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Millennium School Noida!!

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m a ABCD(America born confused desi) mother of a ABeVCD(America born even more confused desi) 3 year old!!
My husband and i decided to move back to India and live here..

We moved back in oct and i've been n search mode since then, first a house ,then a school for my son Sufi.
Since the first was not really a problem, i assumed( led by stories form my family here) that getting a admissions for Sufi woul'dnt be that a big deal! I COULD'NT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG!!!!!

I went from one school to other, i don't think i have left any in NOida, form the fancy ones to the plain factories; from teachers in designer uniforms to out of this world buildings.I've seen it all...
I did'nt want my 3 year old to adjust to this change of moving to INDIA and then having to take up exams and have questions asked and what not these school do, in the pretext of admission tests!!
kUDOS to all the kids and parents who do, but coming form america , i was scared to death for my child!!!!

Then , i stumbled upon the Millennium school Noida. Having ran form pillar to post and having seen what i had seen, i knew exactly what i wanted and what i certainly did not want for my child.
They seemed to fit the bill just right.
They are warm , friendly and open!!
They gave me a patient hearing, explained their philosophy ,gave a tour/demo of classes and i met the principal..had a look at the books..everything really...most importantly.....they gave me time, nothing was done in a hurry..

This was something new..all his while i was in my best behaviour , filing up forms, standing in long lines , all at the mercy of the school.
Here was a place where i was talking and actually ,where i was myself and where i could disscuss about what i wanted !!

That was it for me!!! i took an appointment for my child to meet the principal..i was a little worried.i must confess i made Sufi learn a poem and brush up a liitle, the night before the meeting..But again, the principal met him and talked to him like she would with an adult!!!very informally..No, what colour is this? or any of that,,
My child was so happy and so was i ...

That is when i realized the my child had to be happy in school more than anything else and this is where he was happy. if the captain of the ship is like that an then im sure rest of the crew will be well guided.

Sufi is now a Millennium child and I'm a millennium parent.
You can read it as a happy child and a very happy parent!!

Cheers!!

Arbind

Hi Anjali,
I appreciate your view on technology but here we cann't experiment on our children . Obviously every person has different angle of view but on these public forums we are free to write what we feel like. We are going to spend huge amount of money on our child's education so its our duty to explore things properly that we actually get value of our money and give safe future and good academcs to our child. Its true child will get individual attention in these developing schools as teacher/ student is less but i can tell u names of such a schools who compromise on faculty . Other facilities and infrastructure takes back seat when u don't have competent faculty in school. How much time you would prefer your child to spend on Computer/Laptop / TV etc ? If they use same method of teaching in school won't it put extra pressure on eyes of our children ?
Mrs. Ayinat ,
Congrats that you get school for your Sufi . You have come back from US and you actually wanted such a school where you don't need to stand in lines for forms or went for interaction etc etc then may be you would prefer such a school but my opinion is, we want to give open environment to our children . There is already shortage of open space in our socities etc in Noida and how we can send children to those schools who have no space for play grounds etc and instead of providing such a good & healthy environment do we actually need to compensate on LCD projectors,touch screens, Edu com technology ... etc etc ? Building of Millenium is not ready till date. Construction work is still going on .. we all know we can provide all facilities like computer / games etc to our children at home but they all want to play with friends in play ground which is very very important for their physical development also. don't you agree on this ? These schools can be for those parents who are ready to spend huge amount of money for easy life for themselves and who come back from abroad and their children face problem in adjusting in other formal schools with other children or face hindi problems etc etc . .

I get lot of useful information from this site and appreciate this initiative .
Thanks

Amrita

Hi Harsh ,
Thanks for understanding my view on technology on <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.schooladmissionindia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=530#p530]viewtopic.php?p=530#p530 and this view was generic on technology .
We all should explore all possible things when finding good school for our child which includes academic reputation of school, teacher/ student ratio, Extra curricular activities, competence of faculty ,Fee structure , transparency, parents involvement etc etc . . Thanks for sharing whatever information you have about schools as it can help parents to know more about school. All the best with your admission process .
I don't know much about Millennium School as i don't know anyone whose child is already studying in millennium so cann't comment on anything. I agree with you that school doesn't have play ground,swimming pool and open space for children in premises which is very important for physical development of children .

Member

Dear Mr.Harsh,
Choosing Millennium was not choice out of convenience. I had gone through all options available and then i made an informed choice.
Yes' opinions do differ..I can only wish I made the right choice for my child!!
Infra is something that being worked on..and Im sure there are deadlines that will be met.
We all begin to walk before we run!!

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