The Emerald Heights International School

Emerald Heights follows the Indian CBSE curriculum, leading to the Class X and Class XII board examinations, with Science, Commerce and Humanities streams in Classes XI and XII. The school is also linked to the College Board and offers students the chance to sit Advanced Placement examinations, which can earn university credit or advanced standing, and it supports SAT preparation. A dedicated career and global studies centre helps students from Class VIII onwards plan applications to universities in India and abroad.

The school runs from Nursery to Class XII. Children join Nursery at about three years of age and continue through LKG and UKG before entering primary school in Class I. The middle and secondary years lead to the CBSE Class X examination, after which students choose a Science, Commerce or Humanities stream with electives for Classes XI and XII. The group also includes the Emerald Heights Foundation School for the early years and the Emerald Heights Boarding School.

Inspired by the ideas of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the school sees education as helping each child discover and develop their own potential rather than simply passing on information. It emphasises personalised learning, leadership through a student council and prefect system, community service and national integration combined with an international outlook, and aims to prepare well-rounded young people who act responsibly towards society and the environment.

The 100-acre campus has classrooms with interactive touch panels, four lecture halls, physics, chemistry, biology and STEM laboratories, six computer laboratories, a mathematics lab, a robotics lab, a makers' lab with 3D printing, a MUN conference room, a library and resource centre, and a 200-seat auditorium. Sports facilities include a nine-lane synthetic athletics track, two cricket grounds, four football grounds, a 25-metre pool, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, six squash courts, a badminton and table tennis complex, indoor shooting ranges, a banked skating track, a martial arts hall, a gym and an adventure park with a 15-metre climbing wall.

Day students can use the school bus service, which is charged per term. Meals are provided in the dining hall, and a wellness centre staffed by doctors and nurses looks after students' health. The campus is monitored around the clock by CCTV and trained security staff. A career counselling and guidance cell supports subject choices and university applications, and a scholars' programme recognises talented students. Classrooms are equipped with interactive touch panels.

Emerald Heights has two boarding houses, Fort Prithviraj for boys and Rani Padmini for girls, with students placed in dormitories by age group. Each dormitory has a staff member in charge, supported by block heads, resident tutors and domestic staff. Boarders follow a structured day that includes school, sports and activities, supervised evening study and recreation, with an earlier routine for Classes I to V. New boarders are admitted to Classes IV to IX and XI.

Students can practise a broad range of sports, including athletics, cricket, football, hockey and roller hockey, basketball, volleyball, tennis, squash, badminton, table tennis, swimming, shooting, skating, judo, karate, taekwondo, yoga, climbing, gymnastics, handball and netball, and chess is part of the primary programme. The arts programme offers classical and folk dance, instrumental and vocal music, an orchestra, drama, painting, sculpture, crafts and digital art. Older students join the NCC army and air wings, Model United Nations, Round Square conferences and a variety of student-run clubs.