Saturday, January 20, 2007

School of Faith

I happened to visit a school called Faith International Academy yesterday. It seems to be run by born-again Xians of Tamil origin but to do justice to its international tag, it has one Mr.Hopper of UK as its chairman. My former landlady's grandson is doing his pre-KG there, and his mom (a born-again Catholic) testified that the school had done the kid a lot of good - he started talking well and that too, in English.
Run in an old house, the school prospectus claims that it has pre-KG to Class VIII. From what i saw, a hall was divided into sections to accomodate various classes but I couldnt for the life of me figure out how they could have 11 classrooms (pre-KG, LKG, UKG, then Classes I to VIII) in that small place. The old lady in charge of admission assured me that in June, they would shift to a new proper campus of their own nearby, God willing. (She didnt mention a hefty donation like most other schools here, where the norm is anywhere between 10,000 and 25000, but the fee structure seems to be include a building fund of 3000 a year) The school follows the CBSE syllabus and has a branch in Perungudi, in Chennai's IT corridor.
A school van should be able to help Ash commute, though he would have to leave home at 8 am and return by 1 pm. The classes are from 9-12 noon. Right now, he wakes up only at 8 or later!
V wants to put him in pre-school there rightaway and register for LKG in the coming academic year.
What I am worried is if we will be able to shift him to a big, more established school later, say in Class I. The chances of getting admission to a school other than in LKG is almost nil in Chennai, say informed sources.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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