Parents of Preschoolers  Discussion Forum

Hi Friends,

I am new to this site and will be shifting to Mumbai in the next 1 month. Unfortunately, we do not have ANY friends or relatives in Mumbai and as such are in a big dilemma as to schooling for our daughter who has recently turned 8. We are on our own and that is why I have joined this forum seeking advice or any kind of feedback any of you parents can give to me. I was told out here, people do reply so please SOS.

We will be living around Goregaon/Malad/Kandivali area as that is all we can afford at the moment and from the information I googled on the net, I found the following schools. Not wanting to solely rely on the rosy information that is posted by these schools and hoping for some first hand experience/feedback to help us decide, and unfortunately not having any friends or family to get this from, here I am.......do any of you have any experience or feedback or news you can share with me regarding the following schools, I would be eternally greatful to you all....

Ryan International School, Goregaon (E)
Ryan International School, Malad (W)
Cambridge School, Kandivali (E)
Thakur International School, Kandivali

I read a few posts out here but that has confused me even more, because the messages don' t clearly state anything, very non-committal.

My child speaks only in English, understands a little bit of Hindi, can speak very very little but knows most of the popular Hindi songs by heart (how I yet am trying to figure out), but cannot write at all. Also, I am not sure what class she would be eligible for. Any suggestions PLEASE.....PLEASE.....PLEASE


melissa replied. Madam, please do not opt for Ryan Malad, the teachers are not child friendly, they scream, and yell. they do not even wish good morning to the parents and children, this is the first thing i noticed.
I have my child there, I feel miserable for my child. there is no Air conditioning rooms, the heat is unberable. the class room of pre-primarry are messy and the last thing toilets are stinky and always wet.