Reviews and experiences on schools in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune
Reviews about various schools in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. Do share your experiences as it will be helpful to others looking for information.
NHVPS: Very Bad Experience
By Ramesh - Posted on February 3rd, 2012
Hi All,
I had applied for PreKg admission for my daughter. we got a call and asked to come to the school at 10:30AM with both Parents and Kids. when we went at 10:30AM my kid had only 1 glass of Milk. we waited almost 2:30hr, the interview started only at 1:00pm. by this time my kid started to cry a lot. and she slept.
Interview Experience
This is the Rudest interview attend in my Carrier, Principal thinks she is superior, she knows all. She startes asking all(mine and my wife's) background like where we did our pre-kg,primary,highschool,college,degree and about our siblings and about our parents.
and she excepts everything in english, my wife has studied in rural area and she is not that comfort in taking english. Principal started asking questions like how did u passed ur BE without knowing how to talk in English. My wife told talking in English is not a compulsary. and Principal continued harsing my wife. asking many non-sense question. i was really ashamed myself for putting application in this school.
Pls dont join ur kid to this school.
NPS and its admission process
By NPS-Alum - Posted on January 31st, 2012
NPS admissions are among the fairest in Bangalore schools. The admission process is blind - they don't even meet the child or parents. What is there to "evaluate" in a kindergarten child? It would be unfair and cruel.
Seats are very limited. About 30-40 students to a class, and max 3-4 sections. That translates to less than 150 kids admitted into KG + Mont per year. Several thousands apply. The school does not misuse the demand and popularity to stuff classrooms or endlessly add sections.
Admission criteria are clearly mentioned on the notice boards: preference given to children of alumni and staff; siblings; children of transferrable parents; children in the neighbourhood, etc. Gender ratio is maintained. All other rumours - parent must earn more than 50L, mothers can't be working, children of parents in xyz industry preferred / not preferred, etc. are just that... baseless rumours.
Influence / recommendations do not work at all. The school doesn't take "donations" or "capitation fee" or "building fund". Fees are transparent. Enrolled students can expect 5% fee increase every year. Teachers are well paid and quite good. The teacher turnover / resignations are rare.
The school is definitely not for all kids. Issues are there, like in any other school. Academic pressure will be high in the higher grades. It is an excellent school for academics. Children find themselves in a peer group of academically-driven achievers mostly from middle class / umc, and are generally quite articulate and confident.
Kids who are not serious about studies can find it rigid and stifling. Kids who enjoy studies will love this school, and benefit most from it. The others might get stressed, but it is not possible to judge academic orientation in an LKG child. So some children do suffer in later grades. There are no regular parent-teacher meetings, but parents can always schedule meetings.
NPS is over 50-years old. NAFL and TISB are newer, excellent international schools established by the same management. The methodology in these schools is different compared to the NPSs. NAFL fee: around Rs. 1.5L pa; TISB: around Rs. 5L pa. These schools have less than 20 children in a class and max of 2 sections.
Because of the demand, seats fill up quickly. The staff might be terse over the phone - the phones are always ringing. Many parents find it understandably frustrating.
Lateral admissions are possible at every grade, although subject to availability. There are always kids leaving NPS from Grade 5 onwards because they can't cope, and prefer a more relaxed academic environment.
Apart from NPS, there are several other excellent schools in Bangalore. Some provide for better academic & extracurricular development. Key metrics are students per class, past academic / extracurricular record, and affordability.
Ultimately, a school is just one of the factors in education. Great individuals have emerged through all schools in cities and villages alike, and even no school at all!
- NPS Alumnus & NPS Parent
Ebenezer school - The school is rubbish and
By disgusted student - Posted on January 28th, 2012
The school is rubbish and you know it too. with a sports complex which was promised to be completed in the summer of 2011. The infrastructure is no better. There are "fines" for every small thing done. like for example, when they come for checking and they take away your cell phones, the school demands a fine of 1000rs??
The teachers are rubbish and they do not do their job. What is the point of security when they can't even do their job. people have come into the school and beat up a kid. Im ashamed to be part of this school and I am delighted to be leaving this place.
New Horizon Gurukul - Not a good school
By Pooja - Posted on January 24th, 2012
Not a good school. They are beating very badly. Actually, they are harassing children(Mental & Physically Both).
I am feeling very sad because these small kids can’t even convey the same to their parents. Most of the time kids are crying. Teachers are saying "I'll chop your fingers/ legs), not only this they hanging the kids & beating without any reason. There are many more things to say.........but can't write everything. At last, I can say, It's not a school - It's a hell for Nursery & LKG.
Vagdevi Vilas school - My experiences
By ramki - Posted on January 15th, 2012
My son is studying in VVS past 4 years . I find they are not focusing on childrens' education.
They are not very good in making educate the children in the English medium perttern . Here English is not at all good. Lot of teacher are new commers and they don't have enough knowledge to teach them properly . This school like any state school in a small town .
Their management to raise the level of standard in English and overall teaching method. Since there is no CBSE school available in this area , there is no option. please suggest I am looking for a change.
Ebenezer International School - Comments
By Ramesh - Posted on January 14th, 2012
One of the best school i come across in bangalore, Teachers are very polite good listnesrs and well qualified. my children studying in this school past 5 years, they are encourged in all activities like extra curricular, sports and competative examination.
Sishu Griha -very mediocre, too hyped for its standards!!!
By sonakshi - Posted on January 12th, 2012
For the benefit of all the scurring parents of those tiny tots, pls do not get dejected if you do not get admissions in Sishu Griha. Reasons below:
My daughter is currently studying in this school, tops the class and wins in most of the competitions and represents the school in interschool competitions, but in my opinion, there is absolutely no necessity to talk or place this school at the pedestal of “Unmatched Schools in Bangalore!”
I would like to bring on record that the parents are treated as “ Guinea pigs”, especially when you visit the school office. You are not even offered a seat to sit when you want to talk to them, and they talk to the parents as if they are doing us a favour! Come On, if this is the treatment that you give to the parents, then what kind of culture is expected to be taught in school to the kids!!!!!!!. I have faced this, especially from that lady ,- Usha who is the PA to the Principal. She does not even have the basic etiquette and mannerisms to deal with EXISTING PARENTS, forget the ones who go to Sishu Griha for admissions, I pity them………
I am a Hindu, but I studied in a Convent school in Bangalore itself and I am able to see the stark difference in the quality of education/ mannerisms imparted to students, pls note: it is not just sufficient to teach kids to greet with a “Namaste”, but teach integrity and how to behave…(what we teach at home is what that stays)
It is like any other ordinary school, for the following facts:
· Homework is at its minimal upto 4th
· No exams till 4th, but for the tests that they conduct every quarter
· Teachers do not pay special attention to kids who even score averagely
· They ask kids to get money even if it amounts to Rs. 10/- (can’t the school collect it included in its fees), it was never the case in the school that I studied
· It is either an Annual day in a particular year or Sports Day- never both!
· The level of sports activity in the school encouraged is not even comparable to Government schools!- It is only parents who have taken the extra effort to get their wards exposed to a particular sport externally and win prizes for the school, absolutely no support/ encouragement from the school’s end(apart from announcing in the school assemblies)
· How about Quizes/ other academic competitions?- let me put it in bold-“IT IS THE PARENT WHO HAS TO AND WILL DO IT FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO EXCEL IN COMPETITIVE EXAMS LIKE Asset Apptitude, Maths and Science Olympiads and other competitions. The school gives not one iota of effort/ backing! All that matters is Parent’s complete undivided attention to kids and NOT the school’s contribution.
· Question booklets are given away to the child chosen to represent the school and it is the parent who is expected to make the child quiz ready, then what are the functions of the teachers/school, if this is the case???
· The level of English comprehension and vocabulary of the kids that I have seen in Sishu Griha is definitely far below to the standards of the Convent schools (I keep comparing to what I was when I was my daughter’s age)
· Even for a Christmas party or an excursion, children are expected to bring all the food stuffs and items, my questions is what is the school contributing?? If everything is to be provided by the children themselves, though this might seem petty, but it matters, when compared to other schools
The list goes on…but I am definitely pulling out my daughter out of this school and putting her to some of the convents here, they do best!!
Incomplete Portion in The Orchid School - Baner Pune
By Manish Chadha - Posted on January 9th, 2012
Hi All
2 of my kids go to The Orchid School in Baner Pune.
I have submitted withdrawl letter for my son studying in 4rth already due to poor monitoring at the school and now its the heights that my daughter studying in Std 6th has started her exams AND SOME PORTION IS INCOMPLETE and the teacher is absent...This teacher is handling 4 subjects....Wow This is amazing ! What a Management !
The Study revision week has gone and the exam week has started and the portion is incomplete for some subjects.
Withdrawing my daughter as well coming session.
WelCome to the MOST EXPENSIVE & THE BEST CBSE SCHOOL IN PUNE.
Aurobindo School Admission for Pre-Nursery
By Ajay - Posted on January 3rd, 2012
I received admission for pre-nursery in Aurobindo School for my daughter. They said they are giving me prefernce since I am an alumni of the school.
For 1st year (pre-nursery), donation - (40K + 40K + 25K) plus Fees - 45K
So, for 1st year, it comes to around 1.5 lacs
From 2nd year onwards, only anuual fees would be charged -- around 45K
Transport: Around 12-14K per year
Our experience with Akshara art of Learning
By parents of akshara school kid - Posted on December 12th, 2011
Our child has been going to Akshara for almost an year now. I see that he is learning something new everyday. I like the way they started off biology -- from the existance of amoeba. They are doing a lot on maths too. But not sure if the application of all that is covered. Very true that they dont have a proper sports teacher. Nor do they teach music/art/dance/yoga on a regular basis. More than these, we are little disappointed with the principal and her behaviour. She keeps on speaking and doesnt seem to listen to us or get our point. Very true, that she thinks no other schools could have taught children in the montessori way or could have feeded lots of information to the kids.
The other major drawback of the school is that parents are not allowed to meet the teachers, who actually teach and would know your ward better.
On the whole if I have to say if the school is good or bad, may be I dont have an answer. Like any other school it has both good and bad and one needs to decide what exactly they want from the school.