Manipal Sharada Public School

Manipal Sharada Public School, founded in 2004 under the aegis of Sri Sharada Educational Trust, was started as Sri Sharada Vidyalaya. The School embraces students from all walks of life and variety of backgrounds. All this is accomplished by working in close partnership with students to develop their full and individual potential for life and work.

The School follows the CBSE pattern of study from Grade I onwards with English as the medium of instruction. The curriculum design permits wide scope for children to explore their interests and to promote creativity, curiosity, determination and independence. Self reliance, tolerance and team work are a part of their learning experience. This, we strongly believe will enable them to excel in the 21st century and learn strategies that will serve for a life time. The curriculum tries to address the individuality of students and does not confine itself to academics. Sports and activities are integrated in the curriculum.

Our academic programme is unique in its consistency, thoroughness and creativity. A lot of research has thus gone into building the academic programme for our Schools. Children's academic, emotional and physical development are the underlying principles of our programme.

While at school, during the developmental stages, concepts are first introduced to the child through stories and images and using the ICT in the classroom situation. The academic programme at each level is linked to themes of study. Though there are text books at every level, reliance is not on text books alone. Subjects of study are integrated with visuals using ICT, art, music and movement. Each child at the Junior school is encouraged to create a journal of his or her own, summarizing the learning acquired by the child in the classroom. Through the lessons, the child is helped to interpret, understand and relate to the themes under study.

Our teachers are trained to understand the children entrusted under their care and absolute commitment to pupils is our goal. Children are given adequate practice in concepts through various activity sheets, practice sheets and skill builder sheets which reinforce the concepts learnt at school. Assignments are graded periodically and frequent tasks at school and home help us grade the level of achievement and progress made in learning by the child.

The School is equipped with ICT classrooms that enable the child to visualize the concepts studied. Children understand concepts better using the visuals in the classroom. Themes selected at each level of study are integrated with the ICT experience and teachers use visual learning as an effective tool to build on the understanding of the child. This way the interest of the child is also sustained in the classroom. Using 3D animation and other video clippings, the teacher ensures that the cognitive methodology of teaching is used, which adds to the thinking skills of the child.

Entering Kindergarten is an exciting experience for children. It is their first big step into formal education. We at MSPS understand that the first years of School are of crucial importance. The Kindergarten sets the tone for the entire schooling years of the child. Beginning with the Playgroup, the child traverses the Nursery, Prep I and Prep II stages in a challenging but unique way of learning.

The building facility has been designed to offer learning and play opportunities for our children that support and enhance their creativity, discovery, and exploration. The kindergarten centre enfolds a separate play area, with split level sandpit, water play area, puppet theatre and a collection of cartoon films. Indoors, each classroom has toy shelves and racks. Music centres for the Kindergarten have been separately planned out. Above all is the sense of security and consistency that is provided to the child in these formative years.

The objective of the Junior School programme is to help every child appreciate and understand as much as s/he can of the human achievement in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts. Focus is on preparation of every child to face the world of rapid change and unforeseeable demands. The teaching and learning methodology being interdisciplinary, the motto behind the programme is to ensure maximum growth of each learner.

The curriculum has been exclusively framed for the School. It enables every child to acquire the basic skills of learning and mastery over them. High academic levels are maintained right from the lower classes to enable the students to face the challenges of the outside world confidently and competitively.

The striking feature of the curriculum/School is the absence of tests/exams up to Grade IV thus making learning fun yet enriching. At the same time continuous evaluation and feedback in the learning system has been worked on.