| Utpal Shanghvi Global School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 19°06′44″N72°49′43″E / 19.1121237°N 72.8285123°E /19.1121237; 72.8285123 |
| Information | |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Juhu Parle Education Society |
| Principal | Rakhi Mukherjee |
| Website | www |
Utpal Shanghvi Global School (USGS) is aprivate school in J.V.P.D Scheme area of,Juhu,Mumbai, India. The school follows theSSC state board syllabus ,Cambridge University certifiedIGCSE syllabus and theInternational Baccalaureate PYP programme.[1] In 1994, the school was first in India to getISO 9001 certification. It also offers the International Baccalaureate curriculum.
Utpal Shanghvi Global School is managed by Juhu Parle Education Society and started in June 1982, with pre-primary and primary divisions following theMaharashtra state board. The secondary section of the school commenced the following year in June 1983. The curriculum ofInternational General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) developed byCambridge International Examinations (CIE) was introduced in 2005.[2]
The school celebrates its annual function day, Blitzing, in December every year.[3] In 2017, around 3000 people, being the school's staff, students, and their parents, arranged and participated in a cleanliness drive onChildren's Day supporting theSwachh Bharat Abhiyan.[4] Various students of the school have represented in sports competitions on state, national and international levels in table tennis,[5] badminton,[6] judo,[7] and football.[8][9]
The school became the first Indian school to receiveISO 9001 certification in 1994.[10] In 2011, student Payoshaa Shah received theDr Manmohan Singh Scholarship.[11] It also received theInternational School Award byBritish Council for 2015–16.[12] The school has been ranked as 8th and 6th in theMumbai Western suburbs region byHindustan Times in the years 2016 and 2017 respectively.[13][2] In 2019, around 23% students of the 170 who appeared for theInternational General Certificate of Secondary Education secured above 90% marks.[14] The principal of school, Rakhi Mukherjee, noted that the school's average was 84% marks in the IGCSE exams and that all students first class and above.[15] Reports of students securing top ranks in IGCSE exams have been covered in national level newspapers.[16][17]
