Birla Edutech ltd, a Yash Birla Group company committed towards elevating the education standards through setting up and managing world-class education delivery centres, recently announced the opening of its fourth K-12 school — “Open Minds” in Hyderabad. The school has been built in association with DSR Educational Society, an educational arm of Hyderabad-based DSR Group. This is the fourth Open Minds school in India and the first in south India (others in Patna, Mumbai and Indore).
Open Minds school was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N Kiran Kumar Reddy, in the presence of eminent dignitaries. Open Minds curriculum draws on the best of practices in International and Indian curriculum and offers comprehensive solution for education, with NCERT National Curriculum Framework 2005 as the benchmark.
Unlike the traditional schools, Open Minds believes that creativity and innovation is equally required to nurture young minds, build greater level of learning interest and instill value-education. Towards this end, the school has introduced a unique teaching methodology that revolves around creating student centric classrooms.
‘Open Minds’ offers comprehensive solution for education that envelopes the individual’s learning period right from the formative early years to the challenging university years.
The Open Minds school campus, developed at a cost of Rs30 crore, with a total built-up area of 150,000 sq.ft, is spread over a sprawling 10 acres of land and is equipped with state of the art facilities such as spacious classrooms, modern computer, science and math laboratories along with sophisticated art, music and dance studios.
In its first academic year, Open Minds school will have classes from I to VI, with a teacher-pupil ratio of 1:30. The school aims to add classes VII to XII over the next two years. Vedant Birla, director, Yash Birla Group, steps into the Yash Birla Group with this launch. He was groomed for a role in the family business from an early age, Vedant chose this platform to make an entry into the multi-million conglomerate as education is very close to his heart.