The first school opens in Lucknow in 2025-26, with 20 schools planned in 3 years. 30 per cent of seats in the CBSE curriculum will be free for under-served and deserving children. The pledge is part of the Rs 10,000 crore social donation recently announced by the Adani Group. The company earlier announced Rs 6,000. crore towards building Adani Health Cities (AHCs) in partnership with US-based Mayo Clinic. and Rs 2,000crore to build a skilled talent pipeline for serving industries across the spectrum with ITE Education Services (ITEES) of Singapore. The partnership will give rise to best-in-class research institutions focused on developing teaching competencies supported by innovation and capability development. The Adani-GEMS schools will benefit from a global curriculum combined with the best of Indian study boards. The first such school will open inLucknow in the academic year 2025- 26, with at least 20 such schools in the K-12 segment will be rolled out across India’s primary metropolitan cities and, subsequently, also in Tier II to IV cities.
