The Aditya Birla Group announces the Sarala Birla Academy: an internationally benchmarkable public school

9 January, 2004

Announcing the Sarala Birla Academy, today, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Governing Council, stated "We believe there is an overwhelming need to incubate and nurture leaders, who can make India a cutting-edge country in every dimension. Be it social, economic or political. At The Sarala Birla Academy, our endeavour is to orient its educational and developmental processes in a manner that helps groom our students into leaders in their chosen fields. Our school's philosophy rests on the premise that education is about learning that is fun-filled, enjoyable and applicable to today's world, while unleashing the creative potential of the child."

He added that, "The aim of the academy is to provide exemplary standards of quality education, while contributing towards the holistic development of boys, benchmarkable best practices and to become a leading residential school within India and South East Asia. SBA has an education philosophy based on experiential learning that encourages project-based work."

Elaborating on the Academy, Dr. Shyam Ganguli, the chief education officer and

Dr. Bruce Robinson, the principal of the school, said that, "SBA has an overall development approach incoporating academic, spiritual, moral, social, cultural, physical and psychological formation, while promoting Indian culture and values and yet maintaining a global outlook. A child's ability is nurtured to bring out the maximum potential and creativity. Ample leadership opportunities are provided, both, in the classroom and across all extra curricular activities."

The academic programme is focused to prepare each student to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. A diversified curriculum comprising ICSE / IGCSE / IB brings the best from the world of education.

Ms Shobhana Nair, Head-Education Project, in her presentation highlighted the academic aspects and said, "Learning at the SBA will be child-centered and growth-oriented. We will provide an internationally recognised education with state-of-the-art facilities for the total development of a child."

She remarked that the Academy is world-class in every aspect. The academic block has bright highly-wired next-gen classrooms complemented with distinctive physics, chemistry, biology, geography and computer laboratories. In addition, there are mathematics and language labs to spark experimentation in these areas. The language lab will support studies in English, German, French and Kannada. An excellent library stocks hundreds of books of academic interest, literature and fiction, with room for more. This provides an ideal setting for broadening the child's mental horizon, instilling in him the love for books.

Added Mr. Vinay Pande, the headmaster, "At SBA a student becomes a part of an extended family and like in a traditional joint family everyone plays a role in his development. Of course the involvement of parents is a must for the circle of quality education to be complete."

The teaching faculty is drawn from the best public schools, are dedicated, highly skilled and committed to providing the best opportunities for students. The Academy commences from 14 June, 2004.

The Aditya Birla Group of schools has been functioning in 10 states across India, providing quality education towards a personality fulfilling and socially useful life to 35,000 children.

Annually, The Aditya Birla Group spends Rs.20 crore to educate thousands of rural children.