Date:12/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061258940200.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

T.I.M.E opens play school

Special Correspondent

3 pre-schools with brand name ‘Trishna Kids’

HYDERABAD: T.I.M.E. institute has made a foray into formal education by opening a chain of play schools.

Three pre-schools with the brand name ‘Trishna Kids’, set up at Banjara Hills Rd.No.12, Sainikpuri and Kukatpally will open from June 16. They will have play group, nursery and pre-primary I (PPI) sections and the enrolment is on.

“Our forte has always been education and training and our strength lies in our expertise in preparing courseware, teaching methodology, quality faculty. This had helped us in training over 1,30,000 students including graduates preparing for CAT, GRE, GMAT and so on,” says its founder director P. Viswanath in a media conference here on Wednesday.

Experts in pre-school training would head the institutions which would be increased to 15 schools across the country by 2009 and 300 schools by 2012 in at least 15 cities. Much thought has done into preparation of courseware, teaching equipment and play tools to be provided for pre-school students and fees would be competitive. The organisation is also planning to open primary schools with CBSE syllabus later on and upgrade gradually, he said. Academic head of pre-schools Devina Choudhary and Head of Pre-schools Jayesh Nair were present.