9. Navy Children School

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HISTORY: Run by the Navy Education Society (NES) and administered by the headquarters, Western Naval Command, the school was commissioned in November 1989. It is a co-educational school running classes from classes 1 to 12.

UNIQUE FEATURES: The Navy Children School aims at the overall development of each student’s personality, laying emphasis on the inculcation of a rational outlook. The school endeavours to achieve academic excellence among students and the development of an insatiable thirst for knowledge. At the same time, it also aims at promoting basic human values.

HIGHEST RATINGS IN: Value for Money, Selection Process and Academic Rigour

BOARD: CBSE

Annual fee: Rs1,690

Students: 2,764

Student-teacher ratio: 30:1

QUOTE: Apart from providing a sound academic base, our endeavor is to mould the children into upright and responsible young men and women.

MALLIKA SUBRAMANIAM, principal