Am writing this as I found that many people wanted a firsthand experience about the schools in Magarpatta / Pune. This is entirely based on the feedback I received from the parents who send their kids to these schools. Though I cannot guarantee the authenticity of the feedback, I believe they are accurate.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES IN MAGARPATTA
Magarpatta City School: Magarpatta Vidya Pratishthan is a co-education school and follows the ICSE pattern from standard V. From Std. I to Std. IV the school follows the syllabus of the state education department. The school infrastructure is really good with a massive playground. There are also a lot of co-curricular activities which include music, dance, singing, gymnastics etc. Also Magarpatta City Public School has an attached Sports Complex with facilities for Swimming, Athletics, Tennis, Badminton, Volleyball, Basketball, Football and Hockey. I have heard the children playing really nice band with the drums, flute during their assembly. Overall, I have got a good feedback except for the high children to teacher ratio. This school only allows kids from Magarpatta City (owners / tenants). The school fee is very minimal. The School do not provide transport facility. I have got very good feedback about this school.
On weekends, there is ABACUS classes for the kids above 5 years of age. The kid may not necessarily be a student of Magarpatta School; anyone above 5 years can enroll there.
Magarpatta City Institute of Management and Technology: The institute is housed in an independent Wi-Fi enabled three storied building. Each class room is fitted with a ceiling mounted LCD projector. Computer lab has 60 networked computers of latest configuration. Library is well equipped with large number of books, national and international journals. An English language laboratory has also been incorporated in computing facilities. The institute also has a canteen on the house
Courses: Masters of Business Administration and Masters in Personnel Management.
PLAYSCHOOLS IN MAGARPATTA (not necessarily in the order of preference)
Eurokids
Eureka
Bachpan (Play school and daycare)
Head Over Heels
Serra International
Tree House
Kids2Teens
IKEN braingym
Panda kids (Preschool and day care)
Rachna Play school (Preschool and day care)
SCHOOLS NEARBY MAGARPATTA CITY (not necessarily in the order of preference)
Pawar Public School: This is a co-education school, about 3 kms from Magarpatta city, located in the Amanora (http://www.amanora.com/), and follows the ICSE curriculum. School has music and drama classes as well as lot of sports activities like tennis, badminton, skating, basketball etc. The school fee is reasonable. The school provides transport from every corner of the city. The admission process is very transparent and I have heard very good reviews from everyone about this school.
Amanora Manipal School: A co-educational school, also located in Amanora, 3 kms from Magarpatta. The school follows CBSE curriculum from Grade I onwards. All classrooms are equipped with ICT that help the children to visualize the concept in a better way. Activities like music, painting, drama, dancing, basketball etc. are encouraged. The school fee is reasonable and it is one of the very few CBSE schools in Pune. This school has completed one year and still in the development stage. Manipal K-12 team has plans of setting up more than 100 schools in India in the next 5 years. They have recently tied up with Pearson (http://pearsonschools.in/) which hopefully is going to redefine the way of teaching in schools. The school provides transport facility. Though this is a new school, there is lot of buzz about this school here.
Hutchings High School: It’s a very old and prestigious school, founded in 1879. This is a co-educational school, about 8 km from Magarpatta city and it follows ICSE curriculum. The feedback I have is that as far as academics is concerned, the school is very good but there are lesser co-curricular activities. It is difficult to get admission in this school as the demand for this school is very high. One of the reasons for the high demand could be the minimal school fee. School does not provide any transport facility.
Bishops School: Bishop’s has three schools in Pune. Bishops Camp is a Boys school and Bishops School at Kalyani Nagar and Undri are co-educational. Out of the three, the demand from Magarpatta is mostly for the Kalyani Nagar School. I don’t know much about these schools but as it is also a very old and prestigious school, I believe they should have very good balance of study and co-curricular activities. The school provides transport facility.
Delhi Public School: Delhi Public School Pune was established in 2003. DPS Pune is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and offers schooling from Nursery to Class XII. Heard very good reviews about this school, it is around 10 Km from Magarpatta City. The school provides transport facility
VIBGYOR High(NIBM Road): It is located around 10 kms from Magarpatta. It offers both ICSE and IB curriculum. The teacher to student ratio is very good here, which enables the teachers to pay attention to each and every kid. I have got good feedback from the parents, especially about the co-curricular activities in the school. The school provides transport facility
There are so many other schools in Pune but I am writing only about few of them for which I have good feedback from parents. If anyone has a particular school in mind, do write to me I will try to find out and respond.
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