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Institution Profile

Delhi Public School, Jaipur

DPS, Jaipur (estb. 2003) has built an excellent reputation for providing high-quality
holistic day-cum-boarding school education to its 1,780 students
PAROMITA SENGUPTA

ITED ON AN eco-friendly
15-acre campus off the
Jaipur-Ajmer national
Shighway, Delhi Public
School, Jaipur (DPSJ, estb.2003)
has built an excellent reputation
for providing high-quality holistic
day-cum-boarding school education
with special emphasis on community
service to its 1,780 students — in-
cluding 644 girl children and 124
boarders — mentored by 128 teach-
ers. Currently celebrating its 20th
anniversary, this pre-nursery-class
XII school is ranked among the Top
30 co-ed day-cum-boarding schools
nationally and #4 in Rajasthan in the
latest EducationWorld India School
Rankings 2022-23.
A franchisee of the Delhi Public Dr. Richa Prakash Ghosh (centre) with DPSJ students: integrated curriculum
School Society (estb.1949) that runs
206 owned and franchised schools in An after-school hours in-house outreach programmes and social
India and abroad, this CBSE (Delhi)- Shiksha Kendra (education centre) responsibility.
affiliated school was promoted by and skilling unit for underprivileged To fulfill its objective of enabling
well-known industrialist-philan- children has the enthusiastic support integrated development of students,
thropist Ravi Jaipuria and wife of our children. However, the core of the school management has liberally
Dhara with the objective of stimu- DPSJ learning is our unique cross- invested in state-of-the-art academic
lating “creativity in thought; thought curricular pedagogy integrating eco- and sports infrastructure facilities.
in action; action with purpose and nomic, social, political, and cultural Spread over 15 acres, DPSJ hosts
purpose in life,” and mission to values of sustainability including three triple-storeyed air-conditioned
evolve into a “school with a differ- the UN’s Sustainable Development academic blocks and a three-sto-
ence”. Early this year, an indepen- Goals. Moreover, we believe in the reyed admin block with an aggregate
dent world-class tennis academy was continuous development of our built-up area of 47,718 sq. metres.
established within DPSJ by Devyani teachers — our biggest assets,” says The academic blocks house
Jaipuria, Pro-Vice Chairperson of Dr. Richa Prakash Ghosh, a 116 spacious including 45 Smart
the school. history and education postgraduate classrooms, 11 modern science and
“Our goal is to nurture children in of Delhi, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Agra computer laboratories, hi-tech mul-
a safe and secure learning environ- and IGNOU universities with two timedia, music and art rooms, and
ment that welcomes technology, decades of teaching and admin expe- separate junior and senior libraries
innovation, diversity and encour- rience in well-known schools in India with 16,000 volumes. Residential
ages discipline, intellectual inquiry and abroad, and incumbent principal accommodation includes separate
and collaboration. Therefore, the of DPSJ. air-cooled dormitories for 92 boys
DPSJ curriculum integrates rigorous Last year, Ghosh was conferred and 31 girls.
academics with sports, co-curricular the ‘Most Effective Principal’ award Sports education is accorded high
and life skills education to nurture of the CSC Academy of the Union importance by the DPSJ manage-
well-rounded, socially responsible ministry of electronics & IT, for ment. “Last month, we signed a part-
and compassionate global citizens. contribution towards community nership agreement with Gurgaon-

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