Learning, frame by frame
सीखना, कदम दर कदम
A general picture of how schools in India work through stages. The school's own classes, board and medium are still to be confirmed.
Pick a frame
Early years
Children are usually about 3 to 6 years
Learning through play, stories, rhymes, first letters and numbers. Most of the day is hands-on.
Onion skin: this is the first frame, so there is nothing before it.
Does the school run this stage? To be confirmed
Primary
Children are usually about 6 to 11 years
Reading, writing and number sense grow into short projects, group work and confident speaking.
Onion skin: the frame before this one is Early years.
Does the school run this stage? To be confirmed
Middle
Children are usually about 11 to 14 years
Subjects separate into science, maths, languages and social science. More thinking, and more asking why.
Onion skin: the frame before this one is Primary.
Does the school run this stage? To be confirmed
Secondary
Children are usually about 14 to 18 years
Board-level study and choices about what comes next. Steady habits matter most here.
Onion skin: the frame before this one is Middle.
Does the school run this stage? To be confirmed
General picture for illustration. Which of these stages the school runs, from what age, is to be confirmed by the school.
What the school will add
Classes and ages
Which classes run and the age rule for each, for the 2027–28 session.
To be filled in by the school
Board and medium
The board the school follows, the medium of teaching and how languages (English, Hindi) are taught.
To be filled in by the school
Subjects, books and activities
What children study and the activities that run beside classes.
To be filled in by the school
A word on the name
"International" in a school's name is only a name. It does not tell you about the board or the curriculum. Please ask the school, and ask to see the books children use.