Aman Setu School – an attempt to preserve Humanity!

Beautiful name isn’t it? Aman Setu 🙂

In today’s modernization how many of us maintain our culture in whatever way possible, is a question to be pondered over. Last year when I was looking for a good school for my younger son, I was introduced to this name ” Aman Setu” by a friend. Her son used to be studying in a school run by MKF. Her son was dyslexic. Now 14 years back, the word dyslexic would have passed off as another laxative or some kind of digestive brand name by an enthusiastic brand manager :).
She was disheartened when St Mary’s told her to take her son out of the school when he was only in 2nd std as he was not able to cope up with the class! She got him under the wings of Bhojwani School, Pune run at that time by Mrs Madhavi Kapur. Today the boy is one of the editors of his college magzine.

In India, schools are very partial and I hate to admit they will not take kids with any kind of learning disability, leave alone other physical disability. The so called normal schools do not like to see their results affected by any special child’s special abilities. I think schools have stopped thinking. They have a set pattern, a preset curriculum and a way to manage the school that does not encourage out of the box thinking. Neither the teachers nor the parents even try to think out of the normalcy. So what we see is a robot like teaching by robot like teachers producing hunderds of robots 🙂 each year.

I am reminded of an advertisement of NIIT, where everyone is walking, talking and behaving the same way, untill the girl from NIIT arrives.
Aman Setu is a school in Pune that is attempting to be a bit difference amongst the crowd.

I always wanted to write a review on Aman Setu ever since I visited the school last year and spent and entire day in the school. Now, which school will allow a parent to experience a day in their school with the teachers and kids doing their far from traditional teaching and learning! It’s like the 30 day money back garauntee offers that come with online product, which are 100% sure of their quality.

The school is located near the airport, close to the Diamond water park, in a farm area! I must tell you …read more…

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Parents are like Gods to their kids. Kids look up to parents as their superheroes and emulate every move they observe.

They will copy you when you are aware, but they will surprise or shock you when they mimic things that you wish you had never said or done!

They are innocent bunch of love filled souls who will make you cry with their selfless tiny deeds, bring tears in your eyes with their angelic talks, express unbounded love for you when you least expect !  🙂

Well, there are also days when they will make you cry with their demonic deeds, brings tears in your eyes with their blunt statements or make you look like a fool in front of others especially 😦 🙂 !!!

We try so hard to provide the best for our kids all through the year 24X7.  I read somewhere that Asians are the best researchers and spend their money very judiciously, but when it comes to their kids, they take decisions through their heart only 🙂 . I loved it. But, let’s add to that research NOW a new result.

That ‘New Asian’ parents are very wise and research everything they provide to their kids, including food, medicine, schools, education, entertainment, sports, clothing and even pets. The research is not limited to the cost but goes into the ingredients, actions, side-effects, feel, future benefits and bonds offered by any product they buy. 🙂

This site is my way of doing so for my two beautiful kids. Since they were 5 yrs and 3.5 yrs old when I started posting here, all my posts will grow with them :). I will be providing all the researched data on anything that worries me, along with my honest personal views.

By the good wishes of many parents, this blog has become quite popular and has created it’s own dedicated moms group. I wish the readership grows and provides me with the encouragement to research and write more.

There are honest school reviews, food for kids reviews, teaching things fun ways, product reviews and movie reviews for kids, places to visit in Pune.

Reviews I am working on…

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Admission time for DPS, St Mary’s, Vibgyor, Loyolla, Bishops in Pune!!!

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Admission time is a big tensionful time for all parents looking to get their kids admitted to the schools of their choice.

I remember the two years I had tried to get information on the internet , from parents in my neighbourhood and from the websites of the schools!

So this is for those parents trying to get dates of the admission for each school. A lot of hardwork has gone into making this information available with surfing the sites to making calls to the school offices. But even after all that hardwork, there is still a chance of the admission dates being changed by the school authorities. 🙂

Delhi Public School(CBSE)

DPS is the first school in Pune to start its admission process. The non refundable fee being read more…

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My kids go to different board schools, DPS and St Mary’s!!!!!!

My kids go to different schools with different education board !

Every time I mention this, I see people reacting only one way , and that is with great astonishment slowly turning to pity my state, suggestions and help never intended to give :).

But trust me, it’s not as difficult as it seems !

It has infact given me the opportunity to spend time with each of my child separately for their various needs.

I get to spend time with only the elder one (who goes to 1st std St Mary’s) in the morning as he wakes up at 5:30 am. It’s easy to get him all ready and make him eat his breakfast peacefully. He is off to bus stand at 6:45am. Now handling two of them would have driven me nuts as both are still totally dependent on me for all their chores.

The second one who goes to Nursery class, DPS, wakes up at read more

Which Education Board to choose for my child !!!!!!!!!!

When it comes to confusing, the worst is when parents have to choose the right board for their children!
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and the State Boards.
There are other Boards too which will be added once enough information is collected.

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DPS MANAGEMENT is Excellent !!!

DPS school, its management and the staff never stops to amaze me !

The DPS bus which comes to Kalyani Nagar to pick and drop my child would stop at a very filthy place. At the garbage dump, right after the bridge ended . It was not just filthy but was a nuisance to be standing amongst ragpickers, truck drivers and scrap collection shop. My kid started only this year, so I was trying to bear untill the rains started this june 2009. It became a nightmare to stand in the rains, with cars splashing water, flies tickling and men staring at buffons like us waiting !
That’s when I decided, no more bearing this unwanted trauma everyday in the scorching sun or pouring rains.
I spoke to a few parents if they wanted to get the bus stand shifted to somewhere decent place. Everyone obviously nodded. SO I went to the school and spoke to the office lady, who asked me to get a letter from all the parents who wanted the same. Then my hubby darling spoke to the transport head too. He said if there was a good number of students from my society, they will defintely consider the change.
SO I again made a letter describing the situation, took names of all the kids who would come to the bus stop and gave it to the principal. I also showed the management pictures of the area in the rains with the garbage.
The principal without a single word approved the change of the stop from the shabby place to my society Lunkad Sky Lounge. Now that’s what I call quick decision and appreciate the DPS school even more.

What a SCHOOL you have madamjee ! Hats off !

Moral of the story …. When you want to get something, all you have to do is ASK ! 🙂

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DPS PUNE SCHOOL, A Benchmark !!!!!!

A critic’s critic is what I can be best described as 🙂

I have very high set of standards when it comes to kids, education, hygiene and anything to do with the tiny tots. 🙂

Since my younger son was happily going to a kindergarten school “Kider Brook” at Kalyani Nagar, I was a carefree mom with no tension of homework, timing was cool 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Next to my home a lane far to be precise :).

So when he completed his nursery and was time for Jr Kg, I was not gonna repeat the mistake of hanging on to a kindergarten , which I did for my elder son. Read my blog on St Mary’s for more.

So come november 2008 and I started checking the DPS website for the form to be downloaded for admissions.
I was glad to find it in the second week of the month. Downloaded the form and took the print-outs. It was a pleasure to the eyes and mind to see very clear, no nonsense form with only required information that was asked for to be filled in.
There were only two things that were needed to be arranged for the registration time read more…

Yippy my son got through ST MARY’S SCHOOL Pune, India !

Feb 24, 2008

 

I am a very proud and free mom today..Why? ‘Cause finally my elder son got through the St Mary’s School in Upper KG ! I should have hunted for schools and admission when he was to go to LKG.

On the day of his written test (imagine that for a 4.5 yr old) and an oral test, I was quite sure he will do well as he is a brilliant learner!

U know, he likes to learn about everything and anything! Such intelligent questions?

One question in the interview was what objects do u use in a rainy day?

He told me all that he cud think of including umbrella, raincoat, gumboots….and then he added ..” teacher u can use newspaper also if you don’t have anything else   !”

I knew I don’t have to worry.

So on the  parents’ interview day , my hubby and I waited for one hour for our turn with butterflies in my tummy!…

  Mrs. Mathew, the director of St Mary’s was smiling and looking through her spectacles. She asked me, “So you are Shourya’s Parents?”  And we replied “Yes”. Not forgetting any of our etiquettes, we pulled the chair to sit down.
Mrs. Mathew who was beaming said with a lovely smile ….” Oh your son has done very well, he is brilliant child! 

Then she asked where my younger son goes. I told her as of now a playschool called Kidder Brook, but will be here after one year to join his brother in St Mary’s.

Hoping to see any change in expression or an answer to counter my far fetched thoughts, I looked into her eyes. read more…

Schools in Pune, India DPS, ST MARY’S, BISHOPS, LEXICON, VIBGYOR…..

Admission time in Pune is harrowing experience for all parents trying to select a school for their kid. I made the blunder of not taking admissions for my kid in Jr kg = nursery.

So when Nov 2007 arrived, I was all geared to get my kid admitted into Delhi Public School, Pune. Its a Co-ed school and CBSE board is followed there. Having done the same board made sense.

The website dpspune.com did not display any information till the first week of November 2007. Then the website mentioned that admissions for all classes except above 1st STD were open.

 The forms were available in the office of DPS School, in NIBM road. When I went there sharp at 10:00 am, click here to read more

Kangaroo Kids Pune India

I am writing this as I want every parent who in interested in admitting their child to Kangaroo Kids Pune(kk) at Koregaon Park to know about the facts.

Today I had to drop my son to Nehru Memorial hall for the concert practice at 9.00am.  My son cried a little as he does not like new and strange places. I was given a card by the management ,saying that without that card I cannot pick up my son. The pick up time was written as 12.30pm.  I reach there at 12.25pm.  I am shocked to see my poor son.

I was very upset and angry that a school of this stature where all hoity toities kids go, has no one to take care and wait with my 2.8 year old son!!!  There were cars whizzing in front as the main door opens right into the main road called Camp area of Pune! There were men strolling around, beggars walking past him! Any one could have taken him away in 5 sec!! 

I waited there for 5 min which was like ages to see if someone will come. Then a teacher comes out and seeing me standing with him brings his bag. No word or even a thought to the fact that he was all alone. I asked her why there was nobody with him? And the answer was blank, and then another teacher comes by, who cooks up an excuse that there must have been miscommunication.

I was livid and shaking out of shock and anger and irresponsibility of the school. I felt betrayed! I was in tears to know that the child I take care and fuss about so much, was standing all alone in the middle of the busiest part of the city by the same school that I trusted and paid 3000 bucks every month! In that cost I cud keep him a full time educated nanny who would not only teach him but feed him and care for him.

Kangaroo Kids is well known as its Mumbai branches have actors n hi-fi ‘s kids going there. But unfortunately the Pune branch has only cashed on the name. It does not care about the kids. They don’t own up their mistake ever. Several times kids are found sitting alone with no one around after school time!

A year back my son was bitten by ants at 14 places and the school refused to own up that there were ants in the premises. On the contrary they said that may be in my car I should check for ants. It’s the most irresponsible school I have ever encountered. They don’t have water back up and there were times when the toilet was full of poop. How infectious it is to send your kid to this kind of unhygienic school. Just last month my son picked up urinary infection from the school. I am so fed up and today was the last straw.

It’s been a full day now and neither the principal, owner nor even the class teacher has called to find out if my son is ok and how are we doing.

I am still shivering when I think of what if someone kidnapped him, or just took him away! World is full of maniacs, what if someone did something to him? What if he started to walk in the main street with the heavy traffic all around him? I just cannot get myself to forget this incident. Anyone who has any query u can email me here .
I am taking up this issue with the owner Lina Ashar. If they can pacify me fine, else I will be going to the newspaper and TV channels to let the poor parent be ware of Pune branch of kangaroo kids school. Don’t think your kids are in the safe hands there. Infact if u leave them there, you are at the worst risk of harming your child.

Please everyone spread the word, about this damn school, b4 u let the silly teachers harm your kid!!! And don’t forget to make comments! I have taken admission in another school for my son today.

Yesterday was the meeting with the people from KK head office Mumbai. They were very professional and knew what they were doing. To the extent that they lacked empathy. They first wanted to ”tackle” each parent separately. I was not interested in 1-1. AS there were all the parents waiting to be heard. We all went in and with the Pune management in tow. I started to explain all that I had gone thru, the carelessness of the management, the coldness from the management and all other problems.

While the meeting was nearing end, I thought that since things were accepted by the management and were ready to take corrective actions, it was my moral duty to inform them that I have emailed to hundreds of people. So they should not be surprised if someone gave the mail for print. The moment I said print , they both panicked. Instead of realizing that when I wrote the mail, by then it was more than 2 days and no one had contacted me from the school. I had out of frustration made it my agenda to write to every one I knew to circulate the mail.
As I wanted to create awareness about the incident that had happened and then beware of the school. Then the principal mentioned that there was someone who was found distributing pamphlets against KK. But instead of understanding my condition and frustration, the female rep from KK, indirectly threatens me saying that anyone who maligns the name of KK will have to face their lawyer. Not once but at least 3 times she repeated that. The male rep had his wits together and was trying to take care of the situation. While leaving the female rep mentioned another comment against me. She said that ” the way Vaundhara whose son had pushed a bead in his nose, handled the situation very nicely as compared to me” . I was again very shocked, but by this time I realized it was no use talking to the management reps, for whom one child’s case was important as his mom was very well connected politically than a child who’s mom chose to approach the management directly with no backing politically.

Also she thought that in the times of crisis like I was facing, I should have sat down to analyze and strategies how I should approach the management. So now my dear readers, u have to decide if I should let them go as they threatened me (ha-ha) or I should now give a go ahead to the 2 reporters who are waiting to go live with the story. In either case I will need your support. As this is not my fight it is a step towards making our children safer, and these school take better actions.

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