1/5 Tanay S. 1 year ago on Google
Multiple
issues
with
the
school:
1)
Self-Transport:
The
school
is
located
in
a
narrow
lane.
If
you
are
doing
the
pickup
yourself,
expect
severe
traffic
congestion
during
that
time.
Further,
the
queue
for
pickup
is
in
itself
20
mins. Considering
which,
we
opted
for
school
transport.
But
that
was
another
story.
Detailed
below.
2)
School-provided-transport:
Unbranded
buses
run
by
contract
workers,
where
in
a
different
handler
was
coming
each
day.
This
was
clearly
different
from
what
was
promised
to
us
at
the
time
of
joining.
Only
one
or
two
unbranded
buses
with
contract
handlers,
doing
all
the
routes.
Some
stops
were
1.5
hours
after
the
pickup.
Which
is
excessive
for
kindergarten
kids.
School
administration
kept
saying
this
is
a
temporary
situation
and
would
be
sorted
out.
But
we
chose
to
opt
out,
mainly
because
the
handlers
were
changing
every
day
and
the
school
bus
was
over-crowded
and
did
not
have
seat
belts.
Just
a
bunch
of
kids
dumped
into
unbranded
buses
by
a
different
contractor
each
day.
3)
No
parent-teacher
interaction
:
Our
kid
developed
apprehension
of
school,
mainly
due
to
one
teacher
(not
naming
the
person
here).
Although,
I
would
want
to
give
benefit
of
doubt
here
as
kids
often
complain
about
teachers.
But
the
main
concern
is—there
was
no
parent-teacher
interaction
setup
to
help
the
teachers
understand
the
kids.
(Most
schools
these
days,
especially
since
schools
are
opening
up
after
Covid,
schedule
these
meetings
even
before
classes
start.)
Seeing
the
parents
and
teachers
together
gives
confidence
to
the
kids,
and
also
since
each
kid
is
unique,
the
teachers
will
have
an
opportunity
to
understand
the
kid
better
from
the
parents.
No
such
effort
was
ever
made. As
a
matter
of
fact,
there
is
no
transparency
or
communication
around
who
is
the
teacher.
We
opted
out
of
the
school
for
the
above
reasons.
Had
paid
Rs
25K
as
the
term
fee
including
admission
fee.
Which
we
had
to
let
go
after
10
days
of
schooling
here.
No
refund.
Overall—the
school
may
work
for
kids
who
are
tough
and
are
already
used
to
schooling.
If
you
are
expecting
scientific
pedagogy
in
expecting
the
teachers
to
understand
the
kid
through
parent-teacher
interactions
and
investing
time
on
kids,
then
this
is
definitely
not
the
place.
If
you
have
certain
expectations
around
safety
for
transportation
of
kids
to
school,
the
school
may
not
work
for
you.
Note
that
the
same
management
who
owns
this
franchisee
also
runs
a
new
non-franchisee
school
called
Millennium
World
School.
As
such,
senior
people
like
Dr.Santoshi
Singh
are
not
involved
in
day-to-day
running
operations
of
the
franchisee
branch,
and
handed
over
to
mid-level
managers,
who
are
not
seasoned
educationalists.
Which
I
believe
is
at
the
core
of
the
above
listed
issues.
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