The Eric Benny Football School, a venture of Eric Benny Sports Management, in academic collaboration with Delhi Public School Rau, Indore has announced the opening of first of its kind football school to be set up in Indore.

This will be the first ever football school in the country where football training as well education is provided in the same campus. The first session is commencing from 2019. Located in a sprawling 32 acres picturesque campus at Rau, Indore, the new school is going to be home to all the budding footballers who want to be an educated professional footballer.

The school will have an international size turf ground (100×55 meters) with an additional 5-A-Side football field. The mentorship & training will be provided by Eric Benny, former India Footballer and former General Manager of the Indian National Football team(s). There will be full-time UEFA certified German coaches with technical inputs from a German Football Academy, Deutsches Fussball Internat (DFI). The Indian coaches will also be trained by the German coaches under ‘Train the Trainer’ program. The school will also be conducting special short-term training camps with national & international players from time to time. Children enrolled with EBFS will also get an opportunity to get scouted for European Exchange Programs in partnership with European Clubs and Academies.

Further, the school campus opens with unique facilities like Holistic Day Boarding Co-Ed School with a perfect balance between academic, sports and co-curricular activities; Worldwide acclaimed six-decade old Delhi Public School pedagogy; 32-acre campus with 1,50,000 sqft of magnanimous infrastructure; Dedicated air-conditioned building for the students of Classes Pre-Nursery to Prep with Bagless School with no homework policy; New Generation Smart Classes in tune with International Standards; Augmented Reality and 3D Printing Labs for experiential learning and In – school meal facility with a specially designed menu, with rich nutritive value.

“At EBSM, our mission is to create an educated race of footballers. The collaboration with DPS Rau, Indore will direct us to achieve the joint mission of providing holistic development to our student-athletes,” said Eric Benny, Founder & CEO of Eric Benny Sports Management (EBSM) at the launch event.

Hari Mohan Gupta, Pro Vice Chairman, DPS Rau, Indore and Chairman Jagran Social Welfare Society further contributed by saying, “One area that truly sets us apart from other schools is our philosophy based on its unique balance of academic growth and sports excellence, through all-round development, designed to teach and reinforce 21st century skills.”