Page 28 - EducationWorld Aug 2020 Flipbuilder

Institution Profile

Central Public School, Udaipur

Currently celebrating its 31st anniversary, the K-12 CPS is ranked among India’s Top 30
co-ed day-cum-boarding schools and # 3 in Rajasthan in the latest EducationWorld India
School Rankings 2019-20

PAROMITA SENGUPTA
ITED ON AN eco-friendly
three-acre campus on the
banks of River Ayad in Udai-
Spur, Central Public School
(CPS, estb.1989) has emerged as the
most preferred day-cum-boarding
school of this charming city of lakes
and temples (pop.650,000). Cur-
rently celebrating its 31st anniversa-
ry, this K-12 school is ranked among
the Top 30 co-ed day-cum-boarding
schools nationally and #3 in Rajas-
than (68 million) in the latest Edu-
cationWorld India School Rankings
(EWISR) 2019-20.
Promoted three decades ago by
Alka Sharma — chairperson of
the Child Welfare Society, which
also runs the city’s Rockwoods High
School (estb.2009) and Rockwoods
International School (2016) — to
offer high-quality English-medium
education in then underserved
Udaipur, this CBSE-affiliated school
provides holistic education rooted
in traditional ethics and values to
its 2,000 students, including 240 CPS Udaipur campus: stimulating learning environment. Inset: Alka & Deepak Sharma
boarders, mentored by 87 teachers.
“Our goal is to nurture children and recipient of the Union ministry batch of 85 students in a nondescript
in a safe, secure and stimulating of Communications and IT’s Com- rented building. Today the school is
learning environment to develop puter Literacy Excellence President’s spread over three green acres hosting
competencies and skills required Award in 2003. four three-storeyed buildings with a
for success and leadership in the The CPS management takes par- built-up area of 60,860 sq. ft. These
emerging global economy. Therefore, ticular pride in the school’s smooth buildings house 50 air-conditioned
our curriculum integrates rigorous switch to digital learning after all Smart classrooms, four state-of-the-
academics with sports, co-curricular education institutions country- art science and computer laborato-
and life skills education to produce wide were ordered to shut down on ries, hi-tech multimedia, music and
well-rounded and confident school- March 25 following outbreak of the art rooms, and separate junior and
leavers who are physically strong, Covid-19 pandemic. “We boldly ac- senior libraries with 10,000 volumes
mentally alert, emotionally stable, cepted the challenge to start online and more than 30 magazines and
spiritually enlightened and equipped classes which we are supplementing e-journal subscriptions. Residential
with social and life skills, with with in-house designed worksheets accommodation includes separate
excellent command over the English and notes. Nor is our online educa- air-cooled dormitories for 180 boys
language. Under our unique English tion restricted to academics. Given and 60 girls.
champ pedagogy, students in all age our culture of holistic education, “A global outlook and special
groups are regularly tested for cre- students have celebrated Indian emphasis on life skills education is
ative writing, elocution and debating festivals apart from World Environ- a well-established tradition in CPS.
skills. For our teachers, we routinely ment Day, World Heritage Day and In 2015, we introduced student
conduct in-house workshops to International Yoga Day online,” says exchange programmes with schools
ensure their continuous profes- Sharma. in Sweden and Germany for our
sional development,” says Sharma, Udaipur’s top-ranked day-cum- students to explore new countries,
an English postgrad of Rajasthan boarding school has certainly come cultures and ideas and improve
University, managing director of CPS a long way since it admitted its first their communication and collabora-

28 EDUCATIONWORLD AUGUST 2020