Embassy of India School Moscow (EOI School, russian: Школа при посольстве Индии, hi, केन्द्रीय विद्यालय, मॉस्को), also known as Kendriya Vidyalaya Moscow, is an Indian education school located on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the 10/2 Ulitsa Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya building in
Dorogomilovo District,
Moscow,
Russia, close to the
Kiyevskaya Metro Station.
The school, affiliated to the
Embassy of India in Moscow
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, was established in 1987. As of 2012 the school has more than 350 students in classes I to XII.
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It is one of three schools under the
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...
() outside of India, the others being; Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal and
Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran, Iran
The
Ambassador of India to Russia
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is the school's patron. The school uses the
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) curriculum and is affiliated with the
Central Board of Secondary Education. The school offers commerce and science streams for its students. Fees are around 5500 US Dollars.
History
In October 2002, after the
Moscow theater hostage crisis, the school temporarily stopped operations to protect students who do not appear Russian from reprisals.
According to an opinion article by Vladimir Radyuhin in ''
The Hindu
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'', as of 2011, there are Indian and Indian-Russian families in Moscow who would otherwise send their children to KV Moscow who do not do so because it charges tuition and/or because of traffic issues making the travel time too long. Moscow government schools do not charge tuition and/or are in much closer proximity, and so are used by those families instead.
Operations
The
Ministry of External Affairs (India) finances the school.
In 2012, the school had a five day week while many of the KV schools in India at the time had six days.
See also
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Russian Embassy School in Delhi
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India-Russia relations
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Education in India
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References
External links
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International schools in Moscow
Indian international schools
Educational institutions established in 1987
1987 establishments in Russia
India–Russia relations
India–Soviet Union relations
Schools in the Soviet Union
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