Shanti English Medium School was established in 1997, and Shanti Junior College of Science in 2008 at New Santosh Nagar, Bijapur Road, Solapur. The institution is affiliated to the Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune, and follows the Maharashtra State Board syllabus. The medium of instruction is English.
It is a permanently unaided Kannada linguistic minority institution, managed by the Shanti Education Trust, registered under the Society’s Registration Act of India, 1860. The institution provides education for students from nursery to 12th standard, staffed by highly qualified, competent, and dedicated teachers.
Moral and value education form an integral part of the curriculum. Co-curricular activities are encouraged to develop students’ all-round personality. Efforts are made to expose students to innovative and progressive trends in modern education. The institution is co-educational, with a present strength of 2000 students from Nursery to Std XII.
The high standards of education are reflected in board exam results, which have consistently achieved 100% pass. The institution has 70 classrooms, an administrative office, laboratories, a well-equipped library, math lab, linguistic labs, and computer labs. The multipurpose auditorium accommodates 200 people.
A spacious playground is provided for all games, with well-laid courts for volleyball, throwball, basketball, football, handball, and cricket. A special area is reserved for nursery kids. Physical education, work experience, drawing, painting, music, dance, yoga, scouts, and guides form integral parts of the curriculum to help children develop leadership qualities and balanced personalities.
The house system is a permanent feature of the institution. Under this system, inter-house competitions in debating, quiz, essay writing, short story writing, music, painting, elocution, extempore, dance, drawing, reading & writing, handicrafts, and singing are conducted. Inter-house games competitions are also held, and students are encouraged to participate in inter-school competitions.
The institution provides the best possible opportunities for the all-round development of children. A unique feature is that the entire teaching staff is women, following Jawaharlal Nehru’s saying: “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.”
