53 online & alternate schools · India & UAE

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• Small live pods capped at eight
• Project-based timetable
• Current annual and entry fees are published

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• Indian and Pearson Edexcel pathway options
• Main-programme 2026–27 fee range is public
• Wide Pre-Nursery to Grade XII span

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• Grade-specific fees are public
• Two-teacher live-class model
• Nursery to Grade XII span

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• HyFlex: online + on-campus labs
• Cambridge & Edexcel pathways
• University counselling built in

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• Indian and international pathway choices
• Live online classes
• Current grade-linked fee range is public through a marketplace listing

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• Recognised Cognia accreditation
• Small 15-student class size
• Specific focus on Nursery–Grade 8

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• Brain-based small-group classes
• NIOS, Cambridge & Edexcel paths
• Focus on attention & self-regulation

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• Nursery–Grade XII coverage
• Indian, Cambridge and Pearson pathway choices
• Multiple live IST batches with recordings

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• Activity-based delivery
• Wide grade span
• Three annual start windows and 3-, 6- or 9-month payment plans

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• Highly personalized 1:4 or 1:5 ratio
• Project-based, hands-on learning
• Montessori & IB inspired curriculum

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• Beautiful, green 8-acre campus
• Stress-free, holistic primary education
• Strong focus on sustainability

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• Established physical school chain (Pune)
• Bagless system with strong planning
• CBSE curriculum online

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• Simple published fee bands
• Nursery to Grade XII span
• Provider publishes live and self-paced elements plus hybrid activities

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• Triple accredited (NEASC, WASC, Cognia)
• Flexible learning paths (1:1, Group, Self)
• Global student community (190+ countries)

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• Wide range of accredited curricula
• Affordable and flexible payment plans
• Special Education (SEND) support

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• CBSE & IGCSE curriculum options
• Small class sizes
• Live interactive sessions

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• Quick NIOS admission support
• On-demand exams
• Flexible schedule

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• Fully published fee schedule with NRI bands
• ICSE and ISC on a nature-integrated campus
• Highest verified rating among the KFI schools listed

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• Live and recorded delivery
• Nursery to Grade XII span
• Timetabling aimed at GCC families

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• Cambridge IGCSE in Class X
• ISC with full or week boarding
• Mixed-age, nature-integrated learning

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• Project-based, experiential teaching run at full CBSE scale
• Grade-by-grade fee structure published openly by the school
• Seventeen special educators and a stated inclusion programme

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• Completely free education
• Government backed and DBSE affiliated
• Provides support for competitive entrance exams

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• Established legacy
• Small class sizes
• NIOS and Cambridge

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• CBSE accredited curriculum
• Interactive classes with trained staff
• Co-curricular activities without extra charge

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• Fully published fee schedule
• About 7:1 staff-to-student ratio
• Exam-free curriculum to Class 8

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• Highly affordable
• State board options

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• Sixty-five years of continuous progressive practice, not a recent rebrand
• No uniform and no formal exams in the lower and middle school
• Central city campus with an open playground

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• India's first full Waldorf school, running since 1997
• Published fee schedule for every grade band
• Waldorf pedagogy to Class 8, then a statutory CBSE route

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• US Diploma
• Flexible pacing
• WASC accredited

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• Fees published openly, by key stage, on the school’s own site
• Cambridge and NIOS routes running side by side
• Stated 1:12 teacher-to-student ratio

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• No fee — income-linked contributions instead
• Class groups of 6–12; about 70 students total
• Teacher-run with no principal

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• The only KFI school with an LKG intake
• Mixed-age groups in Classes 2–7
• No uniform, non-competitive sports ethos

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• Fully personalized 1:1 learning pace
• Approved Pearson Edexcel Centre
• Experienced subject and curriculum experts

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• Non-graded stages rather than year groups
• Fee stated openly and includes food and transport
• Deliberately small, with deep parent involvement

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• Cambridge framework delivered through project and makerspace work
• NIOS board route allows exams to be spread out
• Rolling admissions with no fixed deadline

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• Programme designed around student-athlete schedules
• Home and selected study-centre formats
• Live and bridge-session model

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• Statutory CBSE affiliation, verified to 2028
• About 1:7 staff-to-student ratio
• Full published fee schedule by class

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• About 5:1 student-to-teacher ratio
• Cambridge IGCSE and A Level with a NIOS alternative
• Working sustainability campus — solar, biogas, organic farming

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• CISCE-affiliated with a verifiable school code (TN059)
• Stated 9:1 ratio and small capped class sizes
• No student ranking and no cumulative GPA

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• Among the lowest fees of any alternative school listed
• No marks, no textbooks, no board pressure to Class VIII
• Reserved seats for EWS, disadvantaged groups and children with special needs

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• Three decades of continuous operation as an alternative school
• Small, mixed-ability groups with special educators on staff
• No exams until about Grade 8; NIOS allows exams to be staggered

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• CBSE affiliation to Class XII, with the letter published
• Fees published per grade and signed, not "on enquiry"
• Documented 1:20 ratio with a special educator and counsellor on staff

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• Fee scales to what the family can afford
• Farm, forest and craft genuinely built into the week
• Small, mixed village-and-city intake

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• Free peer support
• Active local chapters in major cities
• Annual national gatherings

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• Real-time small live classes
• British and US curriculum choices
• Group, 1:1 and some asynchronous options

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• No fixed start dates or timetable
• Tutor feedback + Progress Manager
• Cambridge-registered for ages 4–18

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• Established since 2005 (Inspired)
• First full IB Diploma online
• At-home remote exams

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• Small live classes
• Current annual fees are public
• Live lessons are recorded

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• Multiple Indian and international pathways
• Live classes with recorded backup
• Pearson centre appears in the official directory