Affiliated with the Delhi-based CBSE, SPSEC has come a long way since it admitted its first batch in 1982. In the latest EW India School Rankings 2016, it is ranked #8 in Uttar Pradesh and #2 in Kanpur in the category of co-ed day schools – Swati Roy Promoted in memory of legendary industrialist Sir Padampat Singhania (1905-1979), former president of the Kanpur-based JK Group (annual sales revenue Rs.27,249 crore) who in addition to his many distinctions was a signatory of the Constitution of India, the Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre (SPSEC), Kanpur has come a long way since it admitted its first batch of students in 1982. Affiliated with the Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), this K-12 school is ranked #8 in Uttar Pradesh — India’s most populous state (215 million) — and #2 in the industrial city of Kanpur (2.8 million) in the latest EducationWorld India School Rankings 2016 in the category of co-ed day schools. Moreover, the Hindustan Times (November 2013) ranks it the #1 CBSE school in Kanpur in its 5th Top Schools Survey. Currently SPSEC, also a recipient of British Council’s International School Award (2014-17), provides playgroup to class XII education to 3,000 students including 934 girls instructed by 190 teachers. “SPSEC offers new-age pedagogies in a stimulating learning environment which promotes Indian traditions and values. Over the past 34 years, we have built a reputation for delivering high-quality holistic education which combines rigorous academics with co-curricular and sports activities to enable integrated development of students. Proof of our commitment to providing 21st century education is that our graduates are routinely admitted into the country’s top-ranked education institutions including the IITs, NID and Delhi University,” says SPSEC principal Virinder Singh Moudgill, an alumnus of Panjab and Annamalai universities, and former principal of the Dalhousie Hilltop School, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi Public School, Nabha (Punjab). According to Moudgill, SPSEC has consistently produced city and state toppers in the CBSE class XII board exams. For instance in 2016, of the 334 students who wrote the class XII CBSE exam, 71 averaged 90 percent-plus. Moreover, 15 class XII (science) students cleared the IIT-JEE Advanced exam and qualified for admission into the globally reputed IITs. A rigorous curriculum is supplemented by state-of-the-art academic, co-curricular and sports education. Sited on a meticulously landscaped 11-acre campus, the school offers 84 air-conditioned classrooms fitted with Smart boards and wi-fi access; 18 laboratories for science (physics, chemistry, biology, biotechnology, computer science) and social science subjects; a library housing 30,000 volumes with 53 journal subscriptions, and a 350-seat auditorium. Sports facilities include a multipurpose sports ground for basketball, volleyball, cricket and football; lawn tennis and squash courts and gymnasium. Mentored by professional coaches, several SPSEC students have won state and national honours in tennis and cricket tournaments. The distinguishing feature of the SPSEC campus is its unique botanical garden and several green spaces. SPSEC is the sole education institution in Uttar Pradesh to be awarded the Green School Award (2012) of the…
Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur
EducationWorld December 16 | Institution Profile