Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs )
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Percentage uniform marks are provided for each subject for candidates in India, and are required by universities in India. These can be found on your Statement of Results.
Percentage uniform marks are issued in each subject for candidates in India. These can be found on your Statement of Results. If you are applying to a university in India and do not have Percentage Uniform Mark, please use the grade conversion method as shown in Appendix 1 of Frequently Asked Questions.
DPS TajCity understands the need of one stop solution for all routine requirements of a school going child and that the modern-day parents are busy hence the school needs to provide for most of the routine requirements of a child in the school. (Please refer to the Admission Information attached)
The school counsellor is a specialist in child psychology and plays an important role in the overall development of children who need additional attention/care. The counsellor identifies such children and helps the teachers and parents to deal with these children effectively. You can take the counsellor’s help in case you find changes in the attitudinal/behavioral pattern of your child. The counsellor can be of help in cases of hyperactive children, children with temporarily changed behaviour pattern due to bereavement/illness in the family or due to some external factor(s) etc.
The school undertakes to provide enrichment classes, without any additional fee to train and educate students appearing for National Olympiads, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE). Remedial Classes by school staff is available for students requiring extra help in academics.
The school provides air-conditioned Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled CNG buses for all students to ensure pollution free and safe commuting. It is a facility provided for the parents to relieve them of daily stress. The exact stop point timings will be communicated before Grades commence. All school buses are air conditioned and GPS enabled that will be always traceable by the parents through our ERP system. The details of the same will be given to you post admission.
For own arrangements, the students are expected to use pedalled cycles to commute.
No student is expected or will be allowed to self-drive two wheeler/four wheeler to school without having valid driving license.
No, the school bus will only stop at the designated stop points as mentioned in the prospectus. Operation of buses of other schools does not automatically mean that our bus will also operate on said route/stop points.
The school will try to create a stop point on receiving a request. However, please note that:
No change in location of stop point is possible
Additional stop points or routes will be at sole jurisdiction of school
School reserves the right to alter stop point locations due to operational problem.
The student Identity card will have the information about pick up and drop timings and bus route number. This Identity card along with Parent Identity card will be handed over to you on the day of Parent Partnership Programme.
Strictly NO. All parents are advised not to disturb the bus driver and attendant over mobile phone for the sake of safety of all our children travelling in the school bus.
Please connect with the IC – Transport on +91-7249912388. Alternatively, you can check the bus tracking on our ERP system.
The Parent ID card is to be produced while taking delivery of your ward at the drop point daily. This is an important safety measure for which we request and expect all parents
In such a case the bus attendant may not hand over your child and you will have to come to school with the parent ID to collect your ward.
Yes, but he/she must carry the parent ID card.
In such a case you will have to come to school to collect your ward.
The bus will not wait for your ward and will move at stipulated time.
Not without the written approved consent from both parents.
The school organizes an Annual Function and class-wise events on specific occasions for which costumes / props / makeup items will be arranged by the school for all the children. Thus, parents will not be hassled to rush to the market to meet the needs.
We at DPS TajCity firmly believe that we are a family, with parents being an integral part of it. In order to ensure and establish a rapport with the parent community it is very important to share the vision and mission of DPS TajCity. The purpose of Parent Partnership Programme is two fold:
Firstly, to introduce you to the school’s work culture, environment, staff, school rules and systems
Secondly, to introduce you to other parents of your ward’s peers.
The school organizes trips for each class to important places in the National Capital Region. No extra payment is required to be made for these trips by the parents.
No. This is not permitted. The school provides sweets and gifts for the birthday of your ward.
Strictly No.
You can meet the teachers between 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on any working Saturday with prior appointment. You can communicate through school planner. You can call up PCE to fix up your appointment.
No. The regulations regarding latecomers and absentees are given in the Planner.
Only under an emergency or in exceptional cases. For availing leave during the school hours, a prior application has to be submitted. The child can leave the school after obtaining a gate pass duly signed by the authorized signatory of the school and should be escorted by a Parent ID Card holder.
‘Prevention is better than cure’. The name, class, section and enrolment number must be clearly marked on all belongings of your child. If in case an item is misplaced please contact the Parent Care Executive. However, the school does not take any responsibility in this regard.
The School Planner contains information with respect to the above mentioned query in addition to many more such queries.
If the period of leave required is less than three days then the class teacher can be informed through a written note in the Planner. Leave for over three days should be requested through an application sent to the class teacher along with necessary documents (In case the child is sick or goes outstation etc).
No. This is not permitted at all.
Re-tests are not conducted at all in the school for absentees or failures. However, promotion is based on overall performance through out the year.
You can meet the Principal with prior appointment on any working day between 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
DPS TajCity operates on a very low student -teacher ratio. The school tries to restrict its student strength in each section to ensure each child is given due and proper attention.
If your child falls sick during school hours, there is a qualified doctor and a trained nurse to take care of your child. If the school doctor advises to send the child home then the school reception will inform you. You can escort your child home after obtaining a gate-pass duly signed by the authorised signatory of the school.
We have separate lockers for each student. They can keep all additional books in their lockers instead of bringing them to school everyday and carrying them back. Early Years students will keep their books and notebooks in the lockers.
No, there is no such provision.
Every section of a class may have maximum of 40 students.
There may be a delay of 30 minutes possible in arrival and departure timings during winters as compared to summer timings.
Foreign Language introduced in Grade IV and formally taught from Grade VI
