World’s only Travelling IB School THINK Global School chooses Indus

HYDERABAD, September 2, 2013: World's only of its kind world travel school THINK Global School's search for a multicultural learning environment focused on local Indian culture, history and language for its students 5th semester abroad found what they were looking for at Indus International School Hyderabad. TGS is an International Baccalaureate World School that spends each semester in a different country with locations ranging from Boston, Amazon, Bhutan and Beijing.

The 27-acre campus of Indus offered TGS a safe and welcoming community from which the diverse learning environment of India can be explored. Both the Indus and TGS International Baccalaureate (IB) programs offer a core curriculum and customised experiential programs that engage our youth in personal development through cultural, environmental, community service, outdoor adventure and team-building activities.

"The vision for THINK Global School is to take the wonders of the world and make them our classroom," said Head of the TGS Allun Cooper. "We offer our children an alternative to a customary deskbound education and the chance to experience the varied cultures, beliefs, languages and histories of twelve remarkable countries in all their splendor and complexities.

Indus International is a remarkable school and host. We are enjoying this collaborative moments as our world-class instructors, local guides and experts are doing the very best to enhance students' curiosity and nurture their ingenuity, Allun added. THINK Global School develops student's wisdom, tolerance, understanding and respect needed to create, question and eventually lead as outstanding, globally committed citizens."

With the world as their classroom hailing "12 countries in 12 trimesters", TGS students have studied biology in the Amazon rainforest, Mandarin in China, history standing on the Great Wall of China, and science classes under the ocean surface off the Galapagos Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. From India we move to Japan before this batch of student graduate from the school.

"It's a great opportunity for students at Indus to interact with such widely travelled global students and learn from their experiences, says Karuna Koripella ,Head of Marketing and Admissions, Indus International School. As host school for the world's first "mobile-global" high school of its kind it has given us a chance to knit education, travel and technology, providing them classroom facilities, science labs, art studios and other learning spaces whilst being taught by their own accompanying teachers.

Each one of us at Indus is enjoying the Interactions and joint class sessions, workshops, guest speakers, community as well as athletic events with local peers that will create a partnered experience between the two schools, Karuna added.

Indus International School Hyderabad was also recently ranked the #1 International school in Hyderabad in a survey conducted by C-Fore for Education World magazine.

Indus International School (Press Release)