Currently celebrating its 12th anniversary, this nursery-class XII school is ranked among the Top 20 co-ed day schools in Punjab and #1 in Jalandhar in the latest EducationWorld India School Rankings 2023-24

Paromita Sengupta

Sited on an eco-friendly four-acre campus off the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur highway, the new-age Ivy World School, Jalandhar (IWS, estb.2012) has quickly acquired an excellent reputation for providing high-quality ICT (information communication technology)-driven academic and co-curricular education to its 1,749 students mentored by 96 teachers. Currently celebrating its 12th anniversary, this nursery-class XII school is ranked among the Top 20 co-ed day schools in Punjab and #1 in Jalandhar in the latest EducationWorld India School Rankings 2023-24.

A constituent institution of Vasal Education Foundation (estb.2005), this CBSE-affiliated school was promoted by well-known businessman-philanthropist Sanjeev Kumar Vasal with the objective of nurturing students into “global citizens with knowledge, skills and values in an ever-changing world”. Vasal Education runs and manages six K-12 schools and preschools in Punjab (pop.16.3 million).

“Our objective is to provide every child an opportunity to become a self-driven learner under the mentorship of well-trained teachers and the integrated support of digital media. We enable global exposure through diverse learning resources to develop our students into well-rounded, responsible citizens prepared for success in their professional and personal lives,” says Vasal.

To fulfill this objective, the school’s management has invested liberally in state-of-the-art academic and sports infrastructure. IWS’ green campus houses air-conditioned academic and admin blocks with an aggregate built-up area of 16,187 sq. m. The academic block houses 55 spacious smart classrooms, seven modern science and computer laboratories, hi-tech multimedia, music and art rooms, a 760-seat auditorium, a dining hall and separate junior and senior libraries with an aggregate 10,000 volumes.

“Ivy World School was conceptualised to meet the needs of young 21st century learners. Therefore, our curriculum is specially designed to challenge and engage students and develop their multiple intelligences, with teachers trained in contemporary, learner-centric pedagogies through in-house programs and workshops. Additionally, we are a fully new digital technologies equipped school with AI and AR incorporated to enhance teaching-learning experiences and achieve best outcomes for all students,” says Sanjeev Chauhan, Director-Principal of IWS. An alum of Punjab University, Chauhan has brought over three decades of teaching and admin experience at the top-ranked Lawrence School, Sanawar into her new assignment.

Inevitably, sports education is accorded high importance at IWS. The school’s impressive sports infrastructure includes dedicated grounds for football and cricket, synthetic lawn tennis, badminton, basketball, table tennis and squash courts, an indoor shooting range, a roller-skating rink and an all-weather 25 metre swimming pool. Unsurprisingly, IWS students have excelled in state and national-level cricket, badminton and other sports tournaments.

Co-curricular education — dance, music (offered in collaboration with the Gurugram-based Torrins Academy), theatre, carpentry, sculpture, art and craft and painting — is also an integral component of the curriculum. Moreover, environment and sustainability education is given top billing with students encouraged to nurture flora and fauna and tend to the school’s on-campus vegetable garden.

The IWS management’s balanced education strategy and commitment to teacher training has paid off by way of excellent academic outcomes. Of 30 students who wrote the CBSE class XII school-leaving exam in February-March this year, five averaged 90 percent-plus with two toppers averaging 93.4 percent and 95.4 percent respectively. In the 2024 class X board exam, 17 of 78 students scored 90 percent-plus.

“Although I am satisfied with the evolution of IWS and our rank in the EducationWorld India School Rankings, our long-term goal is to evolve into Punjab’s #1 day school. To this end, we have ideated and will soon launch several institution development initiatives. For instance, we recently signed up for the Access USA Summer School Residential Mobility Program of the Michigan Colleges Alliance. In June our first cohort of students returned from an educationally enriching 15-day programme at the University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan. We are also planning to expand the group’s footprint across Punjab and have drawn up plans to establish three new campuses in Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana and Phagwara over the next three years,” says Vasal.

Fair winds!

ADMISSION & FEES

Ivy World School, Jalandhar is a pre-nursery to class XII co-ed day institution affiliated with the CBSE, Delhi. Registration forms are available at the school office in September. Admission is through a written test followed by an interview.
Tuition fee (annual): Rs.69,900-1.01 lakh
For further details, contact 9878988330, 7589117245 email: [email protected]