Mount Carmel School
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| Mount Carmel School | |
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| Location | |
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Delhi NCR , Dwarka, Anand Niketan India | |
| Coordinates | 28°34′34″N 77°09′54″W / 28.5761°N 77.1650°W |
| Information | |
| Type | private |
| Established | 1972 |
| School code | DL01848, DL01937 |
| Dean | Dr. Michael Williams |
| Principal | Dr. Rajiv Tyagi, Mr. John Rafi, Mrs. Roma Das |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliation | CBSE |
| Website | www |
Mount Carmel School (New Delhi) is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day students located in
Mount Carmel School is a church-based society, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, running Unaided Minority educational institutions in the Nation's capital, New Delhi.
In 2012, school celebrated 40th anniversary of its foundation in
A film '40 Glorious Years' was released by Mr.
Anand Niketan
On July 10, 1972, twelve pairs of tiny feet brought in the very first batch of students into the home of Flt. Lt. Vijay and Neena Williams. As they walked with tiny, apprehensive steps into the E-47 Anand Niketan address, their first day of formal education marked the birth of Mount Carmel School. Today, this branch has nearly 2,500 students, a staff of 150 and two buildings: the Junior School, housing students from Nursery to Class III; and the Senior School for Classes IV to Class XII.
Dwarka
The branch at Dwarka, Delhi began in 1997, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee year of the parent school, with 165 students. Now the school has about 3500 students with 300 staff members. The school offers Nursery to Class XII classes and is recognised by the Delhi Administration and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Academic excellence
In terms of academic excellence, a recent school student topped the prestigious
Mount Carmel School students have excelled in sports and the school have recently won the gold medal in the 33rd Delhi State Taekwondo Championship. The school secured the second position in the All India Tennis Championship held in Karnal.[7]
Mount Carmel School offers an International student exchange programs with sister schools in Singapore, Wales, Hungary and Indonesia allowing students to experience the lifestyles and cultures from around the world.
Literacy Programme
In August 2002 the Mount Carmel School took initiative on a 'Right to Education' programme and set up a Shiksha Kendra, an informal learning centre. Teachers of the school camped at the slum clusters located in
Mount Carmel Delhi encourages students to undertake the responsibility of educating the underprivileged children from class XI as one of its flagship programmes in community service.[8]
Cross country programme
The school celebrates cultural events in other countries as well in participation with embassies of countries; Students do research and gain knowledge on culture, tradition, political parties, military and government.[1]
References
- ^ "Air force chief attends Mount Carmel's 40th Founder's Day". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Delhi boy tops JEE(Main) in first attempt - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Delhi's Shubham Srivastava tops JEE Main 2019, found April exam easier than January". The Indian Express. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "After Scoring Perfect 100 In JEE-Main, Delhi Boy Shubham Srivastava's Next Aim Is IIT-Delhi". Outlook (India). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Delhi boy tops JEE Main exam, girls get just 147 of top 1,000 ranks". Hindustan Times. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ PTI (30 April 2019). "Confident of admission into IIT-Delhi, but had not expected to get perfect score: JEE-Mains topper". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Damini, Kavya lead Mount Carmel to CBSE Tennis Nationals semis - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "School urges parents not to panic : Mount Carmel School de-recognised over fee hike - Thehansindia". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 6 November 2019.