Learning at
SIRS
The full CBSE curriculum from Nursery to Class X, what students learn at each stage, how teachers bring it alive, and how the Himalayan campus itself becomes part of the education.
Learning at
SIRS
Shiva International Residential School follows the curriculum prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, across all classes from Nursery to Class X. The curriculum has been selected not only because it is the national standard, though it is, but because it is the curriculum best designed to prepare students for the next stage of their education and for the demands of professional and civic life beyond school.
At SIRS, the curriculum is understood as a minimum, not a ceiling. Every teacher is expected to teach beyond the textbook, to bring their subject alive through context, connection, and genuine intellectual engagement. The smart classroom displays, the laboratory facilities, the library, and the outdoor environment of the Himalayan campus are all understood as extensions of the curriculum.
From Nursery
to Class X
The curriculum at SIRS is understood as a continuous journey across four broad stages of development, each with its own character, its own demands, and its own particular joys. The school tailors its pedagogy to meet the student where they are, while always preparing them for where they are going.
The Co-Scholastic
Programme
The CBSE framework recognises that education is not complete without co-scholastic development, the domain of sport, creative arts, and life skills. SIRS takes this recognition seriously and has built a co-curricular programme that is as carefully considered as the academic one.
Six school clubs, Literary, Cultural, Environmental, Science & Technology, Creative Arts, and MUN, operate throughout the year and culminate in the Annual Cultural Day. The four-house system, Falcons, Ospreys, Hawks, and Eagles, runs an inter-house programme across sport, academics, and cultural events. The Student Council provides elected leadership opportunities from Class VI upwards.
The Himalayan setting of the campus is itself understood as a co-curricular resource, the terrain, the climate, and the natural environment provide a context for outdoor education that very few schools in India can match.