Sanskriti School

Sanskriti School
Location
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
India
Information
Established 1998
Principal Abha Sehgal (since 2008)
Campus size 7.78 acres [1]
Campus type Urban
Website www.sanskritischool.edu.in

Sanskriti School is a recognized integrated co-educational school in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It is affiliated to CBSE, and offers education from Nursery to XII. It was founded in 1998 primarily to provide education to children of All India Services and Allied services officers and Defence Services Personnel on transfer.[2] The school is run by Civil Services Society, an NGO formed by senior civil servants and their wives, with the spouse of the serving Cabinet Secretary of India as its chairperson. It has consistently been ranked as one of the top schools of Delhi and India.[3][4]

Overview

The principal is Mrs. Abha Sahgal,[4] who is incumbent since the 2008-2009 session. The first principal was Gowri Ishwaran, who headed the institution until 2008.

History

The foundation stone for Sanskriti School was laid by Mrs Hemi Surendra Singh, Chairperson, Civil Services Society on May 30, 1996. Mrs. Singh was instrumental in getting the land and building allocated while her husband was Cabinet Secretary of India Surendra Singh. She thus continued in the tradition of her philanthropic father Thakur Dan Singh Bist, Dan Singh Bist founder of DSB college, Nainital. Sanskriti School was established on August 12, 1998 by the Civil Services Society, formed by the wives of the civil servants belonging to the various branches of Government of India. Mrs. Gowri Ishwaran took over as the founder principal in the year 1999. The aim of the Society is to fulfill a need in the city of Delhi for educating the children of officers of the All India and Allied Services and defence personnel coming to Delhi on transfer.[5] Students whose parents are in other services or professions may also apply as this school has also become successful in educating children of various business families too. The school also realises its responsibility towards the marginalised sections of society and has been admitting students from these backgrounds since 2004. At present, the School admits 25% students from economically weaker sections of society.

The school was allotted 7.69 acres of land by Union Ministry of Urban Development in Chanakyapuri at a token premium of Rs 2 per annum as ground rent.[5]

School is a public-service–oriented, non-profit organization, with Jaya Chandrasekhar, the spouse of K. M. Chandrasekhar, the previous Cabinet Secretary, as its chairperson. The school was founded by Mrs. Hemi Surinder Singh, the wife of Surendra Singh, a former Cabinet Secretary, Mrs. Livleen Bhagat, wife of a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau and Mrs. Ramachandran among others.

The school has 60% of seats are for the children of Group A officers, of the who enter service through the Civil Services Examination, this includes Group A officers of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Police Service (IPS). Besides this 10% for general public, 5% for staff and 25% for children under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category.[1]

However the Delhi High Court started suo motu case against the school receiving state funding and free land, which in turn converted into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in 2006.[6][7] In November 2014, the Delhi High Court bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Mukta Gupta ruled against the quota system stating, "Reserving seats for a particular branch of the Indian Services disadvantages children of persons engaged in other branches." [8]

Infrastructure

Amphitheater

The Amphitheater is the nerve center of Sanskriti. Built strategically in the very center of the school, all assemblies, special ceremonies, such as prize distributions, investiture ceremony, citation for the graduating batch of Class XII and other such events are held here.

Built in a semi-circular style, it can seat around 600 people and the circular stage can easily accommodate 50 to 60 children during a performance.

Library

A centrally air-conditioned circular building over three floors houses the junior, middle and senior school libraries . The library is located centrally in the school to facilitate ease of access. The library has a great collection of fiction, non – fiction and reference books. The latest collection of subject reference books supplementing the textbooks is available to the students. This range of books aims to help children rediscover the joy of reading and a very extensive references section helps students work on multi-dimensional projects.

Sports facilities

The school boasts a spacious gymnasium, which contains a basketball court, and table tennis equipment which was inaugurated by Smt. Vinita Pande, chairperson, Civil Services Society, on 29 April 2003, . The school also has a ranges of well-qualified Physical Instruction teachers and coaches, who are always present to give tips and for coaching in all the sports. The school has a qualified Taekwondo expert who trains students for Inter school tournaments The school has scored very well in many sports events and also has organized many inter school tournaments.

Aquatic events like inter-school and inter-house swimming competitions are held in the pool, that is built to international standards. The pool is open to the staff, students and the parents of the Sanskriti school during various predesignated time slots.

The paddle pool in the junior wing of the school is for the little ones to splash about during the hot summer months.

Umang

Sanskriti School also runs a parallel school called Umang, where underprivileged children are provided free education. Children living in Sanjay Basti, a slum behind the school, are the main students who attended Umang. These children are also provided with free food and water.

Ranking

According to the Hindustan Times, Sanskriti School has been ranked the best school in Central Delhi in 2009 and second best in 2010. In 2015, it was ranked as the 6th best school in Delhi and the second best in Central Delhi.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Soibam Rocky Singh (November 6, 2015). "60% quota for Group A officers' kids in Sanskriti School quashed". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  2. ↑ "History". Sanskriti School. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Delhi's Vasant Valley School comes out on top of its league". Daily Mail Online. September 10, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  4. 1 2 Neha Pushkarna (September 14, 2011). "6 of India's top 10 schools in Delhi: Survey". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  5. 1 2 Maneesh Pandey (January 21, 2013). "Babus rain cash on their own school". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  6. ↑ Abhinav Garg (October 30, 2015). "Sanskriti School case: Nine years on, HC reserves order". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  7. ↑ "School's funding under debate". The Times of India. November 7, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Delhi HC quashes 60% quota for kids of top civil servants in Sanskriti School". The Indian Express. November 7, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-25.

Coordinates: 28°35′18″N 77°10′36″E / 28.5884°N 77.1766°E / 28.5884; 77.1766

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