Schools can be nice

Schools are a dreaded place.  Ask any parent. If you want admission for your child, and you go to any school, chances are you’ll get thrown out by the watchman. There would be a notice saying, “Meetings with Appointment Only”. And guess what, you can’t get an appointment. You call and you’ll get a voice recording that basically gets you to push in a sequence of numbers, before throwing you out. Exactly like the watchman.

Recently we wanted to change my daughter’s school, due to subjects she wanted to take, not being offered at her current school. We (actually Ivy), visited several schools. And got the usual expected treatment. With 2 surprising exceptions. In this piece I’ll talk about one of them “Prime Academy” at Marol. (http://www.primeacademy.net.in/)

The Director of the school Mrs. Joshi met us even without an appointment. She listened patiently, explained the various facilities of the school, how they would manage my daughter and so on. We met her on several occasions, including once with my daughter.

They were professional, knowledgeable, and most important friendly. They treated us like parents of a potential student. Given the treatment meted out by most other schools, this was to put it mildly, refreshingly pleasant.

That’s not all. You’d expect that the school would be pushing o selling hard to give admissions. On the contrary they were realistic and more concerned about the child. They were very clear, that they would only give the child admission, if the child was happy and wanted to join them.

Finally we did not take the admission at Prime Academy, because of changed circumstances.  Nevertheless if we had to ever recommend a school, I would have no hesitation in recommending this school.

I guess a comment made by Mrs. Joshi summarizes her philosophy well. “I want our children to learn, and have fun learning.” Thank you Prime Academy and Thank you Mrs. Joshi, for being so nice. And understanding. And kind. And professional. And …

We’re confident that with people like you playing a pivotal role in the education system, we can look forward to an education system that will be something all of us can be proud of.