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By Asia Education Review Team , Monday, 28 August 2023

The Global Schools Foundation, based in Singapore, has announced a strategic partnership with the Witty Group of Institutions

  • Based in Singapore, the Global Schools Foundation (GSF) has formed a strategic alliance with India's Witty Group of Institutions. The collaboration brings together two famous worldwide school platforms with a shared purpose of providing highly innovative education formats that provide students with global learning opportunities and future-ready abilities. Witty Group of Institutions has campuses in Mumbai, Udaipur, and Bhilwara, offering international curricula such as Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels, as well as Indian curricula such as CBSE and ICSE. The schools are noted for their values-based teaching, with a special emphasis on sparking students' interest in innovative endeavors to become inquisitive, knowledgeable, self-aware, and ethical citizens. GSF network of international schools spread across 64 campuses in 11 countries, focuses on a skills-based educational framework that is delivered through state-of-the-art infrastructure that uses various educational technologies, like proprietary Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, to bring about significant learning outcomes for students. The strategic partnership is a meeting of values and ethos for both GSF and Witty. It aims to capitalize on the individual strengths of the two groups and benefit from the operating synergies and smart learning technologies. "We are delighted to welcome the Witty Group into the GSF network. We share a vision of providing quality education to students. Our collaboration is sure to greatly benefit the student community by encouraging ideation and peer-to-peer interactions at a global level. Founded in Singapore in 2002, GSF is a not-for-profit organization focused on the K-12 education sector. 

    It provides International Baccalaureate, American curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE & A levels, British National Curriculum GCSE, IPC, CBSE, ICSE, and Montessori curricula. GSF students have been accepted by Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, as well as other leading universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the G5 of the United Kingdom, which includes Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the London School of Economics, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), as well as Top 50 ranked universities worldwide. Over 150 global institutions collaborate with GSF students, who are coached by specialized in-house career counselors, each year. The network of schools and the variety of curricula provide GSF students with the opportunity to study a course of their choosing and the mobility to change domicile if they want. Students are assured admission at any time of year to any GSF school in South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, or the Middle East, as well as prominent Indian cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and NCR. Dr. Vinay Jain, co-founder of the Witty Group, stated, "Our goal has always been to provide the best learning environment and opportunities to our students." Our relationship with GSF made this possible, broadening the opportunities for our kids to fly. The GSF network will provide a lot better service, and learning experience to the students to excel beyond academics and help shape them as global citizens." Dr Mrs Raina Jain, co-Founder of Witty Group said, "GSF's track record in progressive pedagogy will facilitate Witty school students & teachers to attain the next level of excellence."

    GSF schools are noted for providing students with opportunities to achieve through various activities such as the Real World Challenges Convention, Qutuhal, and others, in which students from various schools can participate and exchange information with their global counterparts as part of their learning journey. Students are also participating at international conferences this year, such as the Asia-Pacific Quality Organization, by presenting white papers alongside corporate entrants. "Witty Group students will be able to engage with international students in several collaborative projects and engagements and find these learning experiences beneficial for their overall growth and prospects," said GSF India Country Director Mr. Ashish Tibdewal." As a sustainable and community-oriented institution, GSF believes in keeping today's young minds engaged with global collaborations and exchange programs. Recently National Geographic channel featured a Smart Campus of GSF as a "School of the Future" which showcased how these curricula & skills are delivered through state-of-the-art campuses.