HIstory
Fast facts
- The school is affiliated with India’s premier educational board – Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) since 1997.
- The teacher-student ratio is of 1:30.
- The school is situated on an eight-acre campus featuring playing fields, a children's playground, a basketball court, an outdoor auditorium, a water harvesting system and a forest area in addition to classroom facilities.
- The school also had five feeder schools for pre-primary and primary classes. These were located at Nana, Bijapur, Lunawa, Mundara and Champabagh, Bali.
- A remarkable 99% of students have gone on to higher studies and have received a 99% graduation rate which is a stark contrast to the high drop out rates found across the state.
- Students access the school from various villages across a radius of 45 Kilometers. The school has an efficient transport system, including 4 school buses, which enables access to the school.
- Volunteers visit the school annually from across India and overseas to contribute time towards the campus, teaching and sharing their experiences with the students.
- United World College annually sends 2-3 college-age volunteers who assist in teaching over a period of 6 months.
- Putney Student Travel, a US-based student work-study and travel program, sends approximately 18 American high school students every July to spend one-month volunteering at the school.
- Both Girls Learn International and The Advent School in Boston, MA has American high school classroom partnerships with The Fabindia School.
- Students from Loomis Chaffee, USA, visit the school every alternate year.
- The school does projects with great schools in India like The Doon School and The Scindia School.
- There is a School Management Committee that helps the school meet the aspirations of the community of Bali and adjoining areas.
- The alumni of the school are today spread far and wide, and even settled overseas.
- The alumni are working in the private sector, the public sector and in government jobs too.
- In addition to the BAT Board of Trustees, a diverse and talented group of advisory board members are dedicated to creating a visionary school which continues to be a model for high-quality rural education in India.
Timeline
- August 1992: School opens with 11 students
- 1992-1995 Principal: Mr Vishnu Kant
- 1995-2000 Principal: Mrs Meena Pandey
- 1997: School obtains CBSE affiliation
- 2000: John Bissell Scholars Fund established
- 2000-2006 Principal: Mr Jayant Biswas
- 2006-2013 Principal: Mrs Parinita Ranpal
- 2007-2008 Academic Year: 582 students
- 2008-2009 Academic Year: 703 students
- 2008-2009: Class XI Commerce steam.
- 2010:- Feeder schools opened in 5 locations
- 2011 - School website set up www.fabindiaschools.org
- 2012 - 1000 students across all schools.
- 2011 - Exchange program with Hotchkiss and Loomis Chaffee, USA
- 2012 - Sandeep Dutt joins BAT as Chairperson
- 2012: - BAT Website setup www.bateducation.com
- 2013 - English Language Lab setup at Bali
- 2013 - Class XI Science Stream.
- 2013 - Three year Campus Development Plan launched
- 2013 - Feeder Schools were shifted to the main campus
- 2013 - Fedena school management software introduced
- 2013 - Mr Atul Bhatt joins as Manager (Training & Development)
- 2014-2017 - Mrs Deepika Tandon Principal
- 2015 - PDP - Professional Development Programme - introduced
- 2015 - My Good School Programme introduced - Service+ Skill+ Sports+ Study.
- 2015: - Green School Prize from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
- 2017 - Ms Rajeshree Shihag appointed Principal
- 2018 - Learning Forward India 3-year Professional Learning Program completed.
- 2019 - My Good School standard core curriculum adopted.
- 2019 - Class XI Humanities Stream
- 2020 - Google For Education, online learning and teaching set up.
- 2021 - New school website www.fabindiaschool.org