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I am in US right now & we are thinking about moving to India next year preferably Pune. My son will start grade 1.I would like to know how much good school costs in Pune? How much donation they ask? do you have any good school website? And many more pros & cons of moving to Pune from US. If anybody in this group is in India who returned from US & can share there experience it would be great.

Or if you know any special group of returned NRI mom's please let me know

Dimpy Neeru replied. We moved from the US to Pune a few years back. You can't compare it to the US but it is amongst the better cities to live in India in terms of safety and quality of life. Housing is not a problem as there is a lot of new construction available. List of 'best'schools in Pune are as follows:
ICSE :St Mary's, camp and Bishop's camp. Fees 12-15k a year, no donation req. Entrance test + parent's interview.
There are good nursery schools who can help you with test preparation for grade 1.
CBSE board: DPS(Kondhwa), DAV(Aundh)fees is 2-3 k per month + 25-40 k upfront deposit/donation.
State board: Abhinav Vidyalaya(Deccan) and Symbiosis Intl school. Both are good. Fees should be less than what is mentioned above.
International School: Mercedes Benz School, state of the art stuff, mainly foreign crowd. Fees is > 3L per year.

I have two kids 8(g) and 6(b)both are in st. Mary's. The school has a very traditional style of teaching and very academically focussed. The crowd here is mainly professional and lot of NRI's returning back. There are a lot of new schools coming with the US Kind of facilities but the credibility is yet to be built.

Hope this helps.

dimpy replied.
Thanks Sunny for your reply,

The website would be definately helpful. I went to St mary's website & I think fee is very less.
I just started doing reserch. Do you think our kid has to pay more because of NRI status? Do you have any idea about donation & fees for NRI?

Please give me updates whenever you find something. Thanks once again sunny replied. we are in the same boat - possibly looking to relocate to US and seeking our daughter's admission to grade 1. Possibly this weblinks could be of some use to you - (apologies, server does not let me cut and paste web links) educationPERIODvirtualpunePERIODcomSLASHgradesSLASHgradesPERIODshtml