Yadavindra Public School, Mohali
The Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, Punjab, near Chandigarh, is a premier institution based in Punjab. The school is a member of the prestigious Indian Public Schools Conference. This school is based on the lines of Public Schools. The School was established on 9 April 1979, under the patronage of the Rajmata of Patiala, the late Maharani Mohinder Kaur and Maharaja Amarinder Singh of Patiala, the son of Maharajdhiraj Yadavindra Singh of Patiala.
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Mohali, Punjab India | |
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School type | Public Co-ed Day-cum-Boarding School |
Motto | Vidya Vinay Veerta |
Established | April 9, 1979 |
Founder | Late Maharani Mohinder Kaur of Patiala |
School board | CISCE |
Session | April to March |
Chairman | Raja Malvinder Singh |
Director | Maj Gen TPS Waraich VSM**(Retd.) |
Headmistress | Ms. Kiran Rai |
Grades | Kindergarten to Class 12 |
Student to teacher ratio | 1:30 |
Campus size | 25 acres (100,000 m2) |
Campus type | Urban |
Nickname | YPS |
Publication | The Yadavindrian, Oracle |
Affiliation | CISCE, IPSC |
Website | ypschd |
The School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (C.I.S.C.E.), New Delhi. The school has constantly excelled in ISC and ICSE results. It’s known for its focus on holistic development, with its emphasis on sports and co-curricular activities.
Maj Gen TPS Waraich (Retd) is the director of the school. Ms Kiran Rai is Deputy Headmistress of the school. Formerly the school has seen tremendous growth under the leadership of well known academics like Dr H.S. Dhillon, Mrs Komal Singh, Dr Koonar and others.
Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, was awarded the British Council International School Award for the period 2015-18. The school has won various awards and is considered one of the top schools in the country.
The Education World school ranking 2019-20 ranked YPS Mohali as the 14th overall best school in India in Co-ed Day-cum-Boarding School category and similarly, it ranked 14th in 2018-19.[1]
YPS Mohali changed its logo to the logo of YPS Patiala in February 2017 as they are branches of the same school.
Students
The students of Yadavindra Public School are popularly referred to as Yadavindrians. There are over 1800 students in the school.
Houses
There are five houses in total, right from kindergarten till class XII-
- Aitchison House (yellow)
- Nalagarh House (green)
- Patiala House (blue)
- Ranjit House (grey)
- Tagore House (red)
Prefect Council
Prefect Council Of The Junior School-
- Head Boy and Head Girl
- Activities Captain
- House Captains Of All Houses (Boy's and Girl's)
Prefect Council Of The Senior School-
- Head Boy and Head Girl
- Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl
- Sports' Captain (Boy's and Girl's)
- Co-curricular Captain (Boy's and Girl's)
- Boarding House Captain and Boarding House Prefect
- House Captains Of All Houses (Boy's and Girl's)
References
- "EW India School Rankings 2019-20". EducationWorld. Retrieved 7 April 2020.