My Long Search ended at Pragnya Montessori
I started searching for my son (3 years old) education 2 months back… For conventional corporate like education there are many good schools like Kennedy, Chirec, Meridian etc….. I don’t know in what attributes they are good…. We took decision to look out for alternate education system (Montessori, Waldorf, Gurukul) for him wherein he won’t be a part of RAT RACE and will be developed Holistically…..
We have visited below schools which claims to be based on Montessori Methodology…..
1) Sloka Kindergarten(Jublee Hills)
2) Sri ram Montessori (Jublee Hills)
3) Pebble creek (AS Rao Nagar Secunderabad & Thumkunta)
4) Taraporevalla Montessori House (Kavuri Hills)
5) Cremon Montessori(Ayappa Society)
6) Global India International (MadinaGuda)
7) Pragyan Montessori (Pragati Nagar)
8) Voxpop International(Kukatpally)
9) Little Scholars Montessori(Kukatpally)
10) Blue Blocks(Gachiboli)
First I would like to put my crisp thought on comparison of Waldorf and Montessori.
In Waldrof teaching is purely is fairy tale based… child will be taught everything by using diverse fairy tale rhythms… It will put child into an imagination world and will try to uncover the potential of imagination power of kid…. Like they will teach one number as “there is only one sunâ€â€¦ Two are parents…. The imagination power in child develops at age of 6 so it looks inappropriate to teach him in an imaginative way… in this method teaching is governed by teacher and kids follows….It is more like an Artistic way of teaching… group activity in Waldorf are at maximum…. Kid will learn sharing in easy ways….
Montessori is purely based on the real practical life… no or very minimum concept of imaginative fairy tale up to age 6… child will be introduced to classical practices to learn everything in a practical manner…. In this method child chooses his own activity as per his likes or dislikes… than teacher need to follow… it will develop tremendous leadership qualities… group activity in Montessori is at minimum….
Now coming to Brief Reviews of schools which we have visited…..
Sloka Kindergarten…. School management is very good…. All certified teachers… good environment for kids… parents who are convinced by Waldorf methodology may opt for this school with closed eyes also…. Their aziz nagar campus is awesome… (I was not convinced by the fact that Sloka uses a lot of stories from Bible… when I asked are they using ramayan stories also.. they clearly said NO….).. Sorry for being rough here….
Sri ram Montessori….. Very very good setup of Montessori materials… Head Mistress is very good in discussions.. she will explain you everything… I felt positive energy in their campus….. Parents who are staying nearby to sriram may opt for this school if they like montessori…. I rejected this school because of only one reason… “There was a big noise of construction going in adjacent vacant plotâ€
Pebble Creek Montessori….. a Big Yes to this school… Specially thumkunta Campus…. Everything is positive… staff.. Montessori material…teachers attitude… the silent campus…. They have playground.. basket ball court… It is very far from kukatpally and we am working in Banjara Hills… so decided not to go for it….
Taraporevalla… Kavuri Hills…. Setup is average…. I find deficiency of light and proper air at the play/study area… I personally didn’t liked it… no grudges to school management… they are cooperative…
Cremon Montessori…. This school doesn’t look even like a school…. No board outside school.. it is hiddn behind big bush….very old kind of building… I didn’t go inside… sorry….
Global India International… Madinaguda… They claim to be a Montessori based school but when you dig out more while discussing with principle you will come to know that it is a pure conventional school which follows same practices as other schools…. I decided to give a visit to classrooms… deficiency of light and air…. Not good setup…. They showed me a Montessori based lab which I checked and found that most of the materials were not as per Montessori…. This school is trying to mix Montessori and conventional education which is not possible at all…. Principle looks very inclined towards typical conventional education method….. Decided not to go for it….
VoxPop International… Kukatpally…. Self Proclaimed Montessori school but using conventional teaching methodologies…. Primary classed runs from a flat with hazy environment…. Classes were completely dark without light…. I just stepped out immediately….
Little Scholars Kukatpally…. They have good setup but seems lacking in extracurricular activities….. Reason for not choosing it “bathrooms were not clean.. They were dirty… and drinking water bottle was placed just outside the bathroomsâ€â€¦.
Blue Blocks Gachiboli….. Most hyped Montessori School in Hyderabad….. They conduct orientation session… parents need to attend two orientation sessions.. is it ok…. I thought of taking the feedback from parents whose kids are studying in this school… I went in morning and took feedback from many parents…. 80% of them said… it runs like a corporate house….. once you give the fees they will not listen you…..
Pragyan Montessori….pragathi nagar…. Reviews about principle of this school is very negative….. I found that all negative reviews about principle is from a single parents who posted them everywhere on internet…. So I decided to give it a chance thinking that there might be some personal clashed between those parents and principle….. I called Principle.. his name is Siva Kumar… he told me to come at Sharp 10AM… I said OK… we went there Sharp at 10AM…. It really looks like a school… a small playground in front… organized building structure…. Non polluted environment… it was airy and full of bright natural light which was inducing positive energy into environment….
There were 4 more parents… he started asking what do you know about your child? What you want from school? How do you behave with him? I answered all…. For me… these are natural questions…. We actually liked the way principle talked to us….. he was focusing more on behavior area of a child which is good to know…..We visited activity area and found that Montessori Material were very good and staff response was also very good…. There are two environments of Primary Montessori… This is the only Montessori school in India who is taking up children up to class XII…
Hi Priya
Thanks for a detailed information on montessori schools. My son is 5years and we will be moving from US. Currently he is a montessori school here. Do u think instead of going for intl school, montessori would be a good choice in India, at least for initial 1/2 years?
Aditya, You can go for Little Scholars Montessori House of children, Miyapur. It is awesome, they follow the real Montessori method.
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