Schools

"To offer a quality education to the largest number of underprivileged children"

Even though our schools belong to a private organisation, they are bound by the Tamil Nadu governmental standards and are subject to an annual recognition and inspection. Each grade follows the programme established by the Tamil Nadu state.

The method to select pupils differs from the public school's method. The Durai Charitable Trust (the social service that relays the Switcher Foundation in India) receives a request from the parents. Once the teaching staff has examined it, the Trust decides whether to accept the child in the school. The relevant criteria are mainly the family's social status and its living conditions. Our policy is to favour children from underprivileged families.

Weekly and monthly tests are conducted to assess the grade reached by the pupil and exams take place every term.

In each school, the teachers meet regularly to discuss the following items:

• Regular assessment of the teachers
• Relations between the pupils, teachers and parents
• Help for the pupils experiencing difficulties
• Organisation and help for children during public meetings
• Treating urgent problems and finding solutions

Thanks to the computers donated by the International BeauSoleil Alpine College in Villars, the pupils are also taught computing skills. Three meetings with students from the Swiss college took place during the year and computing lessons were given both to our pupils and to the members of the teaching staff. We wish to underline the extraordinary commitment of the International BeauSoleil Alpine College.

In addition to the official programme, the pupils can take part in extra-curricular activities such as writing, or elocution, recitation, disguises and dancing contests, as well as other artistic challenges. These activities enable them to develop their competitive and team spirit, and their leadership and self-determination aptitudes.

Detail of the student count

Schools	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
School Rajaji Nagar. Nursery & Primary	266	236	222	213	202	188	147
School Veerapandi Nursery & Primary	124	112	112	120	108	119	71
School Samundipuram Nursery & Primary	177	181	181	186	182	185	173
School Ganganagar Nursery & Primary	167	206	205	197	195	191	150
School Tekma Nagar High School	95	127	144	211	141	144	149
School Athim arathupudur Matriculation School	59	98	169	301	208	208	203
School V.Kallipalayam Matriculation School	146	157	210	148	301	324	189
TOTAL	1034	1117	1261	1376	1337	1359	1082