In today’s world parents have a wide range of education boards to choose from. They are no longer limited by traditional choices like ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) or CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and are being further widened into the international horizons through the Cambridge Education and International Baccalaureate. While almost every board of education offers each student a holistic education, there certain key features differ from each other. Like CBSE prepares a student for competitive exams in India such as IIT-JEE, NEET, UPSC, CLAT, etc. while international boards CAIE is feasible for students who wish to relocate and study abroad in the future. The Association of Indian Universities has granted equivalence to Cambridge International A Levels, Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge O Levels to students that choose to study at universities in India. International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is taken at the grade 10 level in as Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE).
A student’s future choice of subjects and career are highly dependent on the school they join and the board they chose. Today, several schools across the country follow these international boards of education for pre-primary, primary and secondary education. The Bharati Vidyapeeth Rabindranath Tagore School of Excellence (BVRTSE), one of the best Cambridge international schools Pune facilitates a child’s holistic education and development through emphasis on co-curricular activities like sports, arts, and culture along with the subjects chosen by the students.
Some of the benefits of pursuing the Cambridge Curriculum are:
- While CBSE and ICSE are highly popular national curriculum widely accepted within the country, the Cambridge curriculum is accepted by schools and colleges across the world. CAIE is a part of the world-renowned University of Cambridge, UK and is one of the most sought-after and recognised qualifications in the world.
- It has a balanced curriculum and a highly flexible course of study. It gives students the freedom to choose subjects that are right for them and, hence provides them with an opportunity to score good grades. The subjects also offer a choice between core curriculum and extended curriculum. The extended curriculum is a type of specialisation in that subject and provides more detailed insight into the subject.
- When compared to other international boards of education IGCSE offers a more multi-cultural and more multi-lingual approach. Like, BVRTSE offers an international education inspired by the teachings and philosophy of the Nobel laureate Shri Rabindranath Tagore. To read more about the school’s philosophy and its curriculum visit the website, http://bvrtse.in/. CAIE has a practical approach towards learning and it allows students to focus on creative thinking and problem-solving. CAIE inculcates confidence, responsibility, sense of leadership and innovation in its students.
- The curriculum creates a framework that is favourable to both the teachers and the learners. It lends an international perspective to studies and takes into account the differing abilities of each student. BVRTSE offers a day care system or second home system where young children have the opportunity to socialize, learn and relax in an environment that predictable, regular and yet flexible.
Student assessment is not limited to conventional methods like written papers and also consist of tests like oral and listening tests. IGCSE students are offered a Cambridge Checkpoint, an analytical facility encompassing standardised tests, that pin-points a student’s strengths and weaknesses in key curriculum areas.