Day care - Nurseries and Schools Discussion Forum - Parents of Preschoolers Message Boards

Can any of you give any feedback on Vidyarambh daycare on Sarjapur road sumanth replied. Mr Shastri,

I too had just shared my experience and there was no need to comment and dis-respect in that way. So, you have to first learn to respect others views before advicing others. Good to know that you are happy and well now. Let god give you all the strength in addressing your issues. sumanth replied. Avoid Vidyarambh for the betterment of your kids and their safety. This is one of the worst play schools I have ever seen. Let me list down the reasons and my bad experiences here:

1. Kid to teacher ratio is too large. They are just not able to manage and pay personal attention to each and every kid. I got totally shocked by the seeing the situation of kids during the recently held Annual day function. All the kids were made to sit in the basement. There was just one lady trying to manage some 25 kids. Most of the kids were totally panicked and were screaming. When I and my wife went to basement to pick our kid, nobody even bothered. With this situation, anybody could have easily kidnapped the kids. It might be the same situation during the outdoor trip (they have such trips once in a month). This is definitely very panicky.
2. Managed by highly commercial and money minded folks. They try to find out all the possible ways to mint money. Latest being, charging entrance fees for Parents to view their kid perform during the annual day.
3. Apart from the regular hefty fees, they try to exploit the parents by asking them to nominate their kids to other activities like Jelly beans. They would charge again separately for this. When you donâ€™t show interest in these, they would show their displeasure in some or the other way which I experienced recently. During the annual day, my daughterâ€™s stage presence was just for 20 seconds and that too she was pushed somewhere in the corner. I was amazed to see this level of discrimination being made for the no fault of hers. If she starts getting the inferiority complexion at this age itself, she would never be able to gain confidence in her.
4. You are not allowed to make a surprise visit to the school to check your kids. If you want to watch your kid, you need to do that through live webcam for which again you need to pay hefty amount. (Another way of squeezing money)
5. Often my kid complains that her teacher pinched her. A 2 year old kid would never lie. Once I even went and complained about this to the school authorities. But their response was not at all satisfactory.
6. This is something very un-usual which I have noticed in Vidyarambh. The way they (teachers) receive the kids, if you leave them to school in a posh car is totally different from the way them receive if you leave them on a two wheeler or by walk. This is really pathetic. Are they trying to give special treatment to kids of very rich parents???
I have decided to dis-continue here immediately. Could you please suggest some good schools near by..

Regards, Sumanth
swati replied. nice place called vivaa.it has a pre planned structured montessori combined with the nursery method which also prepares children for first std. they also help with admissions into schools for 1st std onwards.call nine three four two four one zero six zero two for details

2010-03-19

Name: sumanth
Subject:

Reply to V shastri

Mr Shastri,

I too had just shared my experience and there was no need to comment and dis-respect in that way. So, you have to first learn to respect others views before advicing others. Good to know that you are happy and well now. Let god give you all the strength in addressing your issues.

2010-03-17

Name: sumanth
Subject:

Avoid Vidyarambh play school Bellandur, Bangalore

Avoid Vidyarambh for the betterment of your kids and their safety. This is one of the worst play schools I have ever seen. Let me list down the reasons and my bad experiences here:

1. Kid to teacher ratio is too large. They are just not able to manage and pay personal attention to each and every kid. I got totally shocked by the seeing the situation of kids during the recently held Annual day function. All the kids were made to sit in the basement. There was just one lady trying to manage some 25 kids. Most of the kids were totally panicked and were screaming. When I and my wife went to basement to pick our kid, nobody even bothered. With this situation, anybody could have easily kidnapped the kids. It might be the same situation during the outdoor trip (they have such trips once in a month). This is definitely very panicky.
2. Managed by highly commercial and money minded folks. They try to find out all the possible ways to mint money. Latest being, charging entrance fees for Parents to view their kid perform during the annual day.
3. Apart from the regular hefty fees, they try to exploit the parents by asking them to nominate their kids to other activities like Jelly beans. They would charge again separately for this. When you donâ€™t show interest in these, they would show their displeasure in some or the other way which I experienced recently. During the annual day, my daughterâ€™s stage presence was just for 20 seconds and that too she was pushed somewhere in the corner. I was amazed to see this level of discrimination being made for the no fault of hers. If she starts getting the inferiority complexion at this age itself, she would never be able to gain confidence in her.
4. You are not allowed to make a surprise visit to the school to check your kids. If you want to watch your kid, you need to do that through live webcam for which again you need to pay hefty amount. (Another way of squeezing money)
5. Often my kid complains that her teacher pinched her. A 2 year old kid would never lie. Once I even went and complained about this to the school authorities. But their response was not at all satisfactory.
6. This is something very un-usual which I have noticed in Vidyarambh. The way they (teachers) receive the kids, if you leave them to school in a posh car is totally different from the way them receive if you leave them on a two wheeler or by walk. This is really pathetic. Are they trying to give special treatment to kids of very rich parents???
I have decided to dis-continue here immediately. Could you please suggest some good schools near by..

Regards, Sumanth

2010-03-19

Name: V Shastri
Subject:

Reply to Sumath

Sumanth ,

I am happy and well , hope you feel better soon , looks like your have serious issues to address .

All the best , i am only sharing what my experience is , please respect other people views

2010-03-19

Name: V Shastri
Subject:

Biased opinion of Vidhyarambh by Sumath

Hi All ,

This is V Shastri and my daughter goes to Vidjyarambh at Bellandur . I am also the Secretary of a building and know atleast 10 other kids who are very happy with Vidhyarambh.

I would like to go on record that Vidhyarmbh is one of the better schools in the area , let me share my experience:

a) Parent teacher ratio: Every class has a main teaches and a assistant teacher . Average class size is 16-17 , that leaves a ratio of 1 teacher per 8 students which is a norm in the US. Unlike other schools teachers do not change every 2 months at Vidhyarambh which i greatly appreciate as its difficult for kids to adjust.

b) Transparency : Vidhyarambh has CCTV installed in every classroom , parents can see their kids in classroom all the time , there is no need to visit schools for a suprise visit as requested by Sumanth.

c) Annual day fees : The annual day fee charged included very nice costumes for kids , food and beverage for parents for kids . My kid was fed adequately by Vidhyarambh staff during aannual day . Also its common practice for parents to contribute towards annual day.

I think Sumanth has super human expectation from her kid , when the kid cannot match up to Sumath´ s super hero dreams , Sumanth is blaming the school .

To sum , i recommend Vidhyarambh , its a perfect place for your tiny tots .

Sumath : Go see 3 Idiots and give your kid a break

2008-05-30

Name: swati
Subject:

Vivaa is good

nice place called vivaa.it has a pre planned structured montessori combined with the nursery method which also prepares children for first std. they also help with admissions into schools for 1st std onwards.call nine three four two four one zero six zero two for details

Parents of Preschoolers Discussion Forum