By Sunshine Preschools

07/04/2011 8th June 2011, Hyderabad – In the first ever unique tie up between a Preschool and a K12 chain in the country, Sunshine Preschools and Daycare and Gowtham Model Schools (GMS) today announced a partnership focused on the preschool and daycare segment of the market called Gowtham Kids – powered by Sunshine.

The tie up will see Sunshine & GMS coming together in 70 locations of GMS’s existing chain. It will cover all existing and upcoming Gowtham schools in the country, which could see an addition of over 250 new locations over the next 36 months. As part of the tie up, Gowtham’s expertise in running schools along with Sunshine’s time tested curriculum, study methodologies will be implemented at all Gowtham Kids locations. These services would be offered at very reasonable rates to cater to larger segments of the market.

Intellectual property sharing between the two parties, on methodologies of grooming students from GMS’s years of experience and Sunshine’s training to preschool staff on curriculum and teaching methods, will enable Gowtham Kids to groom young minds to be better prepared for higher classes later. The tie up will ensure coordinated and systematic efforts to bring out the best in children below 5 years of age and build an emotional bond with each of them that can come from long association with the same institute from preschool till the point of higher education.

GMS’s commitment to raise the standards of education for students of AP while helping them get a holistic all round development has been extended to preschools to catch them younger and guide them better. The partnership will serve to increase the quality of preschool education across the state. This also gives Sunshine presence in 100+ locations in Andhra Pradesh alone in a combination of 13 owned centers, 2 corporate in-house centers, 3 franchises, 16 curriculum partnerships and now 70 centers with GMS.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Venkat Narayana, Chairman of K12 said, “As GMS embarks on an aggressive expansion plan, strategic partnerships are being forged and with Sunshine we seek to strengthen our preschools segment, impress upon parents to strike the right balance by sending their tiny tots to a neighborhood school which can look after their needs right until they are ready to go to college.”

Adding to the above, Mr Amit Prasad, Vice Chairman and MD of Sunshine Preschools said, “The preschool segment of the market is very fragmented with the mushrooming of new chains and stand alone mom & pop outlets with varying standards. Such tie ups can help consolidate the preschool market across the entire country as we expand beyond AP.”

For a personal discussion with the company, or to get more details please contact:
Srinivas Ram,
Sloka PR,
(M) +91 9000793986, srinivas@slokapr.com

About Sunshine Preschools
Sunshine, India’s 1st Preschool and Daycare Chain, is a venture of SatNav Group. SatNav is a pioneer and leader in the Preschool cum Daycare concept in India since 2004, with 16 centers, most of them also having partnerships with leading corporate. Over 5000 children have passed out of our institution’s portals till date. Sunshine’s Daycare facilities for working parents ensure that there’s a preschool and 12+hour Day care close to either one’s work place or home all across the tri city of Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Cyberabad, now extended throughout AP.

About GMS: GMS is the leader in academic institutions for SSC results. For the last five years, GMS has been getting more than three ranks in the top 10 continuously. Envisioned by a team of four visionaries who were unsatisfied with the education being offered at that time, Gowtham began its journey in 1984 with a pioneering vision of transforming lives through knowledge. Over the years, the name Gowtham has evolved into one of the leading schools in this part of the continent.