Sharada Mandir School is a
private nursery to higher secondary
co-educational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
school in
Miramar,
Panaji
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...
,
Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
, India. It was established in 1966 and affiliated to the
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
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.
The school follows the
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private board designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance wi ...
(ICSE)
up till Std.10 and is now affiliated with the Indian School Certificate for Std. 12.
In the late 2000s, the school was acquired by the industrialist Dattaraj V. Salgaocar (son of
Vasudev Salgaocar), who now heads the Board of Trustees as well as the Managing Committee along with his wife Dipti (daughter of
Dhirubhai Ambani
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002), popularly known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries. Ambani took Reliance public in 1977 and was worth US$2.9 billion in 2002 upon hi ...
) and their daughter Isheta (sister-in-law of
Nirav Modi).
The school has a wide range of equipment and facilities, ranging from playgrounds, sand pits and yoga rooms to auditoriums and special-education centres. It also hosts events like the biennial EKTA gathering.
References
High schools and secondary schools in Goa
Private schools in Goa
Education in North Goa district
Educational institutions established in 1966
1966 establishments in Goa, Daman and Diu
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