Admissions in Podar and iPads !?!

Podar International School is inviting applications for admissions for 2012-2013. Open for classes LKG till Class 7. As well as for Jumbo kids section.

Syllabus: ICSE

Location: Podar International School
3/2, Hommadevanahalli,
Basavanapura,
Off. Bannerghetta Road,
Bengaluru.
Phone: 080 - 32470252, 9916909038

(courtesy: Paper Ad. dated Dec 14,2011)

The registration kit is available at the office. No donations or deposits are collected by the school. For more admission details you can mail admissions @ podar.org

Age: For LKG: Jan 2008 to March 2009

For UKG: Jan 2007 to March 2008 and so forth.

For more information on Podar International : click here

Podar School in Mumbai is introducing iPads for its students and made it compulsory to bring them in. Some parents have welcomed the move. But schools need to think in terms of the human interaction that students get that facilitates them to learn better and have better moral values. Don't know how far stretched teaching is becoming, maybe we can get robots to teach, why teachers ? No hikes, no transfers, no holidays,...

Podar International School

The Podar group is starting its first full-fledged school in Bangalore and is to be operational from June 2010. The group already has about 27 schools , mostly in Maharashtra. The schools have varied syllabus; CBSE, ICSE and International syllabus. Their Podar International School in Mumbai is rated as one of the best International schools in India.Hope their foray into Bangalore begins on the same note. Here they are starting with ICSE syllabus.

Syllabus: ICSE
Location: Podar International School,
No 3/2 Hommadevanhalli, Begur,

Opp. T. John College,
Off Bannerguhetta Road,
Bangalore
Phone : 080-32470252
Contact Person : Mr. Sunil Pawar (Ph : 09820404406 )
Toll Free No. : 1800-103-8866

Website: http://podar.org/ICSE-Bangalore/index.html (A brief introduction,message from the board and general facilities are mentioned. Other things like sports facilities and extra-curriculars have not been put up.)

Classes: They have a pre-primary section and a ICSE section ( 1st till 5th)
Admissions: Admissions are open now for 2010-2011.
Class 1 admissions does not involve any tests, but involves observation of alertness and verbal fluency
( All these details are in their website)
Eligibilty: LKG: 2006 born

Remark: They have white-boards and interactive software for computer based teaching.