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I feel you should calm down. Way most of the schools like Scottish High and LVIS are still calling for interaction, I think you will get your number soon.

Also, there would have been a number of parents who would have gone for Suncity and in between would have taken admission in other schools. That will open up more seats in Suncity. Chances are most of the waiting list will clear-up.

Then, Shriram will come, so there would be again more dropouts. I have a feel that this clearing of waiting list will continue for long.

So calm down and cheer up!

Permalink Reply by Sumeet Gupta on September 7, 2013 at 10:18pm

@Shikha, first of all congratulations. Coming to your question, it all depends upon you. DPS 45 is a tried and tested school and does have an excellent feedback, with it's focus mainly on academics. However, it does not mean it does not focus on co-curricular activities. As a matter of fact, i haven't seen a single unhappy DPS 45 parent. On the contrary, LVIS is a newer school and has a lot of ground to gain vis-a-vis DPS. Another difference is that DPS 45 does not have AC classes and its primary schools are in different buildings than the main one in 45. One more factor that can weigh in is distance of school from your house. All in all, difficult choice to make. But you're lucky that you are spoilt for choices :)

Permalink Reply by Parul on September 7, 2013 at 10:27pm

@Sumeet True and spot on, very difficult choice to make.

@Shikha, now you should go by your instinct and what your heart says. Finalize and then don't look back.

Permalink Reply by Neeta Unny on September 8, 2013 at 11:37am

Hi Sumeet. DPS 45 is mainly into academics and there are plenty of parents who, somewhere down the line, start to regret choosing the school for their kids because of the kind of pressure they start putting class 1 onwards. In a class of 40 students, the teachers can't give proper attention so parents need to give a lot of time to children at home. Emphasis is more on rote learning than knowledge and copying from the board instead of creativity. There is hardly any focus on co-curricular activities after Prep (KG) and since there is so much homework, project work (class 3 onwards), and tests. I know parents who've moved their children out of the school in higher classes. Infact, I'm planning to move my child out of the school too next year.

Permalink Reply by Parul on September 8, 2013 at 1:29pm

@Neeta: Which schools are you considering for your kid and why?

Permalink Reply by Neeta Unny on September 9, 2013 at 8:27am

Parul, I'm planning to shift him to Shiv Nadar. The school has really invested in the curriculum and teachers training. Children today need a more interactive environment than what we did when we were students because of technology they're bombarded with much more information. They need a learning environment where they can ask questions and relate their daily experiences to what is being taught in the class instead of just rote learning. Shiv Nadar's curriculum takes this into account. They also lay special emphasis on sports and arts, which I think is really good. I've spoken to parents in Shiv Nadar (higher classes) and educationists around and all of them have good things to say about the school. I did consider Heritage and Shikshantar too but realized that SN's curriculum was a little more robust.

Permalink Reply by Parul on September 9, 2013 at 9:25am

Neeta: How about their infra, its yet not complete? Regarding their curriculum, that must be CBSE, so what difference are they making to the curriculum?

Also, did you consider other schools like LVIS, SH, GDG etc. to name a few.

Permalink Reply by Neeta Unny on September 9, 2013 at 3:14pm

@Parul, Their building isn't complete. Infact, I have to admit that the first time I visited the school, I was taken aback. But I've seen the construction make good progress in that last month.

CBSE is a board and schools associated with CBSE follow NCERT. This gives the schools a few directives on what to teach when so that all students reach a certain level by class 10. HOW the school teaches is decided by the school curriculum. The school can either ask students to refer to textbooks, memorize content, and pass tests. Or they use experiential techniques. For instance, I can teach my child about wind energy by showing him a picture in a text book, giving him homework, and taking a test the next week. Or I can actually take him to a wind farm, let him see what's happening. I can have a discussion the following week to reinstate this learning. The child will naturally grasp what was taught and this will be long-term learning. And this type of learning will come easily to a child.

SH was not in my list because of the snob factor in higher classes. I did consider LVIS but after some research I dropped it because although they have a better infrastructure than DPS, their teaching methodology is almost on the lines of DPS (principle and quite a bit of staff are ex-DPS). Shiv Nadar School has the ex-principle of Sanskriti school, Delhi on the school board. And the current principle is the ex- vice principle of Shriram school.

Permalink Reply by Parul on September 9, 2013 at 3:54pm

Thanks Neeta.