GD Goenka Public School, Sarita Vihar, Delhi: Photos

The school library, the abode of learning, is a storehouse of knowledge and a priceless learning resource center. It houses abundant informative resources, ample reading material and digital data with easy access to the internet. It is a welcoming, calm, serene, vibrant and supportive space designed to encourage curiosity, exploration and instill a deep love for learning in all its users. The library is well stocked with a wide range of world’s latest fiction, poetry, prose, philosophical books, magazines, journals, comics, newspapers, text-books, audio and video CDs, DVDs and other visual aids. It also provides teachers with instructional material and professional resources to aid and enhance their skills in pedagogy.

Meet Technology, the presiding member of the Goenkan classroom. We have been successful in bringing technology to our classrooms with the introduction of interactive Whiteboards or Smart Boards. These allow students to interact with the lesson content while allowing teachers to integrate a range of resources with their lessons. The classroom transforms into an interactive forum for sharing experiences among students, thus helping in widening their analytical faculties.

There is a well-equipped computer lab in the School with competent teachers to train the students in the latest advancements in technology and computing. Beginning from the Pre-primary School, the curriculum focuses on keyboarding, word processing and internet skills.

Science involves seeing, handling, understanding and manipulating real objects and materials. Science lab experiments and equipment aid in developing scientific learning amongst students, and in cultivating deeper and profound interest in the field. Besides offering hands-on experience, science laboratory equipment teaches students how to make a scientific argument. Conducting experiments, reviewing them closely, developing logical reasoning, and responding to analytical comments, are some of the valuable skills that help in preparing the next generation of scientists, engineers, and medical professionals.

The school houses a well-equipped infirmary accessible during school hours. Skilled professionals are in attendance to ensure that all emergencies are treated with utmost care and attention. A full time family physician and staff nurse is present in the school, keeping in readiness for emergency medicines and medical apparatus.

The school cafeteria provides wholesome snacks and drinks in the most hygienic conditions. It offers a variety of nutritive food items at affordable prices. The canteen administration aligns itself with the events in school and serves special refreshments on occasions like Mango Day, Ice-cream Day, Independence Day, Parent Teacher Meetings etc. The school cafeteria is open to changes/suggestions with the sole aim to serve in the best possible way.

The school has its own fleet of deluxe air-conditioned buses. All the buses run on CNG mode and are equipped with the latest communication facilities like wireless and mobile phones. Each bus has a driver, a conductor and a security guard, for complete safety and security of the children. The routes and timing of the entire fleet of buses are monitored with the help of the Global Positioning System installed in the Control Room in the School premises.

The state-of-art Math Lab offers hands-on experience to the students for learning mathematics in an effective way and experiencing real world embodiments of mathematical ideas. It provides children with opportunities to discover and understand mathematical concepts through their active involvement in solving problems and develop an attitude of enquiry. It offers multiple teaching and learning aids as well as a complete theme based ambience which helps students to visualize and feel mathematics. Learning aids comprise of technology applications, videos, manipulatives, measuring instruments, tables, charts etc. It has a mathematics theme based ambience complete with soft boards and posters. Based on the three pillars of ‘Imagination, Investigation and Interaction’, it provides an opportunity to students to understand, internalize, discover and verify the basic mathematical and geometrical concepts through concrete objects and situations.

Imposing World Class, State- of- the- Art 250 seat Auditorium complete with audio video equipment and lighting is the center of Performing Arts activities of the School. The Auditorium along with the Indoor hall and Performing Arts Studios gives wings to the School's Theatre in Education program. The results, apart from the obvious ones of improved self-confidence, better public speaking skills, show other gains as well, such as the "ability to work with an ensemble in cooperative ventures" and the "ability to work through consensus and differences or obstacles to achieve a goal."