Universal empowers young minds to embrace challenges and develop a courageous mindset through our innovative curriculum and activities.
We equip students with the right attitude and skills to help them find their unique place in the world by providing a wholesome and ever-evolving learning environment. We exist to enable them to fearlessly pursue a better tomorrow.
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26 Campuses
50 Years of Immersive, Progressive Learning
Since 1968, Universal has helped thousands of students to learn, play, engage in cultural exchange, and develop life and career skills to create their unique place in the world.
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Wholesome growth through creativity, values, fitness, culture, and life skills.
Ever-Evolving curriculum that combines academic rigour with practical relevance.
Environment that is exciting, flexible, healthy, secure, and sustainable.
Learning comes alive through engaging, interactive, and technology-rich content.
Smart solutions for parent engagement and student success.
The Best Way to Learn is from Scratch
In Thane #2nd
Universal Thane Campus
Started 2008
ICSE and ISC
Curriculum
Clubs and Activities
We pride ourselves in providing a school with a warm, safe, and happy environment where students feel welcome and are cared for. Our aim is to provide opportunities that extend and challenge every student to exceed their potential and excel in all fields of life. We will do everything in our power to create an educational system that maximises potential, encourages the use of technology, and extends beyond the textbook into real life.
Ms. Sneihal Narvekkaar Senior Principal
Academics
We take a fearless approach to creating a wholesome learning environment imbued with a progressive curriculum that keeps pace with the world. Our students are globally-minded, confident, creative, and resilient individuals, ready to navigate an ever-evolving world.
Our Approach to Learning
We provide comprehensive personal support and guidance at our schools. We prepare students for success by working with them, helping them discover and develop their strengths, and by providing an environment where they can learn, play, and do everything in between at school.
Every Child Learns Differently
No two students are the same, and neither should their learning be. At Universal, we focus on individual needs to ensure that every child is both learning and engaged.
Better Humans for a Better Tomorrow
Students are more than just their marks. That’s why, at Universal, we expose children to life skills and human values.
Let Students Enjoy Childhood
At Universal, we o er Abacus, Vedic Math, remedial classes, and much more at school to avoid tuition or activity classes.
Remedial Classes
Learning with Tablets
Abacus
Pre-Primary: Learning by the Play
The early childhood curriculum is designed to meet the needs, interests, and abilities of children, fostering their holistic development. Our curriculum is inspired by Dr Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, while our student-centric pedagogy is influenced by the Reggio-Emilia approach.
Our Pedagogy: Reggio-Emilia Approach
Each child is considered infinitely capable, creative, and intelligent. The teacher's job is to support these qualities and challenge students in appropriate ways.
i. Students learn, express, and develop critical thinking skills through projects, group work, field trips, resource books, and audio-visuals materials.
ii. Students learn through touching, moving, listening, and observing.
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Students have some control over the direction of their learning.
Developing the Whole Child
Our curriculum is based on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory. Going with the traditional belief that IQ is the best predictor of intellect, schools focus on language, numerical, and spatial abilities. Instead, based on evidence from disparate sources, the MI theory claims that humans have a number of relatively discrete intellectual capacities. Students, at an early age, should be exposed to all eight intelligences for wholesome growth. Here are all eight types of intelligence and their corresponding learning experiences:
Linguistic Intelligence
A phonics-based language and rich environment promote listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary enrichment.
Interpersonal Intelligence
Group work with both peers and adults builds confidence and positive relationships.
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Self-awareness grows through prayer and reflection.
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Sand play, water play, dance, drama, and yoga promote the development of fine and gross motor skills.
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Numeracy and mathematical skills are developed by observing order, patterns and relationships, cause and e ect, abstract symbols, and concepts of time, space, and quantity in the universe.
Naturalistic Intelligence
A love for one's natural and cultural environment blossoms through interactions with the real world.
Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Scribbling, drawing, colouring, painting, origami, and other cra work hone the child's aesthetic sense.
Musical Intelligence
Songs and poetry teach rhythm, pitch, and balance.
Primary: Instilling Joy in Learning
Our primary curriculum is thoughtfully designed to align with the recommendations of ICSE and incorporates all elements of academic and extracurricular interests to create a passion for learning. It caters to the challenging requirements of contemporary and future educational needs.
Building Concepts Learning Languages Coding Programme
Students build fundamental concepts in language, math, science, and computer science.
Students learn Hindi, Marathi, and English as a part of the language programme. A foreign language is also introduced from Grade 4 onwards.
In Grades 1 and 2, students learn SCRATCH Junior and move ahead with SCRATCH from Grade 3 onwards.
Big Book Reading
Secondary: Connecting with the Real World
A er mastering fundamental concepts in primary school, students go through a more rigorous academic programme and learn from real-world situations.
Applying Concepts
Students learn to apply concepts in real-world situations through project-based learning.
Understanding the World
Students learn to discover and respect the world and its diversity through exchanges and excursions.
Developing
21st-Century Skills
Students engage with global organisations such as MUN, IDF, Habitat for Humanity, and many more to develop leadership and teamwork skills.
Project-Based Learning
Debate Competition
ISC: Preparing for the Future
The Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC) is recognised for entry into a Bachelor’s degree programme in India and abroad. The programme enables students to take responsibility for their learning and career choices.
Making Career Choices
Students can choose Science, Commerce, or Humanities based on their interests and career goals.
Industrious Mindset Career Guidance
Students learn the value of hard work and perseverance as they prepare for board exams.
Career counsellors help students evaluate their career choices. University fairs and seminars are also arranged to help them make an informed decision.
Pathways
Science
Compulsory
• English (Language and Literature)
• SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work)
Electives (select any four subjects)
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Economics
• Business Studies
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
Commerce
Compulsory
• English (Language and Literature)
• SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work)
Electives (select any four subjects)
• Economics
• Commerce
• Accounts
• Business Studies
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
Collaborative Learning
Biology Lab
Beyond Academics
Students have endless opportunities to fulfil their creative, intellectual, and athletic potential through stimulating classes and comprehensive programmes.
Sports and Activities
Students discover their interests and passions through various sports, clubs, and activities. An a er-school training programme is also organised for competitions and team coaching.
Outdoor Sports
• Cricket
• Football
• Basketball
• Athletics
• Kho-Kho
• Throwball
Indoor Sports Activities
• Swimming
• Table Tennis
• Chess
• Carrom
• Yoga
• Taekwondo
Sometimes We Swim with the Tide, Sometimes We Are the Tide
Music and Performing Arts
Every child can express themselves. Expressions School of Music and Performing Arts aims to nurture the artist that's alive in each one of us through music, dance, and drama.
Vocal Dance
An 8-year programme where students will learn rhythm, voice training, notations, ear training, and music in culture and technology, as well as utilities across Indian music and world music.
Students are exposed to the basics of contemporary, hip hop, robotics, Indian folk, and Bollywood fusion. They are also exposed to Western forms of dance and indie classical fusion in higher grades.
There Is No Language More Universal Than Music
Technology
Technology is not just a text at Universal—it is a way of learning and a way of life! At Universal, technology is integral to bringing together learners, teachers, parents, and the community, and is not just a parade of new gadgetry.
Classroom Coding
Audio-visual technology is a vital part of new and modern classrooms. It is a powerful tool that enables teachers to present information and complex ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.
Students have access to the IT lab, where each student works on a structured ICT curriculum. Students learn to code as part of their curriculum through the Scratch programming language.
E-Library
The Digital Library has an online database of digital books, audio, and video content that enhances student learning.
Bringing Learning Alive With Technology
Student Services
Universal o ers an array of support services and resources to ensure that students are best equipped to thrive in the school environment.
Nutrition
The development of children requires more than a good education. The right nutrition is critical for them. We ensure that our students eat nutritiously and form good eating habits.
Healthcare Support Transport Safety and Security
Our on-campus infirmary has highly skilled and trained healthcare personnel. We are well connected with hospitals and clinics in the vicinity in case of emergencies.
All buses are equipped with first-aid kits and fire extinguishers, which are manned by trained lady attendants.
The entire school campus is a safe and secure zone. The premises are mapped with CCTVs and have a surveillance room where all public space movements are monitored.