The Founder Late Maharaja Madhavrao Jayaji Rao Scindia
The
School at a glance
Twenty
minutes drive from the station, Scindia School
is located in the hill fortress of Gwalior.
One of the most prestigious schools in the
country, Scindia School has towered 300 ft.
over the city of Gwalior for more than a century.
School
Type
:
Residential
boys school
Founded
:
1897
Founder
:
Maharaja
Madhav Rao Jayaji Rao Scindia
Board
:
CBSE
Campus
area
:
110
acres
Address
:
The
Scindia School, The Fort, Gwalior 474008,
Madhya Pradesh, India
Telephone
:
+91-751-2480750
Fax
:
+91-751-2480650
E-mail
:
office@scindia.edu
Website
:
www.scindia.edu
Standard
:
Class
VI to Class XII
Student
Strength
:
606
Houses
:
12
(four for junior residents, eight for
senior residents)
Teacher-Student
Ratio
:
1:12
Academic
Year
:
Second
week of July to third week of April
Winter
Holidays
:
4
weeks
Summer
Holidays
:
11
weeks
Annual
vacations: This academic
year, the school will be in recess from
2nd week of December to 2nd week of January.
After completion of the academic year
there will be a break from 3rd week of
April to 2nd week of July then
the next academic year will start.
Annual Fees:
Students on the school rolls pay an annual
fee of Rs 1,22,800/- while new students are
required to pay a fee of Rs 2,03,000/-.
NRI Students fee structure Students on rolls
pay an annual fee of Rs 2,44800/- while new
NRI strudents are required to pay Rs. 3,65,000/-.
For a clearer idea of how fees charged is
spent for the welfare of the students, please
read the detailed
fee structure.
Facilities
The school has extensive facilities for the
benefit of students. The well-equipped library
is open seven days a week for the benefit
of students.
The school computer-centre has a large
network of Dell servers & 300 Pentium-based machines which runs on fibre optic backbone. The centre
has a digital handy camera, projection systems,
zip drives and a DVD/CD writer to cater to all
requirements. All commonly used software as
well as many special software are installed
to cater to student's academic requirements.
A large number of educational multimedia CDs
are also available as part of our effort to
provide all-round academic support through
IT.
The students live in twelve residential
houses - eight houses for senior students and
four houses for younger students. A housemaster/
housemistress is in charge of each house.
Housemasters act as a guardian in the daily
lives of the students. The housemaster's residence
and that of another faculty are attached to
each house to ensure the availability of pastoral
guidance at all times.
A well-equipped health centre takes care of
the students' medical needs. A resident doctor,
a trained nurse and a ward master take care
of all student requirements. For complicated
cases or emergencies the school calls upon
its panel of specialists in the city and also
avails of the facilities provided by the best
nursing homes.
Activities
A large number of societies in the school
help students give expression to themselves
and their interests. Organised completely
by students themselves, it helps students
develop their personalities. Among others,
the school has a Junior Debating Society and
a Senior Debating Society and two literary
societies - one for English and one for Sanskrit/Hindi.
The students also run separate societies to
cater to interests in history, geography,
mathematics, science, and computers. The School
Council comprising of scholars and teachers
give students a large amount of student self-government.
This teaches them to make responsible, collective
decisions in the spirit of democracy.
To express their creativity and to strengthen
their innate ability at various crafts students
take up a wide variety of hobbies like music,
photography, painting, glass painting, batik
painting, papier mâché, clay
modelling, pottery, stone carving, wood work
and metal work. They are encouraged to learn
among others first aid techniques, motor mechanics
and to develop a special interest in computers.
School students also have a long tradition
of physical activities. They participate in
educational camps, nature camps, adventure
activities – such as : trekking, mountaineering
expeditions, white water rafting, skiing and
cycling.
Sports Games and sports
is an integral part of the school curriculum
for which a wide range of facilities are available
along with 22 play fields. Students are encouraged
to participate in athletics, soccer, hockey,
cricket, basketball, equestrian, squash, tennis,
table tennis, badminton, chess, swimming and
diving. There is a fully and well-equipped
multi-gym in the school for the benefit of
the students.
Festivals Scindia school
students come from all parts of India and
from a wide variety of religious and linguistic
backgrounds. In keeping with this multi-cultural
background and the secular character of the
school, students celebrate a number of festivals
like Diwali, Id, Christmas, Holi, Janmashtami,
Ganesh Chaturthi, Raksha Bandhan and Basant
Panchami.
