The Muthoot Group, one of India’s leading business conglomerates, today announced that the state of the art Paul George Global School has begun the maiden academic session, welcoming the first batch of students. The century-plus old Muthoot Group has largely been associated with ‘Gold Loans’. Of the Group’s 17 divisions, there is strong focus on expanding the Education division. Some of recent initiatives of The Muthoot Group’s Education division include Paul George Global School (PGGS), Muthoot Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), St. George's School, MGM Muthoot College of Nursing and MGM Muthoot School of Nursing.
The state-of-the-art global school started with the maiden academic session on 15 April. Built as a centre of academic and extracurricular excellence, the global school is aimed to be unique, exemplar and one of its kind in the country.
Located at Alaknanda in South Delhi; the PGGS has been built by the internationally renowned architects Arcop Associates Private Limited (founded in Canada). The architecture of the school building is eye-catching and utilitarian. Built as a centre of academic and extracurricular excellence in the memory of Late Shri Paul M George, former Executive Director (and son of Shri M.G. George Muthoot, Chairman, The Muthoot Group), the global school is aimed to be unique, exemplar and one of its kind in the country. Epitomizing the four character qualities possessed by Late Shri Paul M George viz Courage, Compassion, Equality and Integrity, the ambience of the school is at once serene and captivating.
PGGS has a world-class infrastructure that is inspiring, eco-friendly and will give the students, including the differently abled, an ideal environment for holistic learning. The school will also have an impressive array of academic and sporting facilities. It will have a multi-purpose auditorium with facilities of an indoor Basketball, Badminton and Table Tennis court with a provision for automated retractable seating and stage to host cultural programs, gatherings and stage performances. The front block on stilts will have the provision of an automatic temperature controlled shaded all weather swimming pool underneath and an 8-lane, 100 metres synthetic track running through the building. A skating rink along with a ‘Wimbledon type’ tennis court is also constructed on the roof of the school building thereby, optimally utilizing available space.
The teaching for the primary school follows the Montessori format for the fullest possible development of the child to ultimately prepare her for life’s rich experiences. The curriculum of the school is based on the modern methods of teaching — experiential, conceptual and contextual learning, with technology enabled classrooms using interactive smart boards that will transform conventional classrooms into advanced student centric learning environment.
Alexander George Muthoot, Director, The Muthoot Group says “Great physical infrastructure symbolises the management’s uncompromising attitude towards offering nothing but the best for our children. Be it academics or sports we are committed at utilising modern tools of imparting education at our class rooms, engaging the best resources in terms of teachers and offering the most appropriate environment for learning. Emphasis on state of the art infrastructure also need to be seen as a confidence building measure to assure parents that their children will only get the best at PGGS.
“While I do acknowledge that brick and mortar do not necessarily make an institution; but since this houses the paraphernalia needed to keep the mind and body in the right frame, infrastructure assumes importance. To that extent, the school infrastructure would not only be impressive to look at but would also have a child friendly environment in which learning takes place in an ideal environment for the mental and physical development of children.”
The academic blocks comprising 56 class rooms will be located around a quadrangle with a grand amphitheatre overlooking the playground space giving it a secure and nestled ambience. The central green play area will have a transparent solar Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panel covering, for trapping solar energy for the electrical requirements of the building, which would also provide incidental shelter to the playing area below in adverse weather. In addition, the school will also be equipped with 'Radiant Cooling', also known as Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) with a view to have eco-friendly efficient and effective utilization of energy for overall cooling of the premises.
The outer walls of PGGS will have Air Aerated Concrete (AAC) Blocks which is energy efficient and environment friendly. The inner partitions of the school building are made up of dry wall partitions without using conventional bricks, thereby saving energy and restricted use of water during construction. A Rainwater Charging System would also be operational in the school whereby rain water would be collected and drained through perforated pipes to areas underground to recharge water levels and prevent depletion of the ground water table. PGGS will also have an eco-friendly STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) to reduce the use of water by re-cycling the treated water for flushing and horticulture. All this is being done with the intention to develop an environmentally sustainable edifice.
While eventually coming up as a school with G+4 floors up to Class XII with a capacity of nearly 2000 students, PGGS has in Phase one, commenced from Nursery to Class II. Each class will have four sections with an ideal lower student teacher ratio, following the pedagogy in consonance with the student centred Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) curriculum set by the CBSE. There are also plans to include the International Baccalaureate curriculum in the subsequent phase.
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