Kolkata: In the three-day Education World Conference and felicitation ceremony organized at a hotel in Delhi, Shri Shikshayatan School received the award for one of the best day girls' schools. Shikshayatan Foundation general secretary Vinod Aggarwal and principal Sangeeta Tandon described this honour as an important milestone in the school's journey.
The school was established in 1965, courtesy the efforts of Padmabhushan Sitaram Seksaria and the support of the Birla family. It provides academic excellence, along with sports, music, art, literature and debate, to about 3,400 students from nursery to class XII. Training is also imparted in various aspects of home science. The school also teaches foreign languages, like French and German, al-ong with yoga and life skills.
During the last five years, the students have set an example by passing the secondary and higher secondary board examinations with first-division marks.
Aggarwal said that the guidance and support of Sudarshan Kumar Birla, Girish Khaitan and other trustees had an important bearing on the all-round progress of the school in the last decade.