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EVENTS

Intellectual India

Meet India’s finest boarding schools, universities and colleges at the
highly-anticipated annual event, The Great India Education Fair.

B Y A SHIMA SETHI
n February 3rd and 4th, Queen Sirikit National
Convention Center held the 11th year of The
O Great India Education Fair, a popular fixture in
the country’s annual calendar of events. The two-day affair
saw thousands of parents in attendance, all of which view
Indian education institutions as a window of opportunity
for their children to experience learning in a reputable
environment. This year saw a substantial rise in the number of
establishments exhibiting at the fair. These included premier
boarding schools, award-winning universities and colleges, as
well as English learning centres.
While walking through each booth, it was definitely inspiring to
Every year, the popularity of the fair grows tremendously, with meet so many talented teaching staff who seem to thoroughly
this year featuring some of India’s most recognised and high- enjoy their position as educators taking part in the promotion of
ranking schools in attendance. Representatives were abuzz overseas education. With such a large turn-out of parents and
in their explanations of the Indian ‘ICSE’ and ‘CBSE’ board students, as well as exhibitors, it is evident that next year’s fair
curriculums, as well as popular foreign curriculums like the will be even bigger.
International Baccalaureate (IB), and the IGCSE and A-Level
curriculums. The fair also featured a diverse range of higher For more information or updates on their
education institutions offering a range of undergraduate and upcoming events, add them on:
postgraduate programmes in areas such as business and Facebook: TheGreatIndiaEducationFairThailand
management, IT, web design and programming, animation, Instagram: @tgiefthailand
engineering, medicine, dentistry, and much more.

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