The Cathedral Vidya School

Batch of 2019, has celebrated their Farewell parties and is celebrating their academic milestone with completing Grade 10 and the end of schooling years for many. In India, generally, post Grade 10 students join the Junior College and may also continue with Grade 11 and 12 as a part of the Higher Secondary school at their current institutions. What happens after Grade 10 is a big decision for many parents and students, irrelevant of the curriculum the students have completed their Grade 10 with.  Let's see the two key aspects in a general scenario:   It is no longer necessary to continue studying in the same curriculum post Grade 10. Many students like to join a Junior College post-Grade 10 either by choice or they have to join other institutions because their school has facilities only up to Grade 10. Those colleges that do have a Junior College, offer limited seats if they are a continuation of a Secondary School. They must accommodate their own students, first...

When it comes to education, India has ample of options to offer and has influenced a larger number of audience across the globe since many generations. Needless to say, India has some of the best boarding schools, popular as the sources of leading education in the world. The good boarding schools in Pune are popular due to the quality of education, discipline and the cultural values imparted in the boarding schools of India. These very engaging factors offered by the Indian boarding schools make international students choose India as their destination to pursue their education. Let’s read on to know, some of the reasons, which clearly mention why expat students are joining boarding schools in India. Fits In The Budget As parents, the first concern is the fee structure. However, when we compare internationally, Indian boarding schools offer the most competitive prices. Education in India is affordable and qualitative in the most competitive packages offered. T...

The Cookery Club is one of the non-curricular clubs run on Saturday’s. These are mentored by teachers of the various departments. The Cookery Club is one of the popular clubs among students, where they learn basic culinary skills, cooking and food hygiene and more importantly how to be independent. Our school, being an international residential school where food is served in a Cafeteria style Dining Hall; Learning to cook the basic variety of platters now, will help these students a lot in the long run. Given the fact that most of the IGCSE / IBDP students continue to join universities and colleges that are residential or are away from home. We at the Cathedral Vidya School understand that a child’s schooling doesn’t begin and end at academics and sports alone. There is so much more a child needs to learn before he or she is living independently. The Cathedral Vidya School, Lonavala implements international hands-on and experiential-based learning and teaching pedagogies....

How many times you have heard the term IB school, and couldn’t grasp what exactly it holds and how well does it really help the students. I am assured the answer must be multiple times, and you ended up scratching your head, as you fail to understand that how come an IB school can bring loads of difference to your child’s future. Yes, this is one of the major benefits you get from IBDP schools near Pune … Am I confusing you further??? Well, you don’t need to, since this post is going to highlight a number of advantages you are likely to receive after sending your child to IB world school. So let’s start… What Is IB? IBO concept was founded in 1968; it stands for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). Being a non-profit educational organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, it is not at all associated with any specific country and is free from any national, political or educational agendas. The International Baccalaureate (IB) proffers high-quali...

Being a parent, you are always worried about sending your children to a good school! Which kind of schooling should you opt for, is the question at hand today; with equally competitive options like #HOMESCHOOLING, DAY SCHOOL, DAY CUM BOARDING SCHOOL or A BOARDING SCHOOL? Abound with so much information and perspectives the decision to ensure the best for your child’s education is confusing. For many decades there has been a strong discussion of whether to educate your children at a boarding school over a day school. It surely is a moot point and cannot be given a miss, as both the sides hold their own arguments and this does nothing but confuse the parents who are looking forward to sending their children to a boarding school. So let’s find out why do parents give more significance to  boarding school in Mumbai  over day school or any other kind of schooling. Lifestyle These days life is fast everywhere. Time is scarce and desires are many. The competitio...

The moments cherished most in our life, are generally those from our childhood, where there are friends, there is laughter, pranks, and that unconditional love and promises to stay together always. These days with nuclear families in trend and for security reasons children tend to get isolated with technological gadgets for the company and spending time. We can give our children the best that’s available in the market but children need friends and the learning process which comes from bonding with children their own age to make that one childhood special and fun. At boarding schools, children enjoy the same 24 hours in many more meaningful ways and have so many other people to learn from and grow with. However, there is an ideology, which states, that children are too young to understand the complexities of life, thus they must grow up in the guidance and shadow of their family members to learn the differences between right and wrong, and prepare themselves for their independ...

Education is not at all what it used to be years ago. With the advancement and excellence of human capacities, core basic requirements and priorities of mankind to have advanced at an unimaginable pace. Academic knowledge and children’s capabilities are no longer restricted to the age or genes of a child. In the last decade, we have seen such excellence and child prodigies from entrepreneurs to scientists. The other day, there was an article about a child in Hyderabad, who is teaching engineers to code. So, teaching is also not restricted to age anymore. In such a scenario, we understand that the academic needs of today’s children are beyond comprehension and limits. As teachers, we see the international bodies of education, develop advanced academic programs for children right from their first step at school. International schools are places where children are doing everything very early, right from lab experiments to creating and executing real-life projects in the clas...