New Horizon Gurukul Discussions, Kadubeesanahalli, Bangalore

Hi all,
My daughter got admission for nursery in NHG. They have asked for 35k+35+21 as initial payment. Thankfully no overall dev fee.
But I would like to know the how the education in the school is. Are they competitive enough as compared to schools like nps and nhps? I was impressed with all the facilities like music, abacus, dance and sports classes the can offer as well.
Would be great if some of the parents whose kids are in higher standards could comment on this.
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Date May 2012

I visited New Horizon Gurukul last week.
Has discussion with JYOTHIKA, the admission in charge. She said only some limited seats are available today and we are closing admission by Today. we won't be accepting any new admission form after that. I inquired her about the School fees for which she said it's 66k as tuition fees.Then i asked about the admission fees. she said that principal will let you know. I told then i will like to speak to principal for which she replied i can only meet her after i fill the admission form(Admission form cost 400/- INR )
Then i requested once again for the admission fees for which she said we can't tell you , it's only the principal who decides. So finally i bought the admission form for 400 Rupees. Filled the admission form(Where annual income of both parents needs to be filled) and handed over to Jyothika. Then she asked me to wait outside till the time principal calls you.After some time Jyothika (same lady) calls me and said she had a discussion with the principal over phone.Then she Told me the fees;
1) Development fees : seventy five thousand (75,000/- INR , 75k)
2) Admission fees : Fourty Five Thousand (45,000/- INR , 45k)
3) Tuition fees : Sixty six thousand and two hundred (66,200/- INR, 66.2 K)

It was a shock to me at very first moment itself. I realized that i was been Fooled to pay 400 Rupees.
Then i asked that lady that i will like to speak to Principal for which she answered she is not available in school (some 15 minutes back she said she is in school only). Then i said i want to discuss regarding the development fees as , this is crossing my budget . For which she said, It's you call if you want admission you only decide on to this..
For me it was like...what can be done now. I wasted my half day there. (As a working professional took half day leave when thay said you need to fill the form followed by which a discussion with principle will happen)
Paid 400 Rupees for the Admission form (That's totally waste, if she would have told me the fees earlier only , i would not have filed up the admission form only) All religious studies is been handed over to Iskcon . Iskcon guys please teach them some thing to this lady and principle also.

Interesting facts, how she(Jyothika) was marketing for the school
1) we have engineering college of our own. And pass-out of this colleges teaches in this school.
Sounds interesting this is the future of the students who study in this Engineering College............. So this is campus placement for those students.
This were the words of that Lady Jyothika.

Not sure how they teach the students ....But this is the first impression i got. They have good infrastructure , which they have and are still building by development fees

Instead of paying 75K for Building , i will prefer investing this amount for future of my kid. already they are charging more they one Lakh (1,11,000 Inr) so for what else they need for development.

So , Keep in Tune................
Add more and more reviews so that this schools don't Cheat like this.


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Govt would do nothing as we are not vote candidates, and they know it very rightly. Underlying all these fee hikes and loot of money, there are authorities involved who are supposed to protect from all these malpractices. My point is: Never pay different amount when they ask. If they ask same X-lacs to all the parents, do pay based on your rating to school, but never ever pay even x-paise, if it differ from other parents. Thats very unethical way of starting your kids career.

Trust me Govt would do nothing on all these «less

I went to NHG for my son who will be going to 1 grade for the year 2012-13 .Today is the last date for paying the one time fees and the first installment of fees. I am in a dilemma as i am very much interested in sishu griha,but they start only in dec and NHPS also starts admission for 1 grade in jan. Anyone who has kids going to NHG primary, please comment on the quality of education. between the fees is a little different for 1st
Development Fee (one time) : 20k
Admission Fee (one time) : 20k
Annual fee 1st installment at the time of admission : 26600
2nd and 3rd installments,20k each..
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So we did attend the interaction session for my Son who will be 2yrs 6 months by June 1 2012. He did well as far as indentifying objects and shapes and the teacher was pleased with him, however the trust didnt feel he should get the admission into nursery as he will be the youngest in the class and may later develop pressure as everyone else will be older than him. So finally they agreed to take him provided we make him go thru nursery for another year.
And below is how the fees work

Development Fee (one time) : 35k
Admission Fee (one time) : 35k
Annual fee 1st installment at the time of admission : 19000
2nd and 3rd installments,19k each

The ppt they showed us had almost all the activities under the sun...not sure if the child can cope up with so many. Also the teacher made a point that they make sure every child goes on a field trip or a tour once every month...I felt it was a little too much!!
Otherwise we liked the ambience, classrooms and the other plus point for us is the proximity to school.
We decided to go back next year for nursery admissions
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When asked the diff b/n 35k Dev fee and 75k Dev fee. Answer was 35k goes for building fund and 75k for extra curriculam activities. Do we have government to track all these funds charged by all the schools?

I think if none of us pay this extra amount, they would have no choice. My view is, if they charge same amount to all, even we are ready to pay 10-lacs. No differentiation should be honored by any parent in terms of fees. Pls be strict on this matter. This is request to you all. You are sending your kid to school, not giving your money to any charity. All these extra money goes to goons. «less

we have got a call yesterday for our daughters LKG admission after the interaction which happened on 4th Nov. Fee structure is indeed varying for the kids. As per Ravi fee structure is -
Development Fee (one time) : 35k
Admission Feee (one time) : 35k
Annaul fee 1st installment at the time of admission : 19900
So total 89990, you need to pay at the time of addmission
Remaining 20k - Aug 2012
Last installment 20k - Dec 2012.

In addition to that we have been asked 75k additionaly in the name of overall dev fee and time given to pay 75k is just 1 day. Then in a week time 35k + 35k + 19900 = 89990 to be paid.

when asked the diff b/n 35k Dev fee and 75k Dev fee. Answer was 35k goes for building fund and 75k for extra curriculam activities. Do we have government to track all these funds charged by all the schools?

@dumbee1018 : during interaction session following things you will have to go thru-
Waiting for other parents to come and join.
Campus walk through with facilities provided
Presentation about the school by onoe of the teacher in auditorium
Kids interaction with teacher
Parents interaction with teacher
and then you will get a statement - "we will get back to you....:)" «less