SelaQui International School

SelaQui International School is a coeducational, residential school located in the village of SelaQui in the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. It is about 20 km from Dehradun on national highway 72, connecting Dehradun with Paonta Sahib and Chandigarh. The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)[1] and is open to boys and girls from class V onward irrespective of religion, caste, and ethnicity. All students who live on campus are attached to four of the boarding houses named after elements of the earth and supervised by housemasters and matrons. The school is managed by the Gurukul trust, Which appoints a board of governors headed by a chairman to oversee the school's functioning. The present chairman is Om Pathak, an ex-Indian Administrative Service officer.[2]

SelaQui International School
Location
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Information
School typeIndependent School, [Co-educational Boarding school CBSE Curriculum]
MottoStrive to lead
EstablishedOctober 2000 (October 2000)
FounderOm Pathak
Sister schoolDelhi Public School Ghaziabad Society
School boardCentral Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
HeadmasterRashid Sharfuddin
Faculty54
GradesV to XII
Number of students342 Approx
Student to teacher ratio7:1
Campus52 Acres
HousesSix (Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Jal, Girls and Holding House)
Colour(s)   Orange and Green
PublicationThe SeQuin- Newsletter
School feesAround INR 600,000 and USD 10,000 for foreign nationals
UniformThree-piece grey pin striped suit in Winters Half Sleeves Shirt and Trousers in Summers
Avg. Class Size18-20
Websitewww.selaqui.org

History

Founded in October 2000 as the first IB School in north India,[3] (previously SelaQui World School), now known as SelaQui International School. The school started as an IB school but switched to a national curriculum (CBSE) in 2013. The school is managed by Gurukul Trust, a non-profit charitable organization based in Delhi.[4]

Infrastructure

The campus is located next to the Suvarna river. It is a fully residential School, with around 350 students.

Alumni

The school alumni are referred to as SeQuin and notable among them are Gaurav Pandey and Saurabh Pandey.

References
  1. "- SARAS". saras.cbse.gov.in. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. www.ETGovernment.com. "Delhi Gymkhana members vs Centre-appointed administrator Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Om Pathak: Minister, MCA officials visit the club - ET Government". ETGovernment.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. "How SelaQui International Boarding School rode over the covid wave, setting precedents! - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. "Gurukul Trust". www.gurukultrust.org. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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