Overview
Founded in 1988, Army Public School, Pune is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. The school offers English as the medium of instruction.
The prime motto of the school is “Truth is God” thus ensuring comprehensive quality education where students are able to recognise their potential and abilities. The school focuses on providing a happy, caring and invigorating environment, maintaining a balance between both scholastic and co-scholastic areas through instructional approach, proper career guidance, creating innovative opportunities for its students and regular faculty training for their better tomorrow.
Campus
Army Public School, Puneis sited amidst lush green surroundings with ample open space. The school is divided into junior and senior wings.
The school hosts spacious well lit classrooms equipped with smart class facilities, a well resourced library featuring over 1000 books and internet facilities, a counselling room and an art room.
The school houses science laboratories equipped with the latest instruments, chemicals, and specimens, and computer laboratories for the primary and secondary sections.
The school also hosts a state of the art basketball court and other sporting facilities.
Accomodation
Being a day school, Army Public School, Pune does not provide hostel facilities.
Academics
Affiliated with CBSE, Army Public School, Pune offers education from class I through XII. The school follows both summative and formative types of assessments.
The curriculum includes subjects such as Sanskrit, English, Hindi, mathematics, environmental science, and computers for classes I to V and English, Hindi, mathematics, Science (physics, chemistry and biology), Computer Science, and Social Studies (history, geography, civics/economics) for classes VI to X.
The school offers science, humanities and commerce streams at the higher secondary level.
Junior students are encouraged to participate in competitions such as writing, colouring, spelling, drawing, recitation, and calligraphy, aspart of their co-curricular activities. At the senior level, the co-curricular activities include extempore, speaking, story- telling, elocution, poetry recitation, debate, quiz and Sanskrit elocution.
The sporting activities include Kho-kho, badminton, football, dodge ball, drill competition, basketball, throw ball, chess, carom, and cricket.
Admission
Fresh admissions are done throughout the academic session.
Priority for admission is given to students from:
a. Children of serving Army personnel (including DSC), children of Army Widows and children of those TA personnel who have a minimum of 10 years embodied service.
b. Children of Army Ex-servicemen, DSC persRetd with Pension from DSC
c. Children of serving Air Force and Naval personnel
d. Children of retired Air Force and Naval personnel
e. Children of civilians paid out of Defence Estimates, Para Military Forces including Coast Guard, MES, GREF, TA (when not embodied)
f. Grand children of serving/retired Army personnel
Age criteria:
Class – Age
I- 05
II- 06
III- 07
IV- 08
V- 09
VI- 10
VII- 11
Achievements
Army Public School, Pune focuses on providing a happy, caring and invigorating environment, maintaining a balance between both scholastic and co-scholastic areas through instructional approach, proper career guidance, creating innovative opportunities for its students and regular faculty training for their better tomorrow.