for these exams would be major cities across India based upon adequate responses.
To register for this two year scholarship programme, students can log onto www.giisscholarships.org and apply before March 17, 2019.
Promoted in 2002, Global Indian International School (GIIS) is a global network of award-winning premier international schools with more than 15,000 students across 19 campuses in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam and India. For more information, please visit www.globalindianschool.org.