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Rockwell International School - Kokapet
Rockwell International School was founded in 2009 by Subash Boda, who came to education from a software-architecture background as co-founder of Pinnacle Software Solutions. CBSE, Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma run alongside on a 2.5-acre Kokapet campus.
In brief
Rockwell International School was founded in 2009 by Subash Boda, who came to education from a software-architecture background as co-founder of Pinnacle Software Solutions. CBSE, Cambridge IGCSE and the IB Diploma run alongside on a 2.5-acre Kokapet campus.
Ages 3 to 18. Around 1,500 student capacity, which is substantial for a 2.5-acre footprint. Subash Boda remains as Chairman and Managing Director. Kokapet sits in the IT belt's southern edge, off Gandipet Main Road.
Parent signal runs positive on the holistic-development framing and the curriculum range; the small-campus footprint relative to student numbers comes up as the structural counterpoint. Public fee data is not consistently published; admission enquiries are required for current figures.
Reviews
Families talk most about the activity side here: sports, music and the all-round programme come up as the things children visibly gain confidence from, on a campus parents describe as clean and well kept. The recurring frustration sits on the operational side of teaching. Subject teachers not being settled into place in the early weeks of the year, daily class notes that do not reach parents, and notebooks marked unevenly are the specifics that come up, alongside a sense that teaching quality swings depending on which teacher a child gets. A supervision lapse during a cricket session that left a child hurt is the sharpest single complaint, and it feeds a wider worry about how closely day-to-day activity is watched.
Positives
- Sports, music and all-round programme. The co-curricular side draws the warmest comments, with parents crediting sports and music for building children's confidence and seeing the all-round emphasis as the school's real strength.
- Campus upkeep. Parents describe the campus as clean and well maintained, and rate the infrastructure and labs highly even where they are critical of other areas.
Considerations
- Teacher allocation and consistency. Parents report subject teachers not being settled into place in the opening weeks of the year, and say teaching quality varies a lot by individual teacher, with some felt to be under-trained.
- Parent communication. A common complaint is thin day-to-day communication: daily class notes often not shared with parents and notebooks marked inconsistently, leaving families short of visibility into the classroom.
- Supervision and safety. One account of a child hurt during a cricket session, tied to a wider concern that staff are not always on top of what is happening around the premises, is the most pointed criticism families raise.
Leadership
Subash Boda
Mr. Subash Boda (Chairman & Managing Director) has expertise based on several years of valuable management experience in the fields of Education and IT sectors globally. As a co-founder of Pinnacle Software Solutions, he was the Chief Architect for setting up operations and processes for recruiting, training, orienting, and successful placements of many software professionals. He also owned and operated Rockwell University in the State of Virginia, USA, offering various diploma and degree programs. Subash has Bachelor’s Degree from Manipal Institute of Technology and Master’s Degree from West Virginia Institute of Technology, USA. He also authored several books on Information Technology published by Element-K.