We are planning to move to chennai by this month end(feb-2019) from Singapore.We have shortlisted these two schools(NPS and Sri chaitanya Peumbakkam) for my son @9th grade and daughter @5th grade.As my son is in higher grade we are really worried about his school.so can you all suggest which one will be good?any other schools near that area?preferrably we are looking in and around south chennai only
The locality you are looking at has several schools but very few are actually good.
It is a good idea to move into a good CBSE school before 9th grade if you are going to be looking at living and working in India. i did a lot for research for my children when I first moved into this locality.
Here is a review I posted some time back on Parentree about Schools in and around OMR -
There
are several good schools in and around Sholinganallur. I have listed
them in order of my preference, you can easily visit each school and
evaluate -
1. Babaji Vidhyashram - A/C - reasonable fees - CBSE affiliated upto 12th standard with playground. 2. PSBB Millenium - Non A/C - reasonable fees - CBSE affiliated upto 12th standard with playground, toilets not hygienic 3. NPS - A/C - High range fees - ICSE affifliated without playground 4. Velammal - A/C - medium to high range fees - not affiliated, no playground for now, factory approach to education 5. Narayana & Chaitanya - A/C - high fees - fully commercial, no playground, constant exit of teachers 6. St.Johns Public School - Non A/C - medium to high fees CBSE Affiliated with playground, there is a religion focussed approach 7.
Ramana Vidyalaya - Non A/C - very reasonable fees - CBSE Affiliated
with small play area - English is a major problem in this school 8.Sacred
Heart - Non A/C - reasonable fees - They are just trying to convert
from State board to CBSE - English is a problem, they have state board
mindset in teaching methodology which is a problem. 9. Barathi
Vidyala - Non A/C reasonable fees - CBSE affiliated one of the oldest
schools in this locality but teaching quality is slightly better than
state board.
I found that it is tough getting admission in Babaji & PSBB however both are very good. Both my children study at Babaji. I chose the school because overall it checks off all my needs and they have a very transparent system with stable set of teachers.
All the best in your quest, remember to do the hard work of visiting and evaluating all options before you decide.
Thanks a lot for your detailed reply. Could you pls. share some details on Chitanya Techno School which is near to NPS School? Some of our friends left from Singapore earlier admitted into that School and I'm getting mixed feedback on that School
Thanks a lot for ur valuable feed back.Since my childrens are studying in ICSE syllabus I would prefer to go with this syllabus.Could u pl. share some valuable feedback about good ICSE schools and fee structure and facilities.
NPS International School has a huge playground now. They have purchased 2 acres of land next to school. The school is also planning to construct another building for early years and move them there. I am very happy with NPS for my 2 kids and so are all my friends who have come back to India.