Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) is sited at Lodi estate in New Delhi. Promoted in 1957 by the Gujarat Education Society, it boasts an enrolment of 1,500 students from nursery to class XII and is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi.

The school is named after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement and independent India’s first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. The school is managed by a governing body comprising the president and the secretary of the Gujarat Education Society as well as the principal and manager of the school. It boasts faculty strength of 200.

SPV is affiliated with CBSE and follows a bilingual medium of instruction. It is the only private school in India that uses Hindi as the medium of instruction at the primary level. English is the medium of instruction from class VI onwards and Hindi and Sanskrit are mandatory till class VIII. In class IX, students can choose between Hindi and Sanskrit. Students of class VI and VII has are offered a choice of four regional languages – Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu and Bengali – as the third language.

SPV has produced a number ofRhodes scholars. In 2006, for example, three of the five Indian Rhodes Scholars were alumni of SPV. In 2005, two of the six were SPV alumni.

SPV promotes sports such as athletics, shot put, javelin throw, discus throw, high jump, long jump and triple jump and encourages music, public speaking, art, chess, theatre, and clay modelling, crafts, cooking, computers, gardening, and painting, quiz and poetry appreciation.

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Mater Dei School was established in 1956 by by the Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. A Christian minority school was begun with the primary objective of providing education in a christian atmosphere to all the children, especially the Christians. The aim of the school is personal and integral formation of the young. The school makes a special efforts towards the moral, intellectual, spiritual, social and physical development of children. The objective is to provide a stimulating environment which encourages holistic development of students.

The school strive to inculcate the staff and students with a sound philosophy of life, based on faith in God, respect for the individual, concern for the less privileged and the ideals of truth and justice inspired by the Christian vision.

Mater Dei School is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and offers classes from I to XII. The system of continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) is followed. Students are evaluated based on projects and other work, in addition to examinations.

The school offers the following streams in class XI and XII — arts, science and commerce.

Sports and games such as chess, carrom, volleyball, kho-kho, softball, badminton, table tennis, basketball, and athletics are on offer. After school, coaching in basketball, table tennis, karate, gymnastics and roller skating is provided. Students also participate in drama, singing, dancing, quizzes and debates. Regular dance and music classes (both Indian and Western) are offered.

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Sanskriti School is a service oriented, non-profit organization, with the spouse of the serving Cabinet Secretary as its chairperson.

The Mission of the School is to provide the right inputs to help the children grow up into caring and sharing individuals, equipped to make the right choices in life and grow up to be responsible citizens of the country and the world.

The school’s motto ‘Knowledge is Liberation’ is the cornerstone around which the character and personality of every child is built. The Society visualises an educational system based on the four basic tenets : universal values, excellence in all things, global understanding by viewing diversity as an asset, and service to humanity.

Sanskriti School is a recognized integrated co-educational school with affiliation to CBSE, which offers education from classes nursery to XII. The Junior School curriculum is child-centered and activity based so that learning is made fun and enjoyable.

At Sanskriti School, the middle school years (from classes 6 to 8) provide the foundation on which young learners build a promising and fulfilling future. This phase successfully provides for the emotional, physical and social well being of young minds who in turn will be self -aware, creative, empathetic listeners and effective communicators.

Classroom teaching is supplemented with theatre activities, hands on projects and technology. The recent introduction of Google Chromebooks in the classroom has added an exciting dimension to ICT-integrated education and has opened up immense possibilities for the creative teacher as well as the learner.

At senior school the young adults hone their academic and extra-curricular skills to prepare for their journey into the world outside the protective environs of the school. Innovative and effective teaching methodologies are used by the teachers with focus on the constantly changing educational pedagogy which enhances academic achievement. Apart from skills and knowledge due attention is also paid to inculcating values which will stand them in good stead in life. 

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