About Billabong
Developing a new generation thought leader
Billabong High International School, Rewa is a co- educational CBSE school established under the aegis of “The Kakwani Foundation” with the aim to offer world class educational opportunities in the city of Rewa. We tied up with Kangaroo Kids Educational Limited (KKEL) for pre-primary and primary education. For the Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary, the syllabus is as prescribed by the central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). As a franchise school of KKEL, the pre-school is recognized as Kangaroo Kids and the main school as Billabong High International School.
Billabong High schools were created as a journey forward to fire the imagination of children. The continuing goal is to create meaningful and rewarding learning experiences that will remain with the children for life. The aim is to create a purpose of learning to allow children to be thinkers, innovators and problem solvers and to orchestrate experiences that will result in a natural and integrated development of knowledge, skills and thinking.
Our curriculum emphasizes hands on learning experiences. This entails the creation and selection of educational material that children can interact with.
The aim is to create a purpose of learning and allow children to be thinkers, innovators and problem solvers and to orchestrate experiences that will result in a natural and integrated development of knowledge skills and thinking. Overall we aim to equip all our students with the necessary 21st Century life skills. The theoretical under pinning’s of the way we help our children learn as opposed to teaching them makes our school different from others.
The word Billabong comes from the Wirradjirri word for “Billabong” the language of the Australian Aboriginal tribe. It means still water lagoon, fed mostly by spring water, which is sacred water. Sacred water comes from the earth, our mother, it is never touched by sunlight, that is why we are surrounded by the sacred water in the womb; it is protected spiritually. Billabongs are also known to provide plenty, as there is always a complete mini eco-system at all Billabongs. In true spirit, every Billabong High is a complete ecosystem catering to the intellectual emotional, social and spiritual development of a child.
LET US UNITED THROUGH LEARNING
- At Billabong, we believe world is united through learning. Students from every background come and interact together at BHIS to learn about the world.
- We have NO EXTRA curricular activities. Music, theatre, sports etc are all part of our curriculum.
- The physical facilities of the Billabong have been conceptualized and executed by the International Architectural Firm.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
“Education that will value:
Aspiration over ambition,
Spirituality over religion,
Wisdom over knowledge.
A united world over a divided one,
Individual creative thought over rote memory.”
KANGAROO KIDS
Explore our major milestones
Kangaroo Kids Education Limited (KKEL) is a company committed to pioneering the paradigm shift in Indian education. Led by Lina Ashar, the visionary educationist, KKEL instills a lifelong love for learning in its students. It rejects the idea that a uniform learning experience is good enough for all children. Instead, at KKEL the focus is on customizing learning, keeping in mind that each child is unique and learns differently. KKEL owned, Kangaroo Kids & Billabong High International Schools (BHIS), the forerunners in new format schooling and applied scientific learning methodologies, was founded by Lina.
Today, KKEL’s revolutionary model of education is imparted at over 100 schools in 30 cities across India, as well as in Dubai, Maldives and Qatar. Kangaroo Kids has been voted The Most Trusted Education Brand by The Brand Trust Report 2014, competing for this award with institutions such as IIM, IIT, NIIT, Oxford and Yale University. BHIS has been ranked amongst the Top 10 International Schools in India in a survey by the Education World Magazine in 2014. Kangaroo Kids and BHIS are now on their path to create a larger footprint through owned and partner school models on a world stage.
LINA ASHAR
The Pioneer of Preschool Movement
Ms.LINA ASHAR,The founder of BHIS is a distinguished entrepreneur, educationalist and innovator. She has achieved a prominent position in Indian and Global Education arena due to her innovative contribution to pre schools movement in India.
Ms.Lina Ashar has made a distinctive contribution to innovating and rejuvenating the present education system.Ms.Lina Ashar’s name feature at the top for reviving our education system in addition to offering contemporary and theme-based learning to younger generation in India.
Ms.Lina Ashar was the first in Indian education industry to launch a learner centric methodology and establish innovative methods of learning by providing an integrated activity and theme oriented learning. The successfull journey still continues with 56 Kangaroo Kids and 27 Billabong High International School across the world.
“Quality Education is the right of each child. It is easy for a school to ‘look good’ if they only select children after testing for high achievement.”
Best Wishes,
LINA ASHAR
Founder KKEL
Recognitions of Lina Ashar
- National Representative for World Forum on Early Care and Education in 2007.
- Rashtriya Ekta Award’ by the Global Economic Council for outstanding individual
- achievements & distinguished services to the nation in June 2005.
- Women’s Achiever Award by ‘Young Environmentalist Program Trust’.
- Part of various government special projects for the improvement of education in India.
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational Leadership ’ – Education World,2014.
- ‘Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational Excellence’ by Indian Economic Development & Research Association in 2009.
- Acknowledged among the ‘Top 50 Leaders who have Redefined Indian Education’ – Education World, December 2008.
- Part of the Waldzell Meeting in Austria – A Global Dialog for Inspiration, in 2007.