Asia Pacific World School (a) Krupanidhi Cambridge International School

Krupanidhi Cambridge International School, which started functioning last year, has undergone a name change. It is now known as the ASIA Pacific World School.
It is operated under the Krupanidhi Education Trust which has colleges in Koramangla and Sarjapur Road.

Syllabus: Kindergarten, Cambridge Primary and Middle Years, IGCSE(A and AS Levels)
Location: #9, Sarjapura main road,
Jakkasandra, Koramangala,
Bangalore – 560034

Phone: 080 – 2552 2994,2552 2995
Email: admissionofficer@apwschool.com
Website: kcischool.com

Remark: The school can be easily located on the main road. It has no ground facilities, just a storeyed building.

Update on St. Francis School

St. Francis School is centrally located in Koramangala near Seva Sadan. The school has State Board syllabus. When I first landed in Bangalore, they had started the ICSE school as well. They have a junior college attached to it as well and a huge playground.

Syllabus: State Board and ICSE
Location: St. Francis School and PU College
Opp. Kripanidhi college,near Seva Sadan,
Kormangala 3rd Block,
Bangalore -560034
Phone: 080-25531076, 25500123

Admission: You have to go in person to collect forms, sometime around December,January.

Update: Admissions are now open for 2010-2011 for nursery

Website: http://stfrancispucollege.com/ (for the State board section)
http://stfrancisschoolicse.com/ ( for ICSE section)

email: st.francis@rediffmail.com
enquiry@stfrancisschoolicse.com

Classes: In ICSE: Nursery to 10th
In State Board: till PUC
Fees: Annual tution fees(all inclusive) is around 12K for ICSE section. For new admissions, maybe the admission fee or development fees might be around 30 to 35K.

Started in 2000 by the Congregation of the Francisian brothers, the academics seems to be good (got this feedback from a friend). A good environment and less fees.

B Mona High School

Baby Mona High School started in 1983 in Koramangala. I have seen students boarding its bus in Bommanahalli. So thought of posting on it so users can share experiences.

Syllabus: ICSE  and State Board
Location: B. Mona High School
No. 77, III Cross, Block-5, Koramangala, Bangalore- 560 095
Phone: 080- 25530678/25523240

Classes: Pre-K till 10th
Activities: Art, Craft, Debate, Football, Throw ball, Volleyball, Basketball, Kho-Kho and Tennicoit.

National Public School

The National Education trust started its first National Public School (NPS) in Rajaji Nagar in 1959 followed by NPS, Indira Nagar in 1982 and NPS, Koramangla in 2003. The International School Bangalore (TISB) and National Academy for Learning (NAFL) are sister concerns. NPS, HSR Layout is the newly started branch in 2009.

Syllabus: CBSE
Locations:
NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
Next to National Games Village,
80 feet road, Koramangala,
Bangalore – 560 047,
South India.
Phone and Fax : +91-080-2571 5171 / 2571 5172
Email : npskrm@vsnl.net

NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
1036-A, Purandarapura,
V Block, Rajajinagar,
Bangalore - 560 010
South India
Phone : +91-080-23350361 / 23156772
Email : npsrnr@dataone.in

NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
P2/32, Sector 4, HSR Layout,
Bangalore,
South India.
Phone : +91-080-25729408 / 25729410
Fax : +91-080-25729409
Email : npshsr@dataone.in

NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
12 A Main, HAL II Stage
Bangalore – 560 008
South India
Phone : 091-080-25280611 / 091-080-25275665
Fax : 091-080-25289255
Email : nps_inr@dataone.in

Website: http://www.npsinr.com/

Admissions: Registration and issue of applications start in October. NPS schools have started issuing forms for 2010-2011. Each branch follows its own dates. You have to contact in person.
Admission for Grade 1 to 9 and 11 is based on written test.
The admission procedure is totally opaque.

Fees: Each NPS has its own fee structure. NPS Rajaji Nagar is about 50K whereas HSR branch is above 65K. Check out with the school for details.

Activities: Music, dance, aerobics, theatre, vocals etc. These are conducted after school hours from 3rd standard.

Academics: Only from grade 6, semester system starts. For lower classes, monthly reviews are undertaken. For KG, daily evaluation is conducted.

Remarks: NPS is known to be more academically oriented. NPS Rajaji Nagar has been granted autonomy by the CBSE board.
The admission process is not transparent. It is better schools post details on their website than having to curse the recptionists.
Having applied to NPS once, they never called for interviews (for LKG) . When we kept asking them, they just kept telling us, we will inform. One fine day, they respond admissions are over.
So what do they expect in the application?

Hope you can share your experiences.

Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Some of my neighbours kids were going to Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Koramangala. The school is one of those, which recently converted to ICSE syllabus from State Board syllabus. Due to the language policy of the Karnataka Government, the school took the decision.

Syllabus: ICSE recently
Location: Chinmaya Vidyalaya,
No 31, 15th Main,IV Block,
Koramangala,Bangalore, Karnataka - 560096
Phone: 80-25538341
email: chinmaya_bgl@dataone.in , gayathri_54@yahoo.com
( Note: There seems to be another state board affliated Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Bangalore, if so, please comment on it.)

Admissions: Novemeber- December. For admissions to Kindergarten the child has a interview.
Fees: Less than 20K per year.
Website: There is no separate website for the school, but you can look up the vision and approach here.

Activities: I am not sure if it has many extra activities besides craft and sloga chanting and athletics.

Remark: The school is part of Chinmaya mission. So students imbibe the vision of the Chinmaya mission. They have slogas taught in school. The mission is involved with education institutions all over India and abroad.
This school might not be the right one for an immigrant to Bangalore, since the office staff are fluent with Kannada.Getting replies in English proved to be hectic when we went to get applications in December. Nevertheless this is a good school for those wanting their wards to imbibe vedic values and traditions.

Lawrence School (State Board)

When I was looking into Lawrence school in HSR Layout, they told me there was a Lawrence school- State Board syllabus in Koramangala. It is run by the same trust.

If anyone has more details do post them.

Syllabus: State Board
Location: Koramangala, Bangalore

Bethany High

Started by Mignon David, Bethany High School has a good reputation and is a school from old times. You can find the history in the schools website.
They also have a primary section and a newly started child-care center.

Syllabus: ICSE
Location: Bethany High, # CA -12, 20th Main, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560 095.
Website: http://www.bethanyhigh.net/

Admission: Admission forms are posted in the website in December. Keep watching out for it. It seems getting admission is a tough task here. Lots of applications, you need a high profile recommendation it looks like.

Activities: Lots of co-curricular activities.
Fees: Seems to be around 30K.