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Why it is important to get School Affiliation?

The main objectives of the CBSE were those of: serving the educational institutions more effectively and to  be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government services and had frequently transferable jobs across the country.

CBSE is one of the most preferred boards in the country and the reasons are many. CBSE is behind maintaining uniformity among all the students across India. It's effectiveness is reflected on the number of schools affiliating with it each year. It covers basic and general knowledge required for a child to move forward in terms of education. Not only have they introduced All India Board exams for Standard 10th and 12th.      

We are, at our core, social creatures. Affiliation is the strength that allows us to join with others to create something stronger, more adaptive, and more creative than any individual — the group.

1.       The Roots of Growth:

Your family is your child's first and most important group, glued together by the strong emotional bonds of attachment. Yet your child is also connected to other groups with far less powerful bonds — he is part of a culture and community. Membership in all of these groups will shape his life. In turn, as he grows he will influence them. It is in groups that your child has thousands of brief emotional, social, and cognitive experiences that help define his development. The capacity to join in, contribute to, and benefit from groups is essential to his healthy development.

2.       Necessity to learn engagement with people:

From his primary relationship with you, your child has learned social language and basic rules of interaction. The importance of these rules is reinforced by his dependence on you and your inherent size, strength, and power. However, none of these factors is present when your child first starts to interact with other young children. Because of this, children tend to be better at engaging and affiliating with adults than with other kids. The "rules" of social engagement and communication between children take time and experience to learn.

3.       Grasping Group Dynamics:

As children grow, they become better at maintaining and managing multiple relationships. Structured and regulated group interactions such as those in a preschool classroom help develop these skills. Picking a partner to work on a task or play a game with provides opportunities to wait, share, take turns, cooperate, and communicate with others. The games and the tasks increase in complexity as your child grows.

4.       Offer the Help and Support to the Children:

The majority of children who have problems in groups have yet to learn how to self-regulate or reach out to others. They do not easily learn social cues and often act in impulsive or immature ways when they do not get what they want. This makes other children avoid them, which creates a negative cycle — fewer opportunities to socialize leads to slower social learning. Over time, these children stand out further and further from their peers in their capacity to be a comfortable part of the group. A distant, disengaged, or impulsive child won't be easily welcomed in a group. And in fact, if he is not part of a group, he may act in ways that lead others to tease or actively avoid him.

The only priority of the School and Affiliation Board is to:

·         Devising a student friendly study pattern by introducing effective innovations in teaching and learning methodologies.

·         Improvement in examinations and evaluation processes to deliver fair results.

·         Promote the skill learning among students by adding job-oriented inputs.

·         Conducting various service training program and workshops on regular basis so as to update the instructive skills of the teachers and administrators. 

 For more details on How to start a CBSE School, Steps to Start a CBSE School, Complete Guidance to Start a School and How to Get CBSE Affiliation, visit our website www.indiaeducare.com Or CALL US 8889-063-333

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A write up by Educare India Advisory on Skill Course “Artificial Intelligence” introduction and offer for different classes by CBSE

As you all are aware that our new National Education Policy NEP 2020, offers flexibility, so that learners have the ability to choose their learning trajectories and programmes, and thereby choose their own paths in life according to their talents and interests;

 'Department of Vocational Education' of the Board has been renamed as 'Department of Skill Education', and renaming of the Vocational Courses as Skill Courses from Academic Session 2018-2019, by notification 20 September 2018.

Educare India Advisory is one of the fastest growing educational consultancy services across India. Our services comprise of complete guidance for academic support with giving valuable guidelines. Here, we present the new skill based subject “Artificial Intelligence” with its all aspects.

Skill course “Artificial Intelligence” introduced from session 2019-20 onwards by Circular No. 14 /2019 dated: 09.03.2019, To enhance the multidisciplinary approach in teaching learning and also to sensitize the new generation, it was decided that School may start AI “Inspire module” of 12 hours at Class VIII itself.

As a new 17th subject to enrich skill courses options for secondary classes subject code 417 named “Artificial Intelligence” now available for senior secondary with subject code 843.

Boards launch 3 new subjects namely “Design thinking”, “Physical Activity Trainer” and “Artificial Intelligence” at class XI onwards session 2020-21 by Circular No.: Acad-25/2020 Dated: 07.04.2020. Board is already offering 17 Skill subjects at Secondary level and 37 Skill Subjects at Senior Secondary level to upgrade the skills and proficiency of the young generation.

Educare affiliation service always keep all the board’s norms on top priority and experts helps right from the documentation, application to inspection in the process of affiliation.

Our Recruitment Services, when it comes to recruiting teachers, our expertise team plays a vital role in getting the best quality teachers and placing them on time as per the need of our clientele base PAN India. Huge networking at various levels acts as a catalyst for getting the best out of the crowd and meets the requirements of the clients.

Subject code 843 named “Artificial Intelligence” introduced with the main objectives of

1. Develop informed citizens with an understanding of AI and the skills to think critically and knowledgeably about the implications of AI for society and the world

2. Develop engaged citizens with a rigorous understanding of how AI can be harnessed to improve life and the world we live in

3. Stimulate interest and prepare students for further study to take up careers as AI scientists and developers to solve complex real world problems.

 To introduce a new course in school is always a challenge for not only principal but even school management also. There is lots of planning and preparation required, Educare India provides full Management of schools in accordance with our efficient comprehensive educational systems and methodologies that cover all areas of school functioning. The list given below is suggestive material required at school for smooth run new course “Artificial Intelligence”

Desktop Computer/ Laptop / Tablet                               Web cam (in case of desktop)

Scanner                                                                                 Projector & Screen

Hub/switch                                                                         Internet

Printer

Software: Microsoft Office Applications, Anaconda Navigator, Web Browser (preferably Google Chrome and/or Mozilla Firefox)

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 Data Scientist                                                           Data Architect

ML Engineer                                                            Data Analyst

Game Programmer                                                             Business Intelligence Developer

Software Engineer – AI                                          AI Research Scientist

 Detailed curriculum and topic for are now available in CBSE website.

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Which Curriculum / Board / Syllabus Option Should I consider for the new school setup?

Often, when we speak with clients there is a question generally raised by them that you being an education consulting service provider which board or curriculum do you suggest for our project of new school.

Before we proceed we need to know what the various options we have are:

·         State Board: State Government Recognized Board

·         CBSE: Central Board of Secondary Education

·         ICSE: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)

·         IB: International Baccalaureate ( commonly known as International Board)

·         IGCSE: International General Certificate of Secondary Education/Cambridge University

For proceeding with a particular board or curriculum we need to understand that every board has their own set of byelaws which a school management has to follow like:

ü  Minimum land requirements

ü  Infrastructure requirements

ü  Other amenities

So a client needs to take decision of proceeding with a certain board after finalizing on below points:

Ø  Objective of the school project

Ø  Checking whether and for which board the minimum requirements the project can compile for

Ø  Investment planning for the said project

Ø  Project feasibility at particular location planned

We at Educare India Advisory, with a team of expertise can guide you with complete handholding from the scratch to meet all your queries and help you to set up your dream project.

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Why it is important to get School Affiliation

The main objectives of the CBSE were those of: serving the educational institutions more effectively and to  be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government services and had frequently transferable jobs across the country.

CBSE is one of the most preferred boards in the country and the reasons are many. CBSE is behind maintaining uniformity among all the students across India. Its effectiveness is reflected in the number of schools affiliating with it each year. It covers the basic and general knowledge required for a child to move forward in terms of education. Not only have they introduced All India Board exams for Standard 10th and 12th.      

We are, at our core, social creatures. Affiliation is the strength that allows us to join with others to create something stronger, more adaptive, and more creative than any individual — the group.

1. The Roots of Growth:

Your family is your child's first and most important group, glued together by the strong emotional bonds of attachment. Yet your child is also connected to other groups with far less powerful bonds — he is part of a culture and community. Membership in all of these groups will shape his life. In turn, as he grows he will influence them. It is in groups that your child has thousands of brief emotional, social, and cognitive experiences that help define his development. The capacity to join in, contribute to, and benefit from groups is essential to his healthy development.

2. The necessity to learn engagement with people:

From his primary relationship with you, your child has learned social language and basic rules of interaction. The importance of these rules is reinforced by his dependence on you and your inherent size, strength, and power. However, none of these factors is present when your child first starts to interact with other young children. Because of this, children tend to be better at engaging and affiliating with adults than with other kids. The "rules" of social engagement and communication between children take time and experience to learn.

3. Grasping Group Dynamics:

As children grow, they become better at maintaining and managing multiple relationships. Structured and regulated group interactions such as those in a preschool classroom help develop these skills. Picking a partner to work on a task or play a game with provides opportunities to wait, share, take turns, cooperate, and communicate with others. The games and the tasks increase in complexity as your child grows.

4. Offer the Help and Support to the Children:

The majority of children who have problems in groups have yet to learn how to self-regulate or reach out to others. They do not easily learn social cues and often act in impulsive or immature ways when they do not get what they want. This makes other children avoid them, which creates a negative cycle — fewer opportunities to socialize leads to slower social learning. Over time, these children stand out further and further from their peers in their capacity to be a comfortable part of the group. A distant, disengaged, or impulsive child won't be easily welcomed in a group. And in fact, if he is not part of a group, he may act in ways that lead others to tease or actively avoid him.

The only priority of the School and Affiliation Board is to:

· Devising a student-friendly study pattern by introducing effective innovations in teaching and learning methodologies.

· Improvement in examinations and evaluation processes to deliver fair results.

· Promote skill learning among students by adding job-oriented inputs.

· Conducting various service training program and workshops on a regular basis so as to update the instructive skills of the teachers and administrators. 

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Cost of Starting a School in India

Establishing Schools in India is not everything, it is much more than setting up a building with classrooms, laboratories, and libraries. The entity willing to establish the school needs to get licenses and permissions from relevant authorities. This is a long process which usually takes a couple of years. Under normal circumstances, it takes a year to start the school’s construction after creating the governing body but, it often takes more than a couple of years as well.

School authorities can also get approval from CISCE Board or CBSE Board but in order to get the affiliation, it requires to follow the guidelines laid down by these boards.

Cost Estimation in India:

If you are planning to start a pre-nursery school then cost will be quite less. For a good structure affiliated school, startup cost estimation is quite huge. Prepare a large amount of money to start a school and it can increase further based on the place of operation, living standard, etc. Setting up a standard school will have its own implications like money spent on arranging furniture, gadgets, electronics, computer, maintenance, and other requirements.

The government has issued a circular making it mandatory for management planning to open private schools to own a minimum of two acres of land in rural areas, one-and-half acres in town municipality and panchayat jurisdictions, and at least one acre in the corporation area.

According to the circular, Rs. 1 lakh is the minimum safe deposit for primary schools, Rs. 2 lakh for Kannada-medium higher primary schools, Rs. 5 lakh for English primary school, Rs. 3 lakh for higher primary school and Rs. 10 lakh for English-medium higher primary school. The deposits should be kept in a joint account of the government and the school management. Registration Fee:

The department has also modified the registration and procession fee for schools. As per the modified rate, Rs. 25,000 is the registration fee for pre-primary schools and Rs. 10,000 is the processing fee. Schools that run classes 1 to 5 will have to pay a registration fee of Rs 25, 000 and processing fee of Rs. 10,000.

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Land requirement for CBSE affiliation

When we are planning to set up a school, the first question in our mind is that how much land we will be required to set up a CBSE project.

The land requirement for CBSE varies from city to city and when you go through the CBSE bye laws you will get a long list so we being your consultant let’s make it easy for you to understand the land requirement:

·         Anywhere in India other than hilly area as marked under the byelaws of CBSE ,metropolitan cities and cities with population less than 15 lacs – 1.5 acre / 6000 sq metres (with restrictions of students) or 2 acre/8000 sq metres (with no restrictions of students)

·         Metropolitan or cities with population more than 15 lacs – 1 acre / 4000 sq metres

·         Hilly areas as marked in Byelaws of CBSE (Hilly areas/capital cities/NCR/cities >15 lakh/ Panchkula (Haryana) and Mohali/ North-East/Islands/J &K)– 1 acre/4000 sq metres

Apart from above basic thumb rules we can proceed with more detailed understanding as follows:

·         A1 Cities –

              4000 Sq mtrs – Senior Secondary Section- 4 streams

              3000 sq mtrs – Senior Secondary Section - 2 Streams

              2000 Sq mtrs – Secondary level

·         Metropolitan cities/entire state of Arunachal Pradesh –

3200   Sq mtrs – Senior Secondary Section - 4 streams

2400 sq mtrs – Senior Secondary Section - 2 Streams

1600 Sq mtrs – Secondary level

We need to keep in mind that the land should be in a single piece of land and no public road, railway line, stream, canal and power lines should cross the piece of land. The plot of land should be surrounded by a single continuous 6 feet height boundary wall on all four sides enclosing the school building and the playground.

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Importance of Science Laboratory in schools

Science is a universal subject that spans the branch of knowledge that examines the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

The data is taken from source Eighth All India Education Survey Report By NCERT

Out of the total 1,17,257 secondary schools in the country, 49,278 (42.03%) schools are having facility of Science laboratory. Out of 49,278 schools, having Science laboratory out of them 70.64% schools are having adequate Science laboratory. Out of 56,983 higher secondary schools with secondary stage, 33,999 (59.67%) are having Science laboratory and out of these schools 57.14% are having adequate facility.

Educare India Advisory one of the famous name in education consultancy, can help you with the entire process of science laboratory set up.

If you are a new school and looking for a fresh affiliation, you must know that as per CBSE affiliation by laws

Minimum physical infrastructure required for a each separate (Senior Secondary) lab (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) or composite (secondary level) lab minimum size is 9m X 6m (approximately 600sq feet).

Expert of Educare India Advisory, advised all school must have spacious and proper laboratories to provide better learning opportunities for students and stated that

“Well-designed laboratories not only make science experiments fun but also help students in achieving good academic results.”

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Significance of Computer Lab in Schools

We Educare    India Advisory Team believe that computer education in schools plays    an important role in student career development. Computer with the internet    is the most powerful device that students can use to learn new skills and    more advanced version of current lessons.

Computer Lab for New School setup

(As per CBSE Norms “Affiliation  Bye Law”)

Every school should have at least  one adequately equipped Computer Lab with a minimum of 20 computers or  computer student ratio of 1:2 and required software. Ideally 1:1 (1 computer  : 1 Student) is advisable.

Wherever such facility is  available, every school should have the facility of Broadband Connectivity  with the feature of Internet always on from any service providers.

 How it will helpful for the student

According  to Educare India Advisory  experts, fundamental knowledge of computer from the lower class helps the  child to explore more knowledge. Through painting software student can show  his/her creativity.

MS  office tools help to students can  take notes in classes easier without any issues due to handwriting, smudging,  or cramping.

Educare India  Advisory experts believes that if students  get enough of  opportunity to learn the  way organize data or record, definitely this would increase their planning  and management skills as well.

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5G Network

The advent of 5G is  one of the most enigmatic new upcoming technologies that can impact  businesses in 2020. Many industry experts have termed 5G as the future of  communication and to some extent, it’s true.

“5G  wireless networks will support 1,000-fold gains in capacity, connections for  at least 100 billion devices and a 10 Gb/s individual user experience of  extremely low latency and response times, as stated by  Huawei. “Deployment of these networks will emerge  between 2020 and 2030.”  

However,  to take this speed to everyday mobile users, mobile network carriers will  need to increase bandwidth and reduce network costs. Moreover, LTE adoption  isn’t waning and is estimated to reach $672 billion by the end of 2020.

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IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL AFFILIATION

The CBSE is one of the most preferred boards in the country and the reasons are many. CBSE is behind maintaining uniformity among all the students across India. Its effectiveness is reflected on the number of schools affiliating with it each year. It covers basic and general knowledge required for a child to move forward in terms of education. Not only have they introduced All India Board exams for Standard 10th and 12th.

The main objectives of the CBSE were those of serving the educational institutions more effectively and to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government services and had frequently transferable jobs across the country.

Your family is your child's first and most important group, glued together by the strong emotional bonds of attachment. Yet your child is also connected to other groups with far less powerful bonds — he is part of a culture and community. Membership in all of these groups will shape his life. In turn, as he grows he will influence them. It is in groups that your child has thousands of brief emotional, social, and cognitive experiences that help define his development. The capacity to join in, contribute to, and benefit from groups is essential to his healthy development.

From his primary relationship with you, your child has learned social language and basic rules of interaction. The importance of these rules is reinforced by his dependence on you and your inherent size, strength, and power. However, none of these factors is present when your child first starts to interact with other young children. Because of this, children tend to be better at engaging and affiliating with adults than with other kids. The "rules" of social engagement and communication between children take time and experience to learn.

As children grow, they become better at maintaining and managing multiple relationships. Structured and regulated group interactions such as those in a preschool classroom help develop these skills. Picking a partner to work on a task or play a game with provides opportunities to wait, share, take turns, cooperate, and communicate with others. The games and the tasks increase in complexity as your child grows.

The majority of children who have problems in groups have yet to learn how to self-regulate or reach out to others. They do not easily learn social cues and often act in impulsive or immature ways when they do not get what they want. This makes other children avoid them, which creates a negative cycle — fewer opportunities to socialize leads to slower social learning. Over time, these children stand out further and further from their peers in their capacity to be a comfortable part of the group. A distant, disengaged, or impulsive child won't be easily welcomed in a group. And in fact, if he is not part of a group, he may act in ways that lead others to tease or actively avoid him.

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Health Care Course by CBSE

A write up by Educare India Advisory on “Skill based subject ‘Health Care 413’ offered by CBSE in secondary level”

In view of this corona period, every parent wants and at the same time, it is the responsibility of education sector also, that we must make a sense in every child that they must be able to take care of their health themself. But the challenge for everyone is to properly explain to them the importance/precautions/remedies of their health issues. In this pandemic situation and for the future unexpected problems, it becomes very important for everyone that every child must be able to take cares themselves and in future supports their families as well as society and country also.

 Friends, Educare India Advisory always keep you updated for the child benefitted course according to current and future challenges. Our blog gives complete information about such a skill subject offered by CBSE starts from secondary level, and helps the school as well to run this course.

 Subject Name                       :           Health Care                                        Subject Code              :           413

Job Role                      :           General Duty Assistant        

 Educare India Advisory is one of the fastest growing educational consultancy services across India. Our services comprise of complete guidance for academic support with giving valuable guidelines. Here, we present the new skill based subject “Health Care” with its all aspects.

 Objective of skill based subject “Health Care” in CBSE curriculum

 1.      To train paramedical staff for providing quality service to the society.

2.      To understand the effective communication, identification of hazards and their management.

3.      To understand the rules and regulations to be followed by a General Duty Assistant in a hospital.

4.      To understand the clinical duties that includes taking and recording vital parameters, medical histories, preparing patients for examination and dispensing medical prescription.

5.      To understand administrative duties that include scheduling appointments, maintaining a rapport between patients and hospital administration.

 Educare affiliation service always keep all the board’s norms on top priority and experts helps right from the documentation, application to inspection in the process of affiliation. As per CBSE norms the minimum qualification for appointment of teachers to start the new skill based subject “Health Care” is

B.Sc. Nursing and Midwifery (4 years) from institute recognized by INC

OR

3½ years Diploma in GNM with one year Experience

 Our Recruitment Services, when it comes to recruiting teachers, our expertise team plays a vital role in getting the best quality teachers and placing them on time as per the need of our clientele

  base PAN India. Huge networking at various levels acts as a catalyst for getting the best out of the crowd and meets the requirements of the clients.

 To introduce a new course in school is always a challenge for not only principal but even school management also. There is lots of planning and preparation required, Educare India provides full Management of schools in accordance with our efficient comprehensive educational systems and methodologies that cover all areas of school functioning. The list given below is suggestive material required at school for smooth run new course “Health Cares”

 Material Required for:                                                          

 1. Shelves for Stacking Products

 Medical room containing the following: -

 1. Sphygmomanometer                                  2. Thermometer

3. Wall Mounted Stadiometers                       4. Weighing scale

5. Hospital bed with pillow                             6. Side Table or tray

7. Bedside small stool                                                 8. Hospital Stretchers

9. Blanket                                                        10. First Aid box

11. Sanitizers                                                   12. Wheel Chair

13. Nebulizer                                                   14. Mattresses

15. Clock                                                          16. Good source of light

17. Large bottle for water                              18. Bell or noisemaker to call for assistance

19. Small Wastebasket or a bucket lined with a plastic garbage bag

20. Clipboard with paper and a pen for writing in the daily log

 Teacher trainings are most frequently in use service of Educare India Advisory. Our experts always suggest best and useful teaching and training aids. For skill based subject “Health Care” we suggest the following teaching/training aids  

 1. Computer                                                    2. LCD Projector                      

3. Projection Screen                                      4. White/Black Boards            

5. Flip Charts                                                   6. Video and audio recorders

 Educare India Advisory highlighting the career opportunity for the students those are showing interest in the skill based subject “Health Care” at secondary level

 Paramedical staff                               Nurse                                       General Duty Assistance

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Basis for Selecting a School for Your Ward

Childbirth is a joyous and eagerly-awaited moment in a person’s life. Not only the parents but the larger family also join in the happiness. This joy and happiness take on edges of tension as the child reaches the age of 3. Selecting a school, the school applications, the fund of knowledge gained from grandparents, neighbors, office colleagues and of course, the omniscient Google Baba—manage to make for a stressful time for the parents.

Nowadays with most schools opting for online processes, it has become less tiring as one does not have to do the rounds of various schools and navigate the serpentine queues as earlier. Yet, many first time parents are racked by doubts whether their criterion for selecting the school was appropriate for their child. This article seeks to help them to navigate their way through their doubts and reach an informed decision.

Location: It is important and desirable to choose a school which is not far from the house. Commuting is less stressful for the child and the parent can reach the school quickly in case of an emergency. Considering the traffic woes faced by every city and town, it makes a lot of sense to admit the child in a neighborhood school.

Student-teacher ratio: The accepted norm in most states is 1:30 teacher-student ratio. Of course in international schools, it is even lower at 1:15/20. Studies have found that children learn better when individual attention is given by the teacher, thereby, enhancing their learning capabilities and this is definitely not possible in a class of say, 60!

Fees: This is the tricky part. Parents generally are willing to over-extend themselves to admit their children in ‘good’ schools. But not all expensive schools are good and neither is the opposite true. One has to consider one’s budgetary constraints vis-a-vis the deliverables by the school.

– Is the child learning according to his age?

– Does the school have a robust security system?

– Is it in line with modern technologies?

Before paying exorbitant fees, a parent has to find answers to these questions. With each new government challenging the age-old methods, quality education is anyway a luxury in India.

Curriculum: It is important for a parent to find out about the curriculum of the school. Although at the pre-primary stage most parents are not unduly concerned about the academics (as they are more interested in the happiness quotient of their child) still they need to have an understanding of what curriculum the school follows for the later classes. Most importantly, the student should not be spending an inordinate amount of time on home tasks, at least until he reaches the Middle School. In India, CBSE is the most accepted board after state boards but there are a number of international boards like IB and IGCSE which are gaining in popularity.

Extra-curricular activities: Schools today are very progressive in their organization and they do not cater merely to a child’s academic knowledge. All-round development is the watchword of today’s schools. Hence extra-curricular activities are given a lot of importance. It helps to bring out the latent potential of a child and ensures his social, physical and emotional development. Most school websites will give information about the extra-curricular activities that they focus on and develop. Old students and parents of students studying there are also resources that can be tapped.

Quality of teachers: This again is a grey area. How can one judge the quality of teaching? Should one just go by the academic qualifications of teachers or should word-of-mouth publicity be relied on? Are the teachers affectionate and loving? No parent wants a disciplinarian when the child is crying his heart out on his first day. It is difficult to judge as every school has its own approach and the teachers adhere to that. Having said that, today, most schools are very careful in their selection of teachers, especially in the lower classes.

Hygiene, facilities, and security: Where security was not a very big concern two decades ago, schools today are being judged on the safety meter alone sometimes. As the crime rate goes up, so do the security measures. After all, every parent needs to feel that their child is safe within the four walls of the school. Simultaneously, a parent has to check whether the school has a good infrastructure, clean and hygienic classrooms and washrooms, a safe play area and last but not least, a trained medical facility that can deal with emergencies.

The list seems exhaustive but if one is able to get at least 5 out of the 7 criteria, it should be okay. It is not in any order of importance. That order needs to be set by the parent himself. A school should be a happy place for the child at any age.

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