Billabong High International School

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Billabong High International School (BHIS)
Location
Billabong High International School
Mumbai
,
Maharashtra

India
Coordinates 19°12′09″N72°49′17″E / 19.20246°N 72.82132°E / 19.20246; 72.82132 Coordinates: 19°12′09″N72°49′17″E / 19.20246°N 72.82132°E / 19.20246; 72.82132
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Type International school
Established2004
FounderLina Ashar
Statusopen
Years offered2004–present
International studentsYes
ClassesClass 1–12
Average class size30
LanguageEnglish
Affiliations CBSE, IGCSE, CISCE
Website billabonghighschool.com

Billabong High International School (BHIS) is a chain of schools run by the Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd (KKEL) of Mumbai, India. The school has 23 branches at 16 locations throughout India. The schools are located in Mumbai, Noida, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vadodara, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore, Rewa, Puducherry, Coimbatore, Pukkattupadi, Thane, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Kelambakkam, and Kanpur. [1] The school operates from pre-primary to 12th-grade level and provides the checkpoint, Cambridge IGCSE. [2] [3]

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History

Billabong High International School was established by Lina Ashar in 2004. Ashar started with a single Kangaroo Kids preschool in 1993 in Bandra with a small batch of 25 students. She then established Billabong High International schools and now Kangaroo Kids is a chain of 70 preschools across the globe and there are 19 Billabong High International schools in India as well as in Dubai, Qatar, and the Maldives. [4] [5]

Academic and curriculum

Billabong High International School has also been authorized to offer the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) boards from preschool through Grade 12. [2] The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. There are thirty students in each class. There are ten co-curricular activities with coaches to train students. The school has integrated iPad learning while teaching programming. The school has a computer center. [5]

Awards and recognitions

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