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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.
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