GEMS Education enters South and West India

Mumbai: Global Education Management Systems Private Limited (GEMS), with its vision to bring world-class K12 educational experience to India, sets foot in the southern and western regions of the country by signing two separate contracts in Chennai and Pune.
 
GEMS has signed an agreement with a private investor in South and will be undertaking market and financial feasibility studies for opening an international school of excellence in the region. Under the arrangement, GEMS would also be conducting a close comparative analysis of the Chennai and Madurai markets and their demographic conditions to understand the necessity and sustainability of a world-class School model.
 
In a similar arrangement, GEMS has also signed up with another private investor in Pune and will soon be commissioning market and financial feasibility studies for opening an international school equipped with latest technological and infrastructural facilities. The School, first-of-its kind initiative in the region, will be functional during the next academic session.
 
Confirming these tie-ups, Ajey Kumar, Country Head, GEMS Education said, “We as a one-stop shop educational services brand, offer a gamut of services including full management, advisory, audit and consulting and are willing to enter into similar arrangements with serious players to further enhance the quality of K-12 education in the country. These new alliances in the southern and western markets complete our first phase of the Pan India expansion agenda. We endeavour to bring in the best of education for the children of India and have committed ourselves to creating benchmark education standards in the country at par with other parts of the globe.”
 
GEMS Education worldwide has a network of over 100 Schools across the globe and around ten Schools in multiple locations in India. As a planned move, GEMS India is aggressively expanding to establish a pan-India presence through a network of own as well as managed Schools in the Country. GEMS India had recently announced plans to expand to 50 schools across the country in its various models over the next three years with around Rs 300 crore investment from its own kitty and around Rs 1200 crore coming in from its partners / other school promoters.