Most, if not all, want to send their children to the “best” school possible. If you are new in a place it is very difficult to find out what is the “best” school. Also, with all the different education boards the choices are many. Here I list two schools that I consider to be the [...]
Before I moved to Pune two years ago, I did a lot of research in trying to find the “best” ICSE school. I called so many people (many whom I didn’t even know….was referred to by someone who knew them), in order to find the right school for my kids. Based on all that information, we made a decision to go with the “best” school….(l’m not going to name it). However, when we finally got here I realised that all the “information” I had got was actually just “opinions”. There was very little factual information. As I found out, almost no one had just factual information…..they just had “stories” they had heard, things that they think happened, etc.. Enough to say, that I had to find another school for my kids, and I had to find it fast. I ended up visiting almost every school there was in Pune at the time (within a certain radius), in order to get the information I wanted.
Any school is only as good as it’s teachers. With “international” schools mushrooming, it is difficult to find good teachers that have the right training for teaching in an international school.
Many schools state that they provide their own teacher-training. I would research and ask questions to the school about how many teachers have been trained, [...]
If your child is in the 9th grade when you move to India, definitely consider an International school for him/her. Traditional schools are certainly not the way to go. International schools are either affiliated with IB or IGCSE.
International schools are the latest fad. With IB schools also being very expensive (an average of Rs.2 lakh [...]
Continue reading about IB (International Baccalaureate) Schools in Pune, India.
When I moved to India, I shopped quite a bit. But there were many things that I did not get, because I thought they would be available here. Here’s a list of things I would definitely consider getting if you have kids:
Craft Supplies: Supplies such as construction paper, chenille stems, foam cut-outs, stamps, stencils, pom-poms, [...]