Boarding schools in South India.

mjothi · 16th October 2008, 19:25

Thanks friend. If I understand right, seems I need to wait for 2 or 3 yrs to put him in these schools.
Anyway, I will try to do more research on this. Will check out the list you people mentioned.
@DieselFan, I have PMed you. Tks.

theMAG · 16th October 2008, 19:55

Sarla Birla - Jigani, Bangalore.

ajmat · 16th October 2008, 22:19

Lovedale - avoid - the teachers cannot control the students and management is awry
Rishi Valley seems to be good. Valley school in Bangalore - management are totally spaced out and detached from reality

anToNIcHeN · 17th October 2008, 09:39

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since you are from bangalore...you should try montfort yearcaud...am myself an "old boy" there...
missed to add... is it for your girl or boy?...montfort is only for boys till 10th...they started admitting girls for +1 and +2
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try this site...

jyobeb · 7th November 2008, 01:39

Not any more. There are girls from 6th onwards.

Rotorhead · 7th November 2008, 10:40

I am not too sure about the boarding school options in bangalore , but in TN, you could try the schools at ooty and kodai. They are really good. I studied in St.josephs conoor, but was a day scholar. anyways here is the list

ooty/coonoor-

St.Josephs coonoor,
Lovedale
Lawrence
Kothagiri public school
Hebrons
Good sheperds
Stanes

Kodaikanal-
Kodai international
KPS

jagan0677 · 7th November 2008, 11:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rotorhead

ooty/coonoor-

St.Josephs coonoor,
Lovedale
Lawrence
Kothagiri public school
Hebrons
Good sheperds
Stanes

Kodaikanal-
Kodai international
KPS

i wouldnt call SJC a full-fledged boarding school.
Lovedale and Lawrence are the same?

Surprising why Laidlaw doesnt make it to the list, again??
Cheers

WasavaTyres · 7th November 2008, 13:33

I've studied at kotagiri for 6 years at St. Jude's Public School and can assure you that it's a very good place to have your child in. But like Vivek Said, I would also suggest a residential school beyond class 5. You can visit St. Jude's Public School & Junior College! - Co-education residential school- Kotagiri-ooty road Nilgiris for more info.

There is also a community of the school on orkut where you can interact with current students from bangalore for more info as all the boys and girls from bangalore I know of are 1993 pass outs

I would not suggest KPS (Kotagiri public School) at all, not much overall development of the students + horrible food !

Laidlaw Memorial,Good Shepherds,Lawrence and Hebron School would be other considerable options that I have knowledge of.

dwaraka · 6th February 2009, 13:38

Hi,

Need help from Team-BHPtians w.r.t. schools in Nilgiris. Am looking for admission for my daughter into Class XI with ISC syllabus. Appreciate advice from members.

Dwarak

MaserQ · 6th February 2009, 13:56

Good Shepherds follow the ISC syllabus apart from the regular CBSE. Not 100% sure though, please check their website. Hilda's is the best girls school around. Most other co-ed schools follow the CBSE syllabus apart from Hebron, which does the British 'O' levels.

dwaraka · 6th February 2009, 17:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaserQ

Good Shepherds follow the ISC syllabus apart from the regular CBSE. Not 100% sure though, please check their website. Hilda's is the best girls school around. Most other co-ed schools follow the CBSE syllabus apart from Hebron, which does the British 'O' levels.

MaserQ,

Thank you for your input. I am looking at Co-ed schools with ISC. St Hilda is definitely a very good school.

Has any one have info on : The blue Mountain School, Brindavan Public School and Mountain Home School & Jr. College?

Dwarak

manim · 12th November 2009, 22:11

I have an appointment at Ketti, Nilgiris (Ooty/Coonoor) this Monday (16th Nov) at Laidlaw school.
All of you must have seen the news about the extremely heavy rains just a few days back in Nilgiris with both the roads from Mettupalayam (via burliyar, via Kothagiri) damaged. Ketti itself recorded the highest rainfall.
It seems that the hill-station was completely cut-off for a couple of days with no traffic.
(I do not know about the route from mysore-bandipur though).
Today I called up all the contacts I knew there like the hotels I usually stay, etc.
It seems that except for heavy vehicles, cars and two-wheelers can take some alternative route.
Both my daughters are studying there and I have confirmed with the school that they are safe. The school itself is functioning normally.

I will be going in my Civic-AT, and am now very worried.
I am confused whether to cancel/postpone my trip (or) take a risk.
One other choice I was considering is to park my car safely in Coimbatore and take a local-taxi who know the routes well. The advantage with this is:1)The taxi-driver will be a local guy who knows the routes, 2)The tax-driver will take all that stress of driving bad roads and 3) Most importantly the taxi will bear the abuse of the bad roads!

. The disadvantage is the higher cost of paying the taxi.

If there is anyone who has more information about driving in Nilgiris under present conditions, you can please share.

jagan0677 · 15th November 2009, 21:50

BHP-ian with handle beejay is based in the Nilgiris. He shall be able to give you a good idea on the current scenario.
The Met has forecasted rain for 2-3 more days. Another LPA around Comorin i suppose.
From news reports, looks like this years been pretty bad for the Nilgiris. IIRC, last time it was this bad was around '93-'94.

Cheers
Jagan.

You can checkout this thread too for updates!
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...-nilgiris.html

//M · 15th November 2009, 22:38

Good Shepherd or Lawrence in Ooty.
Kodaikanal International in Kodaikanal.
Both Good Shepherd and Kodaikanal International are very good schools. Most of the students are from abroad mostly NRIs and the atmosphere in both the schools are great. The Good Shepherd though is situated a bit in the outskirts of Ooty but Kodaikanal International is situated right in the middle of the city and enjoys a very nice location and climate.

manim · 17th November 2009, 20:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by jagan0677

BHP-ian with handle beejay is based in the Nilgiris. He shall be able to give you a good idea on the current scenario.
The Met has forecasted rain for 2-3 more days. Another LPA around Comorin i suppose.
From news reports, looks like this years been pretty bad for the Nilgiris. IIRC, last time it was this bad was around '93-'94.

Cheers
Jagan.

You can checkout this thread too for updates!
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...-nilgiris.html

Thanks!

Back from a crash-trip to Nilgiris! (15th Nov up, 16 Nov Down, covered 925 kms in two days).
Though there were a lot of landslides and heavy rain, came back safely

.
I will post further details in the above thread.

16th October 2008, 19:25	#16
mjothi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,290 Thanked: 233 Times View My Garage	Thanks friend. If I understand right, seems I need to wait for 2 or 3 yrs to put him in these schools. Anyway, I will try to do more research on this. Will check out the list you people mentioned. @DieselFan, I have PMed you. Tks.
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16th October 2008, 19:55	#17
theMAG Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Avon, CT Posts: 7,196 Thanked: 1,821 Times View My Garage	Sarla Birla - Jigani, Bangalore.
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16th October 2008, 22:19	#18
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 15,177 Thanked: 31,077 Times View My Garage	Lovedale - avoid - the teachers cannot control the students and management is awry Rishi Valley seems to be good. Valley school in Bangalore - management are totally spaced out and detached from reality
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17th October 2008, 09:39	#19
anToNIcHeN BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 221 Thanked: 30 Times	Note from Support : Please avoid typing with excessive dots.........like.........this...........Thanks... ........ since you are from bangalore...you should try montfort yearcaud...am myself an "old boy" there... missed to add... is it for your girl or boy?...montfort is only for boys till 10th...they started admitting girls for +1 and +2 Montfort \| Home try this site... Last edited by GTO : 17th October 2008 at 13:52.
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7th November 2008, 01:39	#20
jyobeb Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Madurai Posts: 1,009 Thanked: 705 Times	Not any more. There are girls from 6th onwards.
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7th November 2008, 10:40	#21
Rotorhead BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 939 Thanked: 29 Times	I am not too sure about the boarding school options in bangalore , but in TN, you could try the schools at ooty and kodai. They are really good. I studied in St.josephs conoor, but was a day scholar. anyways here is the list ooty/coonoor- St.Josephs coonoor, Lovedale Lawrence Kothagiri public school Hebrons Good sheperds Stanes Kodaikanal- Kodai international KPS Last edited by Rehaan : 7th November 2008 at 11:12. Reason: anywz = anyways.
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7th November 2008, 13:33	#23
WasavaTyres BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indore Posts: 822 Thanked: 459 Times View My Garage	I've studied at kotagiri for 6 years at St. Jude's Public School and can assure you that it's a very good place to have your child in. But like Vivek Said, I would also suggest a residential school beyond class 5. You can visit St. Jude's Public School & Junior College! - Co-education residential school- Kotagiri-ooty road Nilgiris for more info. There is also a community of the school on orkut where you can interact with current students from bangalore for more info as all the boys and girls from bangalore I know of are 1993 pass outs I would not suggest KPS (Kotagiri public School) at all, not much overall development of the students + horrible food ! Laidlaw Memorial,Good Shepherds,Lawrence and Hebron School would be other considerable options that I have knowledge of.
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6th February 2009, 13:38	#24
dwaraka Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,238 Thanked: 229 Times	Need Help regarding Schools in Nilgiris Hi, Need help from Team-BHPtians w.r.t. schools in Nilgiris. Am looking for admission for my daughter into Class XI with ISC syllabus. Appreciate advice from members. Dwarak
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6th February 2009, 13:56	#25
MaserQ Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,196 Thanked: 166 Times	Good Shepherds follow the ISC syllabus apart from the regular CBSE. Not 100% sure though, please check their website. Hilda's is the best girls school around. Most other co-ed schools follow the CBSE syllabus apart from Hebron, which does the British 'O' levels.
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12th November 2009, 22:11	#27
manim BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 823 Thanked: 925 Times	Nilgiris road condition I have an appointment at Ketti, Nilgiris (Ooty/Coonoor) this Monday (16th Nov) at Laidlaw school. All of you must have seen the news about the extremely heavy rains just a few days back in Nilgiris with both the roads from Mettupalayam (via burliyar, via Kothagiri) damaged. Ketti itself recorded the highest rainfall. It seems that the hill-station was completely cut-off for a couple of days with no traffic. (I do not know about the route from mysore-bandipur though). Today I called up all the contacts I knew there like the hotels I usually stay, etc. It seems that except for heavy vehicles, cars and two-wheelers can take some alternative route. Both my daughters are studying there and I have confirmed with the school that they are safe. The school itself is functioning normally. I will be going in my Civic-AT, and am now very worried. I am confused whether to cancel/postpone my trip (or) take a risk. One other choice I was considering is to park my car safely in Coimbatore and take a local-taxi who know the routes well. The advantage with this is:1)The taxi-driver will be a local guy who knows the routes, 2)The tax-driver will take all that stress of driving bad roads and 3) Most importantly the taxi will bear the abuse of the bad roads! . The disadvantage is the higher cost of paying the taxi. If there is anyone who has more information about driving in Nilgiris under present conditions, you can please share.
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15th November 2009, 21:50	#28
jagan0677 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 197 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	BHP-ian with handle beejay is based in the Nilgiris. He shall be able to give you a good idea on the current scenario. The Met has forecasted rain for 2-3 more days. Another LPA around Comorin i suppose. From news reports, looks like this years been pretty bad for the Nilgiris. IIRC, last time it was this bad was around '93-'94. Cheers Jagan. You can checkout this thread too for updates! http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...-nilgiris.html Last edited by jagan0677 : 15th November 2009 at 21:54.
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15th November 2009, 22:38	#29
//M Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 6,567 Thanked: 25,164 Times	Good Shepherd or Lawrence in Ooty. Kodaikanal International in Kodaikanal. Both Good Shepherd and Kodaikanal International are very good schools. Most of the students are from abroad mostly NRIs and the atmosphere in both the schools are great. The Good Shepherd though is situated a bit in the outskirts of Ooty but Kodaikanal International is situated right in the middle of the city and enjoys a very nice location and climate.
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