DMIS - are you also planning admission?

Scorpio, It is the best place if you ask me, do not delay.

any new update about DMIS, in particular about KG-1?

very bad experience in Qatar for Indian schools...very very commercial, no values ..first you hunt to get application registered with some money then assessment (very selfish results) with some money and at the end your kid is not qualified...parents suffer the pain and school management enjoys it. At last you compromise either to send back your family or go for IGCSE etc... specially rajagiri and dps are worst schools the most commercial i say the less it would be.

Thanks Han

PV, very true, education begins at home, and parents should take an interest in teaching their children. There is ofcourse a fine line between interest and demand, unfortunately many of us cross over that line, without realising it, but at the end it's for the child's future that one does it.

You child is shy, they will get over it. That was one thing that dmis does in kindergarten, teach them public speaking, to remove stage fright, and children are amazing, they mould, the way you mould them.

There still are some Egyptian drivers, but there are punjabi drivers are well. Conductors are Nepali, some helpers are ladies and they are keratitis or philipines, so communication shouldn't be a real issue. Einstein may elaborate on this.

Just remember that, grade 1 is a jump in curriculum, and the fun of kindergarten is kinda over, its new school for your child, it's two new subjects, plus longer school hours, and the child needs to pay attention. There is a weekly test of one subject, nothing stressful. Homework is light. So the child might need more encouragement and you may need to interact more closely with the coordinators. They are very nice to talk to.

Even if the group doesn't come up, you can always post your query on this thread, or send us parents a group pm, so we can support and help one another.

PolkaDot we miss u, ur no more contribution suggest u felt bad something, kindly note my intension, u r good and pls come back.

Han, TB, Eins thanks for the inputs. Yes my kid is in KG2 in Noble. He is doing academecally great. But he is not street smart, kid is shy and is devil only at home, but scared of all things outside, as all kids. Since extra cariculum activity is near to nothing in Noble, i was looking for school with more activities rather than just loads of studies.

Since this discussion doesnt keep u guys total stranger, let me speak lil from within....

We believe (need not be true). Academic studies depends on parents more. if parents are educated then one of the parent, father or mother should be a teacher to a child. My child doesnt know that its study but for the kid its should be game. He is good in studies, because we both parent "play a lot" with the kid, since we live in a flat kids normally dont have neibour company like in India. So we play so much with him and when we want him to study or do homework, we never show that we are demanding to do something which is not pleasant, we say "lets play spellings" let play game numbers and defeat all questions. The child is unware till now that studying is not fun.

As for transport, we are familiar with routine, but heard from one of DMIS parent that "few years back" they had arabic speaking drivers, that scared me and moved me in unsafe zone, as communication is the key.

As for DMIS QL group, i still am thinking, let me see how many parents would make it usefull.

Yes TB, 2 DMIS parents consoled my fear.

You guys have a great time. And thanks for each letter you type from your finger(, even for pressing invisible character button shift, backspace, del, enter etc buttons) to participate in my forum.

If you hv more to say, keep going as every new parent learn from exp ones.

this is a problem in most indian schools here, management calls the shots.

I was interacting with one school officially, and discussions were taking place with all admin staff there, and everyone was on board with the idea we were discussing.

When it came to signing a very simple consent form, the principal actually asked the administration executive, who is more like the clerk, secretary if signing was ok.this clerk is part of the management or reports directly to someone there.

in front of me, they made a big show of the principal being in control and gave the principal a lot of importance, but When I spoke to the principal on a personal level, it was like, "I am supposed to check with them for these things also".and believe me, the form was very very simple, very much within the principal's boundaries of authorisation.

"Everything is not in his control either."

Precisely the point , Han!

Hi eins, even I had the numbers, somewhere they discontinued it, due to the reason I mentioned. There were complains of teachers being called late at night.

I usually send mails to the principal, and get a good response back, serious issues, I get a call back to console my fears....but it's just words.....some actions done.......some actions are still awaited. Everything is not in his control either.

Is that Han?But we had the KG1 teacher's number and infact it was circulated to the parents along with her mailID.

My exp this year:

Communication with Teacher : Not so great.

Co-ordinator : She is excellent and she addresses our concerns too.

Principal : We have the liberty of meeting him (ofcourse with appoinments) and he listens to our concerns too.But at the end of the day...yani......you know...

I had long meetings since morning, but the advantage was, gotta come home an hour early, hee hee, that's why posting at this time.

Didn't realise that she is looking for grade 1.

Hi Han, My daughter joined Grade1 at age 5(exactly 5 as her bday falls on march)and she is doing pretty well.If PV's kid has completed KG1 and KG2 already, why not join grade 1?Yes , we can start a DMISparentsgroup in QL to help ourselves.

Some children are very smart, so even if they are five, they will pick up easily.....some children need a bit of a push, and if such children are young for the class, then the grasping power becomes a issue, there will be a lag in studying and how they pick up concepts and you will notice the gap.

Hi eins....how are you. What do you feel about the expectations that PV asked about? Are you satisfied with the communication with the teacher, principal, coordinator.

for the kg, i think they give only coordinators number, because all kg parents want to talk to the teacher and they would call at all odd times, which had become a annoyance.

Hellooo tb.

Start with the group n let's see how it progresses? There are some parents here. But PV, I still feel that if your child is just 5, then the child is a bit young for grade 1. If the child is just 5, then ukg should be the class to start with.

Think about it and discuss with the school as well.

DMIS transport works this way.The attendant in the bus gives you a missed call everyday 5 minutes before he arrives near your flat.The same happens when they come back from school.

Communication between the teacher and parent is also good.For KG1 students they give the teacher's mobile number too.

"The transport should be OK, when a child cries or scared, some1 to relieve him, thats all."

I had same kinda feeling/apprehensions when my daughter joined KG1.Believe me kids are smarter than we think and they will surprise you by the way they adapt to the new routine.Afterall they are in the process of learning.

I personally liked the way KG1,KG2 were conducted for my daughter.The teachers were very good.

Hello tb and PV.....don't worry about transport. It took me a long time to cut the strings, and i am still holding it tight, if you know what I mean :-). All Indian schools provide transport here and they are relatively safe. One sad incident usually tarnishes the effort of all of them, but it's taken as a step to improve, it's just that....why should you wait till an incident occurs.if you see the transport record of a school such a MES, I don't think you will find many flaws, they have a huge fleet of buses, and a school strength of 10k.

As far as communication goes with teachers, my personal exp, is that the teachers of dmis are very cordial and cooperative. They prefer to work with the parents, rather than against the parents to improve the child. It also depends upon the parent, if the parent wants to critics wthe teacher and not accept that the child could be wrong, then there is a problem. There are many parents like that who would not accept their child could be wrong. I prefer to work with the teacher, with the school. I have attended many PTAs and heard different issues, where I have not heard a teacher criticize any child. They discuss both the positive and negative, and the negative would be just mischievousness, being naughty etc, and the attitude of the teacher is that they are children, they will be like that.

Your expectations, well alhamdullilah, I am getting all that from my child's teachers, coordinators, and the senior management of the school. It's how you participate in the school issues. You cannot be a silent parent, any interest shown by you will be reciprocated.this is with all the new schools here.

It's not easy to change schools, why, because a child gets disturbed due to it. They form their friends, it's their comfort zone, unless there is a serious problem when one has to change schools.

Yes TB, first of all thanks, i learned quite a lot in research, keeping my hopes low. We are confident of teaching children at home. I have lowered my expectation and you know what expectation i have now, just "safety". The transport should be OK, when a child cries or scared, some1 to relieve him, thats all.

What i used to expect, good communication between parent and teacher, teacher or management shoudl atleast listen to parent. Good academic practise, find out qualities in child and power him/her in same area. Which i dont expect now.

let see what happens with scared parent, i know i am not alone.

Would creating DMIS parent QL group advisable in QL, would parents be interested in discussing?

PolkaDots your inputs are valuable, but Han19 also seriously participated in the forum, why i can see insults towards her. PD dont let your good thoughts be overshadowed by insulting someone or again n again mentioning she PMed you. The pm what i can understand from the discussion is to NOT TO GET AWAY FROM MY TOPIC/QUESTION, and that was correct intension of Han. And you pls re-read above, somewhat the topic drifted away due to some of your comments. Hence TinkerB who has been really helpfull in other forums could contribute only on divered topic...

But cheer up guys u all did well, i cant thanks enough for your time, seriously.

if after some years some one searched QL and found this forum, they will surely benefit from both of your comments, but Han's comment would be more helpful thats what i think, and reading somewhere towards PD comment, reader may loose interest into reading further.

Thanks anyway to u all.

LoL... Ofcourse if someone searches on CBSE, this forum will be in result, that person will benefit LoL. What happened to my "DMIS ... planning admission" topic LOL, just kidding.

Thanks Tinkerbell, einstind, s_isale to u too.

PolkaDots your inputs are valuable, but Han19 also seriously participated in the forum, why i can see insults towards her. PD dont let your good thoughts be overshadowed by insulting someone or again n again mentioning she PMed you. The pm what i can understand from the discussion is to NOT TO GET AWAY FROM MY TOPIC/QUESTION, and that was correct intension of Han. And you pls re-read above, somewhat the topic drifted away due to some of your comments. Hence TinkerB who has been really helpfull in other forums could contribute only on divered topic...

But cheer up guys u all did well, i cant thanks enough for your time, seriously.

if after some years some one searched QL and found this forum, they will surely benefit from both of your comments, but Han's comment would be more helpful thats what i think, and reading somewhere towards PD comment, may not want to read further.

Thanks anyway to u all.

LoL... Ofcourse if someone searches on CBSI, this forum will be in result, that person will benefit LoL. What happened to my "DMIS ... planning admission" topic LOL, just kidding.

Thanks to Tinkerbell, einstiend and every1 who contributed.

Seriously polkadots you don't want to understand the content of my pm, is it a mindblock?

The objective of the pm was to close the subject and not to continue the discussion via pm, I have not been interested in discussing it At any point. What I decide is my decision, and I don't need to explain it to you or anyone else, thats my right.

And if I don't want to discuss, for whatever reasons, you resort to personal insults, is that the way you prefer to have a healthy discussion because i certainly don't.

Tinks,...and Where in my posts or any one else's have HAN 19 been asked for personal reasons, .....points for and against the two streams -Yes,...anyways the thread looks way past it's shelf life, Good day Guys!

CBSE-I syllabus is almost same with the normal stream except for social studies.

Precisely my point Tinker, and saying so in an earlier post and asking the same "What is the point " Question got the discussion to this! We have Han 19 who claims that answer to the above question (Mod Note : do not refer to PM),…. Tinks you and I seem to be missing some imp point here,….

Thanks Tinker , atleast one OP on the topic!

Tinks Dear,

"If your child is going to pursue education further in India it is unadvisable for the Child to have a NON-INDIAN form of education cuz when they go back to India they are misfits"

... If so How will CBSE- I fare? If it is Truly different from CBSE,then won't such kids face the same issue, and if CBSE-I is the same as CBSE, then what is the basis of their phenomenal fees?

LOL, Now don't you too go off, claiming the question is getting "too pers

Han 19, Please do not "personalize" the education system so much it doesn't belong to one single entity! and NO,.... calling a spade a spade is not wrong,... at least listing out legitimate reasons for and against an issue which is as public as the education system in a public forum is not illegal!That is what healthy discussions are for! You are just trying to get out of situation where you have nothing to say but needs to give a verbal display. Otherwise what is the use of this PM? ask me in the open and I will reply you , for I know that I am not doing anything wrong in seeking to know the real difference between CBSE Vs CBSE-I .I will not be discussing such broad ranging subject via p.m with you I am looking for some answers here not hoping to give a sermon.

advantage of cbsei- - low student teacher ratio. thats all.

Hi PV :-)

You are always welcome.

As I have been stating constantly, you are the parent, you know your child, and whatever you decide, will be in your child's best interests.Based on what you read here, please dont conclude that one is better or worst than the other.every child is different, with a different calibre.

parents always strive to provide the best for their children's future.

My dear Han, PD, Eins from where to where u guys taking the topic.... OMG...

It started well and thanks to Han who kept on saying she dont want to go away from topic and PD and Eins u in a way forced her away. I wanted to thank all u guys who gave ur time by participating in the forum, but should i be thanking enough ?

However the forum can be helpful to know how worthless is CBSE-I carr. is LOL.

Finally thanks to all, atleast u shared ur opinion.

polkadots............seriously...................read all my posts, never have i brought comparisons of any kind of education system. you have been asking for it. I have been trying to leave it out of the discussion from the beginning.

my posts are not getting weirder. you have been bringing the comparisons, and constantly asking for my opinion, then also stating that you dont care about my opinion.

"what makes you think Indian education needs to be "defended"?,any thing weak or wrong with it?, that too defended by you!"

I dont understand your offensive stand but now your tone is getting a bit insulting towards me. I will not respond to that. i did send you a PM yesterday, to close this issue, but either you didnt read it or chose to ignore it.

Take care.

Han 19,:-) I am good and TFS, But strangely your posts are getting weirder by the minute, one minute we are discussing the merits of CBSE-I versus CBSE/GCSE curriculum, in which you not only have any merits to discuss but now have also started defending the Indian Education system,....LOL, OMG, you are really something))))!, what makes you think Indian education needs to be "defended"?,any thing weak or wrong with it?, that too defended by you!

Pls don't waste your breath posting off topic discussions here, Pls stick to the topic.....

Einsind, You are correct , the merits of IIT and MIT is a little way off, any Indian in their right frame of mind will under stand the value of IIT, but studying in a CBSE or I curriculum is not the criteria for admission there, passing the entrance test it, what makes you think an Indian from GCSE will not make it , IMHO he has all the chances of any other child and plus if any due to his wider exposure and better English [because English is a subject for all tests from GMAT , GRE format to you name it] Sorry to burst your bubble my friend, The Indian schools here are not even equipped to teach CBSE properly , now they are trying to get out of the competition with the better schools in India by saying we now have CBSE-I, which will not be available in India and so no comparison. IMvery humble opinion, CBSE-I is CBSE it self in an expensive packaging, but any thing expensive need not necessarily mean better. Evaluate what exactly do you get by paying that extra money, and at the end of the day does the child stand to have visible , tangible difference from his CBSE, SSLC peers.

A lot of my friends have the same qn.When CBSE-I is neither CBSE nor International curriculum , why don't you choose for CBSE or International curriculum.I do not have an answer for it yet.But I am willing to experiment this new curriculum hoping it would be good.What if it turns out be a "better CBSE" curriculum????About the day light robbery you have mentioned, I need not elaborate anything on that as all of us know we cannot do anything about it.We(CBSE-I parents) are keeping our fingers crossed.

And I belong to the old school of thought that CBSE is anytime better and I still believe that our IITs are the best (inspite of the lesser infrastructure than top technical institutes in developed countries).You might not agree with me.But there was a program in BBC(or CNN not sure) which shows how the students who are denied seats in IIT get admitted easily in MIT or other top univs.Let me post the link if I get it.It was going around in FB a while ago.I think I am off the topic.

Polkadots, I do not mean to argue but I still feel we have less high -school drop outs in our system than the international system.

My dear polka dots, how are you today?

I did not speak about everything else. I have only been standing for the Indian system of education.

If you note from the beginning, I have not been trying to bring comparisons between any kind of education, and I still stand by that. To the OP, I had simply asked if he had decided on either one.

And I have agreed with you that children studying in the schools here are less competitive when exposed to the real Competition in India, but it's not like they don't learn to gel with that life.

I have been reiterating that none of education system is bad, to each their own beliefs.

einstind, From my experience of CBSE, and GCSE schools the the texts books and teaching method of the latter outweighs the former. IMHO, CBSE-I is just selling a dream in a bubble, all kids growing outside India already in an International "atmosphere/exposure" how much more are they expecting to achieve in a four walled classroom, inhabited primarily by Indians, ie, people from one country? Why The MES CBSE stream charging way less than CBSE-I has got more of an International "exposure" owing to the mix of different nationalities studying there!, and that's how one can truly have an international "Exposure", ie,by being there, not through text books! Indian schools here are best for continuing CBSE education, but if one wants to go for an International education which by default puts, the child on a different platform from his CBSE peers, go for the real deal, btw, IB leaves kids unfocussed? IB is is toughest high school exam, and holds more weight than any other course in an International University . Currently there are some very Elite schools in India offering IB[International Baccalaureate]program. There are 86 IB World Schools in India offering one or more of the three IB programs. 33 schools offer the Primary Years Program, 8 schools offer the Middle Years Program and 77 schools offer the Diploma Program. The first school was authorized in 1976.[http://www.ibo.org/country/IN/]

Han 19, You have spoken about every thing else BUT the Merits of CBSE-I Versus a regular CBSE course, or a true INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM for that matter ,LOL...., My lady,... so even you cannot figure out the real point of differentiation, precisely what I had been saying in my earlier posts! Indian Education is best delivered in India, else where ALL CBSE schools are the same, except the CBSE-I, which puts the parents neither in a CBSE curriculum where one can continue the same stream if ever back in India, nor in a International Curriculum, expecting to achieve that from regular Indian Schools by just distributing some different looking textbooks is BEYOND PATHETIC, it is down right foolish not to mention daylight robbery, with their sky high tuition fee for a good looking text????BTW,in a CBSE-I Stream, you are not expecting your child to be on the same page as a Regular CBSE, educated child are you?,so that puts the CBSE-I Kid not with his peers in CBSE when back in India, nor in the level of GCSE kid, IMHO. “Shonoo faida???” Do correct me if I am wrong.

Einstind, I guess it must be this year, bcos there was one oh at the beginning of second term, and the next is at the end of third term, which is a bit strange. Not sure if it's better than 2 OH each term. Must check why it's so late?

I hope we can meet in the next Open House...

Have you noticed that the number of OHs have reduced?Do you have any idea whether it is that way going forward or it is just this year...

Polkadots, As I said earlier, it is suppose to be the "way of teaching" which should be different.And to be honest, I would say it is too early for me to judge the curriculum as my daughter joined CBSE-I this year.When we attended the CBSE-I orientation,we could sense that quiet a lot of parents had the fear that the kids might become unfocussed like IB curriculum.Few of the parents asked the CBSE-I coordinator whether the kids will be made guniea pigs and finally end up working in McDs or KFC or as ........(you know what I mean).She replied that this will be a blend of CBSE with International exposure and the kids will have "almost"(????) the same focus as the CBSE kids.

Come on now polka dots, should I get offended, because you are winking and yet stating that you don't care about my judgements one way or another.

I felt you got upset with my last post, at least your response seemed to appear that way, so I clarified.........

Han Sweetheart,rest assured, for all your LOLS,I really don't care about "your judgments" one way or the other

;-), LOL,LOL.....Still I am left without an answer on the merits of CBSE-I, Care to enlighten me please?

I've always wondered about their phenomenal fees and why parents are willing to pay it!

Polka dots...the lol was not on you, but for isale picking the question that I was avoiding......that's all. Don't just rely on what the friends are saying.

Anyway, I don't want to get into this discussion because it will bring two different systems of education that each one believes in and there cannot be a general consensus on it. Each one having gone through a specific system of education may vouch it as the best, depending upon how it's turned them out.

I am not here to judge you or what you believe. So shall we just leave it at that?

Hi einstind.......

einstind,This is a purely informative question and so pls do not misjudge it as argument,... But if, as you say CBSE-I and the regular one is the same then what is the extra money for?BTW, No international student is left "unfocussed" due to the curriculum,it's the students own making which happens in any school.

CBSE-I is a new curriculum started 2 years back if I am right.Kid are not left without text books.They do have text books and I am happy it is almost the same as CBSE.The method of teaching is suppose to be different from CBSE.But my only concern about CBSE-I is that the kids should not be left unfocussed like it happens in international curriculum.

I am not worried about my kid's english as I am sure their english would be pretty fine studying in an Indian school.Afterall it is a language and we still learn the lang which the colonial masters left for us.The knowledge is what I am worried about.But it looks like we need to sacrifice a few things till we stay here.

Han 19 &s_isale, There is nothing laughable in that question, I am a "kid" who went to a purely British school till GR 6, with a lesser racial mixture than there is today, Moreover the Indian Diaspora in those times were far removed from their mother culture than it is today thanks to the absence to cable T.V, After G r 6 went back to Ind, a country much removed from what it is today , ie the cultural and all kinds of gap more pronounced. I even had to learn one local language ie, my mother tong, along with Hindi,... it goes with out saying that these two were s good as two forgin languages with the former at least I have heard at home!....My British Education , instead of becoming a liability has stood me in good stead till now and any adjustments my kid needs to make , at least he can continue with his language choices of French and Arabic, even in India. Taking about the quality of the text books I always compare with the Indian stream here and found them lagging behind, so when and if ever he has to go back, academically ie, the text book wise it would be a good 2 or 3 notch less, and equipped better with more exposure to diverse cultures and better English. Now please enlighten me on what do you plan to achieve by letting your kids enroll in CBSE-I Curriculum, with not even text books available according to my friends as the system is still under construction, also is it available in Indian schools since you are so concerned with continuing the educational environment status quo.

isale.....LOL.........thats exactly the question that i didnt want to raise. Thanks for asking.

so the kids who studied in Indian schools will not stand a chance against the ones who have studied in India. Then what to say about the students who have studied in non-indian schools here? Unless those kids dont have a plan to go for further studies in India

?????Yani???

Thanks polka dots, but if I ask you the next question, it will take this discussion to a completely different level, which was not the aim of this original post..

As stated earlier, each parent will decide the best education required for their child, since they wish the best for their child, and will try to make all ends meet to give them the best education, best upbringing, and best lifestyle.

Han 19,These= The ones here in Qatar attending Indian Schools.

I also agree that all the indian schools are almost the same...My son goes in 3rd std. in DPS...Well,DPS has the worst infrastructure as of now(just hoping they will shift to their new building in this coming academic year)...otherwise Iam satisfied with it...

Polakdots, I dont get full reimbursement for any.

But like i said, its depends upon each ones perspective about which education system they prefer, and whats suitable for the child, only a parent can evaluate and decide that.

I agree with the "kids in Indian schools here don't stand a chance against the Real Indian bred and educated fighting machines back home", just not sure of your emphasis on "these".

Take care

In this part of the world, you have the OPPORTUNITY to make your kid Bi-lingual by sending him or her to a school where most kids and teachers are native Arabs and the curriculum has substantial Arabic content.

There are several private schools which offer this benefit. They are primarily English medium but because of the Arab faculty and student body, they teach quite a bit of Arabic.

With bilingual skills, kids can grow up to avail very good opportunities any where in the Middle East and possibly even back home.

Han 19, and do you get the full reimbursement for CBSE-I,? Reg reimbursements, neither do I get a full pay back with a British school and I have to pay the full fees of an Indian school from my pocket along with the reimb: to pay for a British school, but then I see that a lot of parents with wards in Indian school are paying the fee from their pockets and not by the company that too with much lesser facilities than mine own, so I figured that I'd rather pay a little extra and get somewhat better than go for the free ride and get substandard quality. These kids in Indian schools here don't stand a chance against the Real Indian bred and educated fighting machines back home.

paradise virus....you are right.

one has to decide on one school. there are so many many parents, who swear by the standard of education of MES and some do just the opposite.Can i or you say that either is right or wrong? I dont think so.each ones experience is different.

some are happy, some are not so.....but how many of them change schools due to this.....very few.

if you would not have decided, I would have advised you to go and check all the Indian Schools here, ie. if you want Indian education system.Check the school, classrooms, infrastructure, meet the principal, teachers, coordinators, check the school program, etc..etc.....then compare and decide for yourself.

polkadots, i cant afford the fees of british schools, i dont get full reinbursement, so its out of question, but i strongly believe and prefer the indian system of education. why....thats a different discussion altogether.not relevant here.

moreover one needs to evaluate whats good for the child, which is what a parent checks before admitting in cbse or cbse-i.its how each one is convinced about the education system?

einstind.....:-) as mentioned,the last PTA I attended, there were two teachers in the class, one was the temp who joined to fill the gap after the first one left, till the actual teacher joined the school, who joined in second term, and both have been doing well.i just hope no.4 has not come now, because yesterday's diary note still shows the old teacher :-)

anyway thats our discussion, we can sort it out during the next PTA.

The issue of the school's inability to retain their teachers has been highlighted to the school, but ofcourse they call and give me a nice explanation to make me happy, but this is a problem, and it is not restricted to only this school.

Regarding CBSE-I, Do evaluate the following before taking the decision

[1]International education means a lot more than just syllabi. Starts from the way English is pronounced , to manners, to meeting kids from different countries, school facilities, to many other things.

How can an Indian schools justify the claim of International Education when the building is the same, the teachers are the same and the students are all the same just as the same mixture as in a CBSE classroom?

IMHO, It is unwise to spend the exorbitant amt of money on CBSE-I whereas if you want International Education go to an International school, for the real deal, rather than a fake one. I have my son in a British School and am happy about it.

Han19, My daughter took around a mnth long leave before she joined second term.I heard from other parents that there was another teacher between the NIn teacher(2nd teacher) and the current teacher on temporary basis.But I feel even having a 3rd teacher around 2nd term beginning is unacceptable.

Exactly , the kids would feel the "real" heat only when we R2I.

The education system itself is totally different and I see a "lack" in everything.I do not want to mention the quality of School magazine , the news-write even the speeches etc..etc..I will go on.Let me stop here.It is not only DMIS.We cannot say that one school is better than the other.

Thanks again Han.

One has to decide on one school right, it could be any MES, DPS etc as all r kinda same, and child can be in one school.

If i would hv not decided, what you guys would have suggested?

No problem, PV, but it appears as if you had already taken your decision,so all the best.

Thanks einstind and han19 (as usual your post is meaningful), for your time.

einstind, where did they change 3 teachers, the first one left within the first month of first term, and then there was the north indian lady as temp (good teacher). she was still in the class as teacher's assistant with the new teacher who joined in second term.

have these two teachers gone and replaced with no 4?

no child living here, gets the feel of real competition. they understand it, only when they head to India for higher studies. For that matter, no child here actually understands the value of money or hardwork either, or rather I should say, very few children understand this.

CBSE-i in any of the schools that have it is a rip off.

Since you have made up your mind to admit the kid in DMIS, nothing much to say.....

My daughter is in Grade -1 CBSE-i.They had changed 3 teachers for the class already.We parents were not happy about it and complained to the principal as well.The 4th teacher she has got now is very good(infact excellent).She is like those typical "Perfect Indian teacher" (No bashing on this please) equipped with modern teaching.

There are lot of changes in the school this year.Not a positive one.They forget to update the portal on important events and news even.I hope things get settled fast.

But as Han19 said, the school has a proper building.

My daughter started grade1 at age 5.

No school is upto the mark here and we just cannot compare with the schools in India.The parents have to put in more effort to make the kids study.Sometimes kids do not realise what a real "competition" is.

Latest about the school : After the two vacations, all the teachers are still in the school, only one left due to health issues, and the other who left is to join back in the new academic year.

Now:

Have you decided if your child will go to CBSE or CBSE-i?

Have you visited the school, classrooms?

Have you met the registrar, coordinator, pricipal etc?

am trying to be Good

i just meant if you also post this in Indian group will be more helpful as every one goes there to look for info

darude....be good please :-p

coming to the OP, if you ever read my reviews, I never bashed this school. The plus for this school is that they have a purpose built school building and the eminities within it.have they progressed further, its a yes and no.

For grade 1, the child will have an entrance test to pass. I have heard many parents complain about this school and many happy as well, but personally, I cannot complain.

Isnt your child young for Grade 1? Are you planning on enrolling now or in the new academic year. A 5 year old should be in UKG. No matter how smart the child is, they need to be in the right grade as per their age.

All the parents are right in the sum up that, no school is perfect or the best here in Doha, but for higher classes Grade 8 and above, it would be MES or even Ideal School.

but sad to say will vanish with in few days if no body replied.