DSB International School, also known as Deutsche Schule Bombay, is an international school located in the city of

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. It provides the National Curriculum of England and the

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Curriculum of

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and was established in 1961.

Curriculum

DSB International School follows the

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for students aged 3 – 18 years. The Cambridge

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is offered to students between the ages of 14 to 16 and the

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caters to pre-university students between the age of 16 to 19. The school is partly

and offers German and French as a first language. The German section follows the curriculum for German Schools Abroad (Thüringen) up to the age of 14 years. After this point, students join the International Section to take

and

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, both of which are fully recognized in Germany.

Campuses

DSB International School has two campuses. In 1967, the school moved into Garden Campus in Breach Candy, which is the current Lower Primary Campus (Kindergarten through Year 4/Grade/Klasse 5). In 2014, the Secondary School moved into the Aurum House in Babulnath (from Year 5/Grade/Klasse 6).Contact Us
." DSB International School. Retrieved on 11 February 2015. "Garden Campus: Students from Kindergarten to Year 4 / Klasse 5 DSB INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 76 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Breach Candy Mumbai - 400 026 India." and "Aurum House: Students from Year 5 / Klasse 6 DSB INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 25 Dadi Seth Road, Babulnath Mumbai - 400 007 India. "

History

Due to growing diplomatic relations between

and Germany, and partly due to the influx of German companies in

, many German citizens were attracted to India, especially to the city of

. With the focus of educating German expatriates in India with a German method of teaching, the ''Deutsche Schulverien'' was built. Despite being built to cater exclusively to the German diaspora, children from countries such as

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and Japan were admitted. In 1967, the school moved to the Garden Campus. At the beginning of the 2000s, fewer Germans were coming to India, and the school started an international section with the British, Cambridge IGCSE and IB Curricula. In 2014, the new Aurum House, or AU, was built for the secondary grades. AU's internal spaces were designed to facilitate modern learning styles to better equip students.

Student life

The school offers after-school activities including creative, cultural, sporting, adventure and service activities. Students have the opportunity to become active in Model United Nations and the

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. Students participate at external MUN conferences at a national and international level. Several Mumbai-based international schools hold MUN conferences which DSB participates in. Further, DSB sends delegates to

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MUN and the

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Europe (HMCE). Many of the students are

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s from over 20 countries while others are of Indian ancestry.

References

External links

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