Greater Noida World School (GNWS)

Greater Noida World School (GNWS)
HS 28, Block A, Sigma I, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201303, India
http://www.gnws.edu.in/
Greater Noida World School (GNWS) stands on a 10-acre green campus at Knowledge Park V, Greater Noida, barely two kilometers from the under-construction Jewar International Airport. Established in 2006 by the not-for-profit Infinity Educational Society, the institution identifies itself as a “progressive day-boarding cum residential school” that combines Indian ethos with the Cambridge and CBSE curricula—offering dual certification from Grade IX onward. Academic blocks are low-rise, smart-classroom structures built around a Japanese-style zen garden, while specialized STEAM centers, Atal Tinkering Lab, NITI Aayog robotics zone, two 3D printing studios and an astronomy deck on the roof make innovation curricula non-negotiable. The school currently enrolls 2,450 day scholars and 140 boarders from 25 states and 12 countries (Korea, Nigeria, Nepal, Vietnam, Iran among them) across 18 grades from Pre-Nursery to Class XII.

From Grade I itself students follow a 60% CBSE core and 40% Cambridge enrichment model; by Grade X they have the option of continuing CBSE or transitioning full-time to Cambridge IGCSE, and finally to AS & A Levels. GNWS is a registered Cambridge International Examination Centre (IN744) and an NABET-accredited CBSE school. Faculty strength is 195, drawn from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, IITs, University of Melbourne and King’s College London; 58% hold Master’s degrees with teaching certification and average 11 years’ experience. English remains the medium of instruction, with daily second-language choices of Hindi, French, Spanish, German, Sanskrit and Mandarin, plus AI-powered “mother-tongue preservation” labs for Korean and Swahili.

Co-curricular breadth defines the GNWS experience. There are 24 competitive sports—including Olympic-size swimming pool with anti-drowning AI cameras, air-conditioned indoor cricket arena, horse-riding paddocks and neuroscience-driven gym—while 31 signature clubs range from drone racing and cybersecurity to MUN Refugee Council, sangeet-choreology and yakshagana theatre. Students run the country’s first school-level weather station recognized by the Indian Met Dept and an outdoor astronomy observatory certified by NASA’s GLOBE Program. Weekly “community impact immersions” partner with NGOs on Yamuna bio-diversity, gender-lens micro-finance and digital literacy for marginalized women.

Pastoral care takes form in vertical “house families” where one teacher advises 8-10 students across grades. Boarding houses are air-conditioned, Wi-Fi-enabled, four-student suites with biometric access and parental livestream. Menu planning is seasonal, farm-to-fork, diabetic-friendly; resident psychologists and adolescent endocrinologists conduct bi-weekly SEL circles. Safety is reinforced through 350 CCTV units, an AI-based ‘Panic Watch’ for girls and fleet of GPS-attached electric buses. Annual tuition for day-scholars Rs. 2.4–3.2 lakhs (inclusive labs, meals, day care up to 6 p.m.), boarding Rs. 7.9 lakhs with optional IBDP bridge year in collaboration with UWC Mahindra.

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