Overview
Delhi Public School, Gwalior is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Founded in July 2006, the school functions under the aegis of the Delhi Public School (DPS) Society. It is located in the outskirts of the Gwalior city amidst verdant surroundings in Rairu. Sunil Bhalla has been the principal of the school since its inception. The school boasts about 2600 students and staff strength of 150.
Campus
The school campus sprawls over 12 acres and some parts of the school are still under construction. The school hosts well ventilated classrooms, a courtyard for indoor games, well equipped labs for chemistry, physics and biology in the senior block, an EVS lab in the junior block and a Science Park. The campus also houses labs for math, computers and languages, an A.V. Room, doll room and a well stocked library.
Sports infrastructure includes facilities for indoor games such as table tennis, Taekwondo, chess, carom, badminton and fencing. There are also facilities for outdoor games such as cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, track & field events and skating.
Academics
The curriculum is designed to cater to the need of every child and develop an understanding of facts, terms, concepts, principles and hypothesis and more emphasis is laid on practical approach and conceptual learning. CCE is practised from class I onwards.
At the senior secondary level the school offers a choice of two streams currently – science and commerce, with plans to introduce the humanities stream soon.
The cocurricular activities at DPS, Gwalior include singing, extempore, story narration, declamation, quiz, drawing, poster making, collage making, card making, debate, painting, and creative writing, best out of waste, spellathon, debate, fireless cooking, salad making, plant care and Yoga.
Students participate in various inter-school, inter-DPS, district, state and national level sports, literary and cultural events.
Admission
Admission form can be collected from school office or any of the branches of ICICI Bank in Gwalior city or can be downloaded from the school website www.dpsgwalior.com. The duly filled in form should be submitted within a week with required documents.
Fees: Please contact the school office for information on fees.
Achievements
The principal of DPS Gwalior, Sunil Bhalla was conferred the Principal Excellence Award by Dainik Bhaskar Gwalior, India and the Teacher of the Year award by Gwalior Vikas Samiti, Gwalior. He was also selected to represent Gwalior district in Governmental Educational Symposium at Bhopal, 2009.