What to look for in a good school?

• Quality teaching - modernized syllabus, use of good teaching aids, practical implementation of theoretical knowledge.
  
  
• Low student/teacher ratio - most good schools inforce a strict limit on the student/teacher ratio so that every child can be given some level of individual attention.
  
  
• Good teachers - teachers should be well educated, must understand child's psychology and a source of inspiration for the students.
  
  
• Emphasis on virtues like discipline and punctuality and good moral education. School years are the most influential ones in development of these qualities.
  
  
• Overall personality development of the child - teachers should be able to identify individual weaknesses of children and help them improve upon them.
  
  
• Facilities - Science labs, computer labs well equiped with latest equipments.
  
  
• Scientific displays like models, charts help in creation of a good ambience in the school.
  
  
• Sports - A good school should have an adequately large playground and quality sporting equipments.
  
  
• Announcement systems in class rooms.
  
  
• Recreational and cultural programs well spaced round the year.
  
  
• Educational tours and picnics should be organized at least twice annually.
  
  
• Healthy competition among students - inter house sports, exhibitions etc.
  
  
• Students should have district/state/country level participation opportunities.
  
  
• School should make sure that information regarding events like state level/national level olympiads in various fields are made available to the students and they are encouraged to participate in the same.
  
  
• Excellence in any field should be encouraged by way of awards, prizes and scholarships.
  
  
• School premises should be spacious and airy.
  
  
• Cleanliness - clean toilets, regular dusting of classrooms,labs.
  
  
• Special tutorials should be organized for lagging behind/weak students.
  
  
• School must have an emergency doctor/medical facilities.
  
  
• Regular teacher-guardian meetings should be held to actively involve the parents in the education process of the child.
  
  
• There should be adequate number of school buses and bicycle parking arrangement with shed.
  
  
• Security guards should be deployed in the school premises.
  
  
• Mentors.