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Overview
The premier residential school of rural Maharashtra.
Pravara Public School is the premier residential English medium school in rural Maharashtra. The unspoilt rustic ambience and non-stressful academic environment make our school a much sought after institution among parents while admitting their wards. The school maintains its preeminent position with regard to the quality of its faculty, the diversity and brilliance of its students, and the wide-ranging achievements of its alumni.
The school is a successful experiment in multicultural coexistence. It is a springboard for meaningful blossoming of unbound talents.
Curriculum
One school, three sections.
The school curriculum is structured to meet the various development needs of students including academic, social, emotional and ethical needs. The school follows an integrated approach for holistic development of students with emphasis on cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of learning. Students are provided with opportunities to learn, develop and apply skills in critical thinking, evaluation and extrapolation, synthesizing, problem solving and applying knowledge in novel situations. Provisions have also been made for co-curricular activities, sports and cultural programmes for inculcating values.
Section 01
Primary
LKG onwards — strong foundations in a caring, joyful environment.
Section 02
Secondary
Up to Std X — prepared for the SSC examination.
Section 03
Higher Secondary
Std XI & XII — Science stream, prepared for the HSC examination.
Affiliation
Maharashtra State Board.
Pravara Public School follows the syllabus prescribed by Department of Education, Govt. of Maharashtra. Students are prepared for the SSC (Std X) and HSC (Std XII) examinations conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune.
Daily Routine
A day at PPS.
8:15 AM
Morning Assembly
The school day begins together.
8:30 AM
Eight Academic Periods
Focused classroom learning across subjects.
2:00 PM
Academic Session Ends
Lunch and rest.
Afternoon
Clubs & Inter-House Matches
Club activities, co-curricular and extracurricular activities.
Evening
Games & Prep
Sports, supervised study and house activities for boarders.
Co-Curricular Program
Talents, fully unfolded.
Co-curricular activities are designed to develop latent talents fully and enable the children to learn to spend their leisure time in an acceptable and useful manner. A well graded programme for co-curricular activities has been made in the time table for CCA periods. The CCA programmes are conducted class wise for juniors and house-wise for seniors.
Activities run in English, Marathi & Hindi; cultural programmes are organised for national days, festivals and Annual Day.
LCD projectors — selected films and documentaries in English and Hindi are shown once a week.
Overhead projectors, DVD/CD players and a good collection of Educational Video CDs.
The school library is well-stocked with more than 8000 titles, with library periods in the timetable.
Hobbies / Clubs
Find your passion.
Teaching – Learning Process
Child-centred, inquiry-led.
The school provides appropriate support and instructional resources for the effective delivery of the curriculum.
The teachers adapt and contextualize teaching strategies based on the backgrounds and learning styles of students.
Teaching–learning evolves with an effective child-centred approach and constructivist methods — problem solving, inquiry-based learning, peer-to-peer learning and classroom discussion.
An effective and comprehensive assessment and evaluation system monitors student performance.
Achievements
A record that speaks.
The school has so far moulded several sportsmen of national and international calibre. Anil Sanas (Basketball 1979), Siddharth Basak (Athletics 1990), Subhash Patil (Athletics 1994), Sangram Patil (Basketball 1996), James Meitei (Swimming) and Rohit Wagh (Aerobics 2011) are some of the students who donned Indian Colours at various world championships.
The alumni association of Pravara Public School is named ‘Pravarites’ and has about 4000 members on its roll. Shri Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, President, Pravarites, is a Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra.
Shri. Nitin Kareer, Subhash Yeole, Vishwas Dhumal and Navjivan Pawar are Indian Administrative Service officers while Anant Tambe is an IRS Officer.
Major Vikrant Deshmukh is a recipient of the prestigious Kirti Chakra from the President of India for display of valour of exceptional order in the face of the enemy. Many other Pravarites occupy high ranking positions in the Indian Armed Forces.
A majority of Pravarites are well-established in engineering and medicine while a good number pursue excellence in CA, industry, business, advanced farming, education and entrepreneurial ventures.
Consistently 100% results at the SSC and HSC Board Exams, with the vast majority securing distinction or first class. Chetan Rathi, Soumyadeep Ghosh and Neeraj Gade had the unique distinction of getting into the board merit list.
Accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training, QCI — an acknowledgement of effective management and delivery of holistic education for the all-round development of students.