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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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 12^th.

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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CBSE RULES FOR TEACHERS QUALIFICATION

Teacher Recruitment is the process of providing an adequate number of quality applicants. Teacher selection is the process of choosing only high-quality employees from among the assembled applicants. Hiring, supporting, and sustaining effective teachers is one of the most important responsibilities of school leaders, perhaps the most important responsibility.

If we believe that teaching and learning are the core of schooling, then we also understand why good teacher selection is absolutely indispensable to high-achieving schools. And for those of us who are out of India, identifying and selecting highly qualified teachers to facilitate learning in a productive and academically enriching classroom environment is integral to satisfying the need for capable teachers and fulfilling the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

Among all the other central boards and regional boards of school education, the Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE stands out distinctly, as there are more than 2100 schools affiliated to the CBSE and a statistic suggests that about 200 new schools get affiliated from it every year.

There are certain CBSE rules and regulations, that every school must follow in order to retain CBSE Affiliation and is also applicable to the students belonging to the CBSE board.

As a Board of Education, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have certain statutory committees that function on their corresponding roles according to the CBSE rules, It grants affiliation to the Schools/institutions. It lays down the standards required for the teacher’s qualifications. It constitutes inspection panels. It suggests as well as do the additions or alternatives in Affiliation Bye-laws (as per the CBSE rules and regulations).

It prescribes the syllabus (currently it’s NCERT). It revises and update Curriculum documents and maintains the course of instructions in CBSE affiliated schools for all classes. Especially, for class 10th and 12th, in accordance with the CBSE guidelines for class 10 and 12. It revises and updates policies relating to academics, training and innovation. It introduces new elective subjects in the CBSE affiliated schools and prepares textbooks and supplementary material as required.

It develops, maintains and manages a system of examinations as well as board examinations--At the end of class X (as per the CBSE guideline for class 10), also termed as “AISSE- All India Secondary School Examination”. Class XII (as per the CBSE guideline for class 12), also known as “AISSCE- All India Senior School Certificate Examination”.

There is a manual of CBSE Guidelines, Rules and Regulations:

Rates for Remuneration for Examination Work, Supplementary/ Compartmental Examinations, Private Candidates, improvement of Division, for Award of Scholarships, Medals and Prizes, regarding Admission and Migration of Students, correction in Date of Birth, change in Name/ Surname, making payment by the Board in cases where claimants expire, appointment of amanuensis at the Board’s Examinations.

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