Notre Dame Academy, Carmelaram

Both my kids are in this school for last 2 yrs. I totally agree comments made by Devan. One comment on principal. She is fully committed, and kids likes her more than their teachers. Pros 1) Principal, though sometimes short tempered with parents 2) Good infrastructure, airy class rooms, 3) Nominal fee 4) Good in academics - I wont say excellent.. Cons. 1)...  more » Both my kids are in this school for last 2 yrs. I totally agree comments made by Devan. One comment on principal. She is fully committed, and kids likes her more than their teachers.
Pros
1) Principal, though sometimes short tempered with parents
2) Good infrastructure, airy class rooms,
3) Nominal fee
4) Good in academics - I wont say excellent..

Cons.
1) Some of new teachers are hopeless.
2) Number of students in a class is on higher side (some classes have 40 kids ! )
3) Many activities are done for namesake. For e.g, stitching and chess class is a joke.
4) Too much of attention on activities like sports day, annual day. No studies for almost a month, as teachers are busy in these activities.
5) Location. Checkout in google maps. «less

I agree with Devan on all points

My kid is studying there for more than 2 years now. I totally agree that they dont pressurize the kids and they are cool in their approach. They are far far better than any so called corporate schools. The main disadvatages that i felt is 1. they dont have any responsibility on the transport provided since its managed by somebody else. The person...  more » My kid is studying there for more than 2 years now. I totally agree that they dont pressurize the kids and they are cool in their approach. They are far far better than any so called corporate schools. The main disadvatages that i felt is

1. they dont have any responsibility on the transport provided since its managed by somebody else. The person who handles the transport is not at ready to address any concerns that you raise.
2. There are parents of kids from the first batch of the school who is actively involved in the activities of the school. There is no representation of parents from other batches in the activities. Nobody knows how these parents are getting into the school activities.
3. The principal sister is not at all approachable. She gets agitated if we raise any concerns. She doesnt have the patience to take any feedback from the parents
4. The fee payment, uniform measurement, book buying and all is very poorly managed. you need to spend hours standing in the queue with your kids and they say standing in queue for hours makes you more attached to your kids and i dont think nothing is needed to make you attached to your kids.
5. Even for nursery kids the communication to parents are very very poor

After all it all depends on the teacher who is teaching your kids. Last year my son's teacher was excellent and now its not good «less

Admission process has been started. I got the admission for my daughter in 2nd Std. There was a written test conducted for her.

Basically I have a very good opinion about the school, I do have a very general question. How's the school handling the religion?. Though I am open to any religion, but there has to be a limit.
Also heard there is a separate subject on Christianity in this school, can someone throw some light on the same pls.. thanks in advance..

My kid studies there. I don't have a very good opinion of the school. It is too much of a stress for the kids and they overload very little kids with too much of homework. They expect parents to do all the work. It is impossible to communicate with a kid's teacher and they don't care beyond giving admissions and behave like real estate developers who...  more » My kid studies there. I don't have a very good opinion of the school. It is too much of a stress for the kids and they overload very little kids with too much of homework. They expect parents to do all the work. It is impossible to communicate with a kid's teacher and they don't care beyond giving admissions and behave like real estate developers who don't care about the customer after the sale. I'm planning to take my child off the school. The worst part of the school is the head mistress Sr Manisha who does not even know to behave .
Don't put your little children there because they have don't have ayaas to take care of the basic needs of the children «less

I am looking for the syllabus for LKG at Notre Dame.

Looking for more information on Notre Dame academy and impressed by all goof feedback. Is the school fully constructed yet or does it have classes only till Std IV or V? Any idea about the current tuition fees? From the below discussions, it sounds more like a conventional convent school..something similar to what I studied. Is there any unnecessary...  more » Looking for more information on Notre Dame academy and impressed by all goof feedback. Is the school fully constructed yet or does it have classes only till Std IV or V? Any idea about the current tuition fees?
From the below discussions, it sounds more like a conventional convent school..something similar to what I studied. Is there any unnecessary academic pressure put on the child? «less

I have heard a lot about the school. I want to get an admission for my son in UKG. i stay in harlur village rd and two of my sons friend are already in your school. I love the way they behave and their way of communication. Pls let me know the date on which the admission forms are available

NDA pre kg admission already started. I collceted the application on saturday