IES Ashlane Primary School

I.E.S the logo itself has Value addition through education. I.E.S Ashlane Primary School holds the best infrastructure with all the facilities and modern equipments including the smart boards.It caters to the all round development and also safety of the children. Airy and spacious classrooms for lively learning experience. It stands as a prestigious school in the vicinity since 1977.The Indian Education Society was founded in 1912 by a tiny band of young and dedicated College teachers who gave the best years of their lives to the society and its Colleges. They were S. V. Nabar, B. N. Vaidya, V. N. SuIe, P. Y. Patkar and M. D. Harne. The little seed these stalwarts sowed grew into a mighty tree with several branches, Colleges and colleges. In the later period, the Indian Education Society was served brilliantly by Manik Lotlikar and Padmakar Dhamdhere. Under their care and tutelage the society developed into an institution managing over sixty Colleges, a junior college and two professional colleges - a College of Management and a College of Architecture. The Colleges of the I.E.S. have been a nursery out of which have blossomed enormous number of persons with varied talents. Colleges have produced some of the leading scientists and researchers, scholars and teachers, engineers and doctors, brave members of the armed forces, cricketers and swimmers, theatre and film personalities as well as the first Indian idol! The Indian Education Society is committed to serve the community with the best kind of education. It has taken innovative steps in the field of education like e - learning, encouragement of technical education at the College level, digitalizing of libraries, introduction of new streams like the ICSE, etc. The Society has also initiated the process of accreditation of its Colleges by the Quality Council of India begining with the NES Campus in Bandra East. In establishing a junior college the IES affirms that it would provide the best facilities and resources to its students. In keeping with the high standard the IES has maintained in the past, we hope to have a junior college which would become soon the first choice of our students. The Indian Education Society believes that in cooperation with the heads of our institutions and teachers and parents / guardians and students, we can scale still greater heights of excellence and educate our young to become worthy citizens of our country. The Indian Education Society commonly known as I. E. S. in the educational circles is considered as one of the largest educational trust in Maharashtra. This trust is 94 years old. The first school was started in 1912 under the name of King George English School by a handful of dedicated social workers. These founding fathers believed in the spread of education as the necessary ingredient needed for achieving freedom. I.E.S. has Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary Schools in Greater Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts. The schools teach in two media i.e. Marathi and English. The Students strength is approximately 70,000 who are taught by well trained teachers. The IES also runs three colleges: College of Architecture, College of Management and Research Centre and Junior College at Bandra. In the year 2002, the Maharashtra State Government honoured IES by declaring it as An Ideal Educational Institute. For the overall development of the students, the society undertakes a number of schemes, programmes and projects in different campuses of IES schools. Indian Education Society or IES is a 94 year old Public Charitable Trust, committed to education. The humble beginnings of IES can be traced back to 1912 when 5 teachers laid the foundation of ‘The King George English School’ as they were inspired by the opinion on education of King George V who visited Mumbai then. It was formally founded on 29th September 1917 at Dadar, by a group of 7 dedicated visionaries whose main objective was to impart education for all. Today IES has 62 schools and 3 colleges. The Pre-Primary, Primary and Secondary schools are spread out in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts. The schools teach in 2 media ie English and Marathi. The colleges are College of Management and Research, College of Architecture and Junior College, which are at IES Bandra Campus west and east respectively. Nearly 70,000 students are taught by trained staff in these schools and colleges. IES aims at inculcating right values in the students as they are the future of our country, hence its motto is ‘Value Addition Through Education’ In the year 2002 the Government of Maharashtra rightly declared IES as ‘The Ideal Educational Institution’