Vidyashilp Academy

Vidyashilp Academy is a co-educational, English-language school based in north Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It caters for children from Class I to Class 10 (age 15 to 16), in preparation for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Cambridge University's International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).

Educational methodology

The Academy uses a progressive technology-based education method whereby traditional text books have been replaced with lesson plans produced on a computer. The lesson plans are stored on a central server and accessed in each classroom. Teacher and student progress is tracked electronically. There is no homework for the younger pupils and the children do not sit any examinations until the sixth standard. [ [http://www.businessgyan.com/content/view/1994/464/ "I want to go to school"] , Arathi P Balaji of Businessgyan , interview with Ravindra Vithani, retrieved 13 July 2007] [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/260998.cms "Freedom from Textbooks"] , interview with Ravindra Vithani, "Times of India", 1 November 2003, retrieved 14 July 2007]

The campus

The school building is situated in an 18-acre campus and occupies approximately convert|100000|sqft|m2. The facilities include classrooms, a laboratory, a work area, an auditorium and a dining hall. Outdoor sports facilities include a swimming pool, a volleyball court, a basketball court, a skating rink (Bangalore's largest), a full-size cricket pitch, football and hockey fields. Indoor sports facilities are also provided for chess, bridge, yoga and badminton. Each classroom accommodates 30 children.

The on-campus library contains approximately 13,000 titles, stocks a supply of newspapers, magazines and journals, and provides internet access. An on-campus theatre is integrated into the school's education process.

Extra-curricular activities

Extracurricular activities include quizzes, elocution and recitation, chess, sculpture, and musical events. The Academy took a large share of the awards at the 2004 Children's Chess Festival conducted by the Malleswaram Association. Vidyashilp won the under 11 girls' section. The girls were placed second in the under seven and under nine categories, and the boys were second in the under eleven, under thirteen and under fifteen competitions. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/23/stories/2004062309781800.htm Vidyashilp Academy hogs limelight "The Hindu" (online edition), 23 June 2004] retrieved 16 July 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.vidyashilp.com Official site]

See also

* List of international schools