This experience is written anonymously by a student from Apeejay School, Noida, and an Emerging Leader at NoticeBard.

Name of the Student

Anonymous.

Name of the School

Apeejay School, Noida.

What are some of the good things about the faculty of your School?

The teachers in my grade are super helpful. They are kind and very supportive of what we as students want to do to better ourselves. One time on the day of my 5th-grade farewell, my class teacher brought each of the class students cupcakes with their own personalized messages.

What are some of the bad things about the faculty of your School?

I would say the amount of homework they give. Definitely homework. Each day we are given homework of at least 3-4 subjects with very short deadlines. There are no particular bad things about the faculty, they respect us and value our opinions. So I would say I’m pretty satisfied with them.

What are some of the good things about the infrastructure of your School?

We have different buildings for each block. Different buildings for our pre-primary, primary, middle, and secondary. The campus is huge. There are lots of trees around. We have one of the biggest playgrounds as well. So it’s nice, that during lunch breaks or sports periods, we can once in a while go out, and submersed ourselves in the chill breeze and the lush green trees.

What are some of the bad things about the infrastructure of your School?

I would say facilities. The chairs and tables are so old, you can easily tell how old the furniture is just by looking at the graffiti on the furniture made by students who have now completed school. Lol. Most of the buses don’t have A.C. and u have to beat the scorching heat in summer every day. Another thing is the swimming pool. We are only allowed to swim until 7th grade. After 7th grade, we can’t use the swimming pool. So I have only 1 year to fully utilize the swimming pool at my school. They should make it available to students of all grades.

What are some of the good things about the student-to-teacher ratio of your School?

Student to teacher ratio is 40:1. Although it’s not pretty good, it’s not pretty bad either. I don’t know about the teacher, but having so many students in the class means having so many more students to make friends with! I love making new friends, so this is a win-win situation for me. It would say the teacher is able to handle the class pretty well, not so sure whether attention is given to all students equally.

What are some of the bad things about the student-to-teacher ratio of your School?

The bad thing would be that the teacher is not able to make so many students understand the same thing at the same time. Many students have different ways of learning and only 1 teacher for 40 students, as per me, seems a bit excessive to me. Although the teacher is able to handle the class, apart from handling, the attention required to be given to each student is not able to be given.

What are some of the great initiatives/amenities offered in your School?

Our school provides services such as the student council, the volunteer club in association with Goonj, frequent blood donation camps, and conducts field trips regularly. The land in our school is also pretty big to what I expected. From what I have heard from seniors or science labs, are very well equipped for all the necessary experiments to be conducted. Also, I love our school library and the playground. Both are massive compared to their counterpart schools.

What are the things you would have liked to change about your School if you could?

Maybe the attitude of the students towards their studies and their teachers. They don’t respect their teachers or their studies and don’t understand the value of the education they are being provided. Kids even from my grade know what vapes are and I have also seen some of them vaping in our school.

How likely are you to recommend this School to other students?

9 out of 10.