Dhirubhai Ambani International School

DAIS combines two international qualifications. Class VIII is a foundation year leading into the two-year Cambridge IGCSE in Classes IX and X, where students take First Language English, a second or foreign language, humanities, sciences and mathematics, with options such as drama, art and computer studies. In Classes XI and XII the school offers the IB Diploma Programme, including Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS. The school states that it is regularly ranked among leading IB schools, and students also take part in DAIMUN, TEDxYouth and Round Square conferences.

DAIS now covers the secondary and pre-university years. Students join in Class VIII, a foundation year that prepares them for the IGCSE, studying English, a second language, sciences, humanities and mathematics with optional drama, art or computer studies, plus Marathi as a third language. Classes IX and X follow the two-year Cambridge IGCSE, and Classes XI and XII follow the IB Diploma Programme. Younger children attend the separate Nita Mukesh Ambani Junior School.

DAIS describes itself as a school with an Indian heart and soul that offers an international, world-class education preparing children for global citizenship. Its motto is Dare to Dream, Learn to Excel. The school's mission is to provide a learning environment in which children bring out the best in themselves through the joy of learning, a commitment to values and the celebration of diversity. Its objectives stress compassion, empathy and respect, self-discipline and leadership, international mindedness and a safe, child-centred environment.

The seven-storey building is surrounded by lawns and gardens. It has about 60 air-conditioned classrooms, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and computer laboratories, and a Learning Centre with tens of thousands of books, journals and online databases. Arts spaces include an art room, Indian and Western music rooms, a yoga room and a Centre for Performing Arts with theatre lighting. A multipurpose auditorium hosts assemblies and concerts. Sports facilities include an AstroTurf football field, indoor badminton courts, a judo and taekwondo area, basketball and tennis courts, a volleyball court and an adjacent shared playground of about 2.3 acres.

Students can use a school bus service running on 25 routes across the city. Two dining halls serve vegetarian snacks and lunch. A medical centre is staffed by nurses and a doctor. The Student Care Services team, made up of counsellors, clinical psychologists and para educators, supports students with learning or emotional needs under an inclusion policy and individual education plans. From Grade 9 every student has a college counsellor who guides university planning and applications.

The sports programme covers basketball, football, cricket, table tennis, tennis, judo, taekwondo, chess, gymnastics, weight training, rope mallakhamb, volleyball, throwball and athletics, with inter-house and inter-school competitions also in badminton, touch rugby, swimming and squash. Talented athletes receive extra coaching and attend training camps in India and abroad, and students have skied in Switzerland. Outside sport, students take part in debate, a STEM club, videography and robotics, including the FIRST Robotics Competition, as well as drama, dance and music. They organise the DAIMUN conference and TEDxYouth@DAIS, and take part in Round Square events and service projects.