Oakridge International School is an

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affiliated

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located in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

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. Oakridge International School provides the IBDP and CBSE syllabus. The school has stopped the IGSE syllabus recently and has introduced the

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. The students receive a diploma at the end of pre-primary. It has five day-schools in Hyderabad,

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and one boarding campus in

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city. The school has recently been acquired by

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History

The school was established by educationist Shomie Das in 2001. The school opened on June 11th 2001 in rented premises in Jubilee Hills. In 2002 the campus moved to

Khajaguda Khajaguda is a major commercial and residential area in Hyderabad, Telangana, in the suburb of Gachibowli. It is in the vicinity of Nanakramguda Financial district, Gachibowli and HITEC City. Several residential apartments like ASBL Lakeside, N ...

. The new campus covers and was inaugurated by chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The school has over 3000 students. In 2019 Oakridge International was acquired by

for an estimated price of about ₹16 billion.

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