Devi Academy Senior Secondary School was established in the year 1989 and is managed by Devi Academy Educational Trust. It is a co-educational institution with medium of instructions as English. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary education, New Delhi and it offers education up to class XII. The main aim of the school is to provide value based quality education. The institution strives hard for the holistic development of the children. The school trains the students in all possible areas and has achieved a lot in both scholastic and co-scholastic activities.
Devi Academy has received British Council's International School Award for the year 2013-2016. The school has also been awarded with AAAA+ rating by Careers 360-The Education Hub.
Academics The school prepares the students from Pre.KG to class XII based on the CBSE curriculum. Devi Academy strictly follows the educational policies and guidelines of NCERT. The school follows a planned way of teaching from junior level to senior secondary level classes. For the junior level classes, the school handles play way method and teaches the students by involving them into activities such as art, craft, music, story- telling, etc. For the senior classes, the curriculum includes outdoor activities, work experience and co-curricular activities. To provide extra knowledge to the students on language and mathematics, the school conducts practical classes in language lab and mathematics lab.
Devi Academy follows the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) pattern to evaluate the academic excellence of the students from class I to X. The school follows grade system and not marks system. Both the scholastic and co-scholastic activities of the students will be considered during the evaluation process.
Secondary Level: English (language I), Tamil/Hindi/Sanskrit( language II), mathematics, integrated science, Social Science, Environment education, Work experience, life skills, art education, yoga, physical and health education, Computer Science (from class III).
Senior Secondary Level: List of elective subjects offered by Devi Academy for senior secondary classes are as follows:
Group I: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Group II: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science
Group III: Maths, Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics
In addition to the above mentioned electives, the students of class XI and XII should learn English, second language, general studies, yoga, work experience, physical and health education.
Facilities Devi Academy Senior Secondary School has wide spread campus with large building and academic blocks. The classrooms are spacious, furnished and ventilated. The school library is large, spacious and has wide collection of books arranged in large racks. Reading facility is also available inside the library. To conduct digital classes, the school has smart classrooms with equipment like smart boards, projectors, audio and video devices. The smart classroom programmes is implemented at the school by Educomp Solutions and Edusmart Services Private Limited. To conduct practical classes and to improve the subject knowledge of the students, the school has separate, well-equipped maths lab, physics lab, chemistry lab, English language lab, biology lab and computer lab. The school also has playground and transport facilities.
Activities and Events Since co-scholastic activities are the part of the curriculum, the school provides extra care and attention to improve the special talent of the students. The school also involves the students into social activities and creates a social awareness in the minds of the students. The clubs that are operating in the school are Karuna club, ISA, Devi Kalalaya and Cricket Club. The school trains the students and helps them to participate in talent contests, science talent examinations and creative competitions such as elocution, essay writing, puzzles, poster designing, spell bee competition, etc.
To unleash the sports talent of the students, the school conducts sports meet. The school also trains the interested students in games and sports such as cricket, athletics, volleyball, throw ball, etc. Every year, the school celebrates Annual day, Sports day, Independence Day, Republic Day and festivals such as Christmas, Pongal, Diwali, Janmashtami, etc. in a grand manner by organizing cultural events and special programmes.
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