How to choose a school for your child?

How to choose a school for your child?

One of the tension giving questions for almost all or many of the parents.
Most of the parents in this scenario are very confused?

First of all they are confused about the age of the child…
What is the right age for a child to be sent to the school?
Secondly they are puzzled about the   medium…
Which medium of instructions would be more affective for my child?
Thirdly they are in a big dilemma of board selection….

Which is the better or beneficial board for my child’s goal?

Let us discuss one by one all the aspects. Basically what is needed to select a school for our child as a fresher parent?
What should be the ideal age for a child to be sent to school?

It is discussed many times and referred in many of the studies that the ideal age for a child to be sent to school should be six years. In government schools they give admission in grade 1 at 5 years. In Anganwadi they give admission at 3+ years but as the trend is most of the parents are in hurry to send their child to the school as early as possible, at times it is seen that a child is sent to some school at a very small age of 9 months which is very unbelievable - but it's true.

Now if we see this condition in a different way, think you don’t want to send your child to the school but think you are sending him or her to a place where he learns to develop his personality, motor skills and interests in various spheres of  life, But the condition is that place should have the corners and the space for your child’s interest.

I think that during the time of infancy i.e. ago of 0 to 5 years children learn to control the co relation of their brain with other parts of their body, we call them motor skill development process. So choose a school which allows your child to do a lot of activities to develop their motor skills. Just think seriously  what do you want your child to learn? It’s  just A ,B , C or you want your child to learn the real  lessons of life that is being sensible with the living beings and nature, loving the family, been generous and humble  to the needy, caring for the nature, become a thoughtful and sincere citizen of tomorrow… OR  you just want him to earn money and spend the life like a common man? Decide it at this point - Right now!
Now lets solve the second puzzle

Which medium of instructions would be more affective for my child?

Medium of instruction plays a vital role in character building, development of thought process and expressing one’s self in times of various critical as well as normal situations.

So be very careful while selecting the medium of instruction for your child. We live in a nation where diversity is seen in language so we should have a common medium to communicate with fellow men and people of the world at large.

Our child is anyhow going to learn our mother tongue but they need to be taught the national and international languages to communicate with the world and to be a Global Citizen. So choose a medium of instruction for your child which would help him to grow in his future and communicate with the world keeping his roots in the ground. The Environment of the school should be in any style but should teach the values of our culture.

Now moving on to the next important question…

Which is the better or beneficial board for my child’s goal?

Various boards like GSEB, CBSE, IB, Cambridge are available for selection but first decide the motive behind selection of any board.

Generally  parents are confused in selection of boards for their wards between state or central boards but in the current scenario its very simple as governments of all the states are switching towards ‘One India One Syllabus”  where in all the schools around the nation will follow this pattern of education which will be common everywhere and also beneficial for the students who have to switch schools for their parents job and also it aids in the public exams preparations.

Now its not absolutely necessary for parents to select a particular board for some specific reasons of public exam or transfers. Parents should select a school on the basis of the pattern and syllabus followed in the school should be based on the central board. So it becomes very convenient for the parents to select a particular school as per their child’s need.
Hope these suggestions and guidelines would definitely help the parents in selecting a better school for their child. As schooling _ a Good Schooling plays a very vital role in character building of a child’s life.

For any further assistance or queries regarding selection of a school or education related doubts feel free to contact the author.

amit.kalariya79@gmail.com
Dr Amit K Patel, Principal, Unique School
Morbi -2, Gujarat.