WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE GIS

Mavis Sithole • May 05, 2023


If the adage that ‘Happy parents make happy children’ is true then Gaborone International School has found the magic wand to happiness. We, as a school, are creating happiness! What more reason than this would you need to enrol your child with us?


Why Gaborone International School?


  • Affordable fees (easy on parent’s pocket)
  • Academic excellence (every parent’s pride)
  • Top-notch results (parents get money’s worth)
  • Resources (classrooms, furniture, textbooks, equipment)
  • Small classes (new buildings ensure adequate accommodation of learners)
  • Highly qualified and dedicated teachers (motto: learners first)
  • IGCSE (an international qualification to take our learners into the world)

             HAPPY? DEFINITELY!


Mega Centre: 3 Schools in One!


 GIS is a home of learning in the true sense of the expression. The size of the school makes it a big home for a big family, catering for the youngest child to the oldest; from Creche, Reception, Primary up to Secondary School.

This makes Gaborone International School a one-stop-shop, a great convenience for the modern parent in today’s fast-paced world where time is truly money.


The convenience of dropping all children in one school creates happy parents


There is safety and security for our younger learners, knowing that their older siblings are just meters away from them. This is very comforting and creates happy learners.

Apart from convenience and safety, the transition from one level to the next is smoother for learners at GIS as there is no need to start in a new environment and be subjected to new rules.


Enrol your child at GIS now for:


  • Convenience and safety                                                     
  • Continuity and smooth transitioning                                                     
  • Consistency and security!

     

 GIS IS FUTURE FOCUSED!

 … Get your child set up for the real world.

 

With GIS you move with the times: STEM and STEAM.



Our Technology Centre is up and running. Our Learners are deep into Robotics and Al Lessons, the envy of anyone who is future focused and moving with the times. Whereas some learners just read about this, at GIS this has become a reality and our learners are deeply immersed in this technology, coding and programming their way into the future.


If your child is not at GIS yet it is time they join this future-bound train! Learning is exciting and exhilarating. Happy learner means happy parent: Happy Learner also means happy teacher. It’s happiness all around at GIS. Magic!


GIS’s Curriculum!


GIS has a wide and dynamic curriculum whose end product are every parent’s pride and every educationist’s envy.

  • Our reception learners step into Standard 1 with the kind of confidence only GIS can create.
  • Our Standard 7s finish with a flourish, as they leave Primary with a Primary school leaving qualification (PSLE). This first qualification is the joy and pride of most parents, their bundle of joy’s first Certificate, groundbreaking! Unlike some private schools, GIS has maintained this Exam, giving GIS an edge over the rest.
  • Our Secondary leaving exam, Cambridge IGCSE is an internationally recognized qualification that places our learners at par with the rest of the world, global citizens that can live and learn in any place of their choice. Nothing pleases a parent more than knowing their child fits into today’s competitive world, neck to neck and shoulder to shoulder with other children.
  • Our AS Level qualification gives learners the basics of a global learning culture, recognized internationally by the world’s best universities, again making our products super competitive. This can only be good news to parents. Magic, I said!

 

     What are you waiting for? Enrol now and step into the magic.

     GIS; leaving no child behind!

 


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