• Garden High is a school where pupils come first, and all else later.
• The School thinks that education is concerned with pupils as persons, not with how they can be trained for a career.
• The School encourages pupils to think for themselves, and tries to kindle their curiosity, so that they may venture out on their own beyond the beaten track of the syllabi.
• The School does not try to impress with inessentials at the cost of what is essential: academic integrity and excellence.
• The School believes that a school should be ‘training minds, not stuffing them’.

• At the nursery level, the child’s process of growing out of oneself is made happy and pleasant through an abundance of colour, play, music, rhyme, and rhythm.
• At the primary level, the imparting of knowledge in various forms begins through the study of languages, literature and other subjects. This acquisition of knowledge will obviously grow in volume and substance as the pupil begins his ascent up the steps of the secondary and higher secondary stages.
• Pupils are encouraged to ask questions, voice their doubts, verify what they are told and taught.
• They should be gently led to evaluate things in the light of their own experience, but at the same time be made aware of how these same things have been assessed by mankind over the centuries.

• Uniformity and accuracy are ensured through drawing up of lesson plans.
• Depending on the subject concerned, the first stage of an assessment may consist of oral and/or blackboard work.
• Before a pupil is asked to do any written work, answers to probable questions are discussed wherever possible. This is followed by class assignments which are corrected in detail, corrections of serious errors being entered in the body of the exercise itself.
• Corrected assignments are sent to parents for scrutiny and signature.
• Very little homework is set, and it consists mostly of handwriting, correction of errors, revision of work done in class, etc.
• In the case of slow learners, specific tasks may be set by the teachers concerned.
• All that a guardian needs to do is to supervise: see to it that the pupil does the work that he has been asked to do.

• The pandemic (Covid-19) has compelled the School to follow for the time being a method of online teaching that is being modified and updated constantly to suit the needs of pupils from Nursery to Higher Secondary classes without subjecting them to undue strain and pressure. Actual teaching is combined with interaction with pupils as far as possible. Pupils are provided with study material as and when necessary, and assignments are set and corrected regularly to enable a continuous assessment of the academic progress made by a pupil. All efforts are also being made to conform to the directions of the appropriate authorities regarding syllabi and evaluation. The teachers are being continuously trained to become familiar with all the different aspects of online teaching, including various problems related to continuous assessment and evaluation. The School may combine online teaching with actual classroom teaching on a regular basis even when normalcy returns.
• It is strongly recommended that a pupil be given easy but supervised access to a laptop/desktop and internet facility at home, so that he may attend online classes conducted by the School as and when necessary.
• The schedule (days and timings) of such classes will be announced beforehand and guardians should see to it that their wards attend such classes and complete the assignments set within the time limit prescribed.
• The method of continuous assessment depends largely on an evaluation of all kinds of assignments. In case, it is not possible to hold any examination in an academic year, the promotion of a child to a higher class will depend on such an evaluation.

• The teacher : pupil ratio never exceeds 1 : 20.
• In addition, pupils have free access at all times not only to their teachers, but also to the Coordinators, Director (Nursery & Primary Department), Vice-Principal and Principal, who give them all the attention and help they need to solve their academic problems as also any others that they might have.

• A pupil should not need any special help at home. However, at least one of the parents must give the pupil some time, not only to ensure that the pupil revises the lessons taught in class or completes the tasks set, but to give the pupil the company that is needed.
• Additional guidance, if and when necessary, will be provided by the School by way of remedial classes at no extra charge. These classes may be held on the School premises or at the residence of a teacher of the School.
• Recommending a pupil to attend these classes is not to be taken as an unfavourable assessment of his merit.On the contrary, such a recommendation assumes that a pupil has the capacity to do better and all that he needs is some special attention or guidance in some specific areas, and that also for some time.
• The School earnestly requests a guardian to cooperate with it in this matter by ensuring that a pupil attends these classes regularly.

• The medium of instruction is English.
• Though the medium of instruction is English, Bengali and Hindi are taught with utmost care, and all efforts are made to make pupils aware of their heritage as Indians.

• NURSERY DEPARTMENT
  • Nursery I, Nursery II & Preparatory
• PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
  • Classes I – V
• SECONDARY DEPARTMENT
  • Classes VI – X
• HIGHER SECONDARY DEPARTMENT
  • Classes XI & XII

Each Academic Year is divided into three terms:

• April/May to September/October (inclusive of short breaks)
• September/October to December (inclusive of Puja and Christmas recesses)
• January to March

Though the number of terms will remain the same, the duration of each term may vary from year to year.

• Nursery I : 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
• Nursery II & Preparatory : 8.00 a.m. – 11.50 a.m.
• Classes I & II : 8.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon
• Classes III – XII : 8.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.

School hours may be changed in the academic interest of pupils or as advised by the CISCE.

On specified days of the week, pupils may be required to stay back after regular school hours for extra-curricular activities, remedial/special training classes, etc.

• Classes XI & XII

Classes, especially Practical Classes, may be held on Saturdays also. Class timings on Saturdays may be different from general school hours. Special classes may also be held outside routine hours and during short recesses and vacations. Pupils are, therefore, advised not to leave station at any time without the written permission of the Principal.