“Education is growth………

 Education is not a preparation of life.

 Education is life in itself.”  

 Education aims at making children capable of becoming responsible, productive and useful members of a society. Knowledge, skills and attitudes are built through learning, experiences and opportunities created for learners in school. It is in the classroom that learners can analyse and evaluate their experiences, learn to doubt, to question, to investigate and to think independently. The aim of education simultaneously reflects the current needs and aspirations of a society as well as its lasting values and human ideals.

All children are naturally motivated to learn and are capable of learning, understanding and developing the capacity for abstract thinking. Reflection and work are the most important aspects of learning here. Children learn in a variety of ways-through experience, making and doing things, experimentation, reading, discussion, asking, listening, thinking and reflecting, and expressing oneself in speech or writing both individually and with others. They are provided opportunities for all these kinds in the course of their development.

A curriculum is what constitutes a total teaching-learning program comprising overall aims, syllabus, materials, methods and assessment. In short, it provides a framework of knowledge and capabilities, seen as appropriate to a particular level. Evaluation not only measures the progress and achievement of the learners but also the effectiveness of the teaching materials and methods used for the transaction. Hence, we view evaluation as a component of the curriculum with the twin purpose of effective delivery and further improvement in the teaching-learning process.

DCM Presidency School offers the diversified curriculum that suits the needs of the digital era. It sets the platform for students who have plans to pursue further education confidently not only in the country but abroad too. The school has partnered with the best institutions around the world for learning and growth opportunities for the students and staff. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education the school prepares the children as per the guidelines laid down by the board.

In the primary classes, the school follows a programme that is designed to help students acquire a range of essential skills and attitude that help in developing them into self-motivated, caring and balanced individuals with moral values who would be ready to face the challenges of the future positively and comprehensively. The students between the age of 3 to 12 years are taught integrated topics in subjects like Science, Maths, Social Studies along with Language and Communication Skills, Art, Music, Dance and Physical Education.

This international trans-disciplinary programme at the middle, secondary and senior secondary levels provides a frame work that consists of five essential elements – concepts, knowledge, skills, attitude and action. The students understand the concepts through questions; develop skills through thinking, analyzing, evaluating, communicating and decision making. Attitudes of tolerance, respect, integrity, confidence, commitment and appreciation are fostered in them to feel, value and demonstrate. These attitudes help them in decision making and taking appropriate actions. These qualities are carried by the child throughout his life and they help lay a strong foundation.

Evaluation is an integral part of academics. Evaluation systems help to develop the habit of regular, systematic and methodical working among the students.  Tests are an incentive to hard work and have their diagnostic values both for the teacher and the taught.  They are spread over the whole academic year.