Dehradun: The School Capital Of India

             

Dehradun is interim capital of Uttarakhand. It  is 236 km north of the national capital the New Delhi

and located in the DOON valley on the foothills of the Himalayas nestled between the Ganga river on the east and the river Yamuna on the west.It is well connected and in proximity to Himalyan  tourist destination such as Mussoorie and Auli and the Hindu holy cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh along with the Himalayan pilgrimage circuit of Chota Char Dham.

       Dehardun has been known as 'The School Capital Of India' for it's world class residential school which attract students from all over the worlds. Dehradun is considered as  the coaching hub for National Defence Academy(NDA) and Combined  Defence Servises ( CDS) and the prime reason behind this is that Dehradun is one of the oldest cantonment area and retiring spot for the official of the armed forces so many of these coaching institute are run by these retired officers.

• Here is the list of some the prestigious school of Dehradun.

1.  THE DOON SCHOOL

DOON is boys-only independent boarding school which was established in 1935. It has been ranked best resident school in India.The school is member of G20 and ROUND SQUARE group.The admission to school is based on competitive exam and an interview. It's best known alumnus is former prime minister Rajeev Gandhi.

2. WOODSTOCK  SCHOOL      

This is an coeducational resident school located in
 Landour small hill station contiguous with to Mussoorie.

Woodstok was founded in 1854 and is one of the oldest school in Asia,operating today as a private non profit institute with Indian Christian Minority Status.WOODSTOCK  offer kindergarten through GRADE 12  instruction with resident program beginning in grade 5. It is full accredited by the Middle states Association,the first school in Asia to receive accreditation in 1960.

3.KASIGA SCHOOL 

KASIGA  school is a co-educational, English medium school affiliated with the CBSC and the Cambridge international examination (CIE) in Dehradun.The school provide the student with opportunities of learning and expressing themselves. Each class has an open area of the back for learning through activity both independently and collaboratively. Admission are made on the basis of assessment and subsequent interview.

4. RASHTRIYA  INDIAN MILETRY COLLGE (RIMC)

RIMC is public school for boys in Dehradun. RIMC is

a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy,Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed force.  RIMC conducts an admission process in class VII.Candidate are then shortlisted through the written test and called for Viva-Voce and have to attend a medical test. 25 cadets are admitted every six months.

5. ST.JOSEPH'S ACADEMY                            

St. Joseph's Academy located in the heart of DOON was established by Patrician Brothers in 1934. The school has acquired status of  premium educational institute of Dehradun. This school is known for it's result throughout the nation and repeatedly producing nation toppers in Board exams.

6.WELHAM GIRL'S SCHOOL

Welham girl's school is traditional boarding school for girls in Dehradun. It was established in 1957. It was identified as one of the top performing school country-wide based on academic performance at the Indian school of certification for 2013. Welham has an exchange program with Millfield School in England,a co-educational residential school and recently with Groton school in Massachusetts.On the basis
of entrance test students got selected and student can apply for this exam in class 6th,7th and 11th only.

7. WELHAM BOY'S SCHOOL                 

Welham boy's  school is a boarding school located in Dehradun. Welham was founded in 1937 as preparatory school for boarding school in India and  England. Here anybody can take admission, the main entry is registration and Admission fee is neither refundable nor transferable.

8.JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDHYALAYA (JNV)

This school is government residential school was  established in 2007 in Shankarpur Dehradun. JNVS are run by Navodaya Vidhyalaya Samiti, New Delhi an autonomous organisation under the department of education and literacy,MHRD, government of India.  Every year CBSE conduct entrance exams (JNVST) for class 6th and 9th grade students for JNVS admission. These school are known for their excellent results in CBSE board examsover the year. JNVS have migration policy under which 9th grade student from one state JNV school migrate to other state JNV and students from other school come to that school.

• Apart from these school Dehradun has three major institution of the nation,and these are

 1.INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY(IMA)

The Indian Military Academy is the officer training academy of the Indian Army. IMA was established in 1932. With purpose of grooming future military leaders of the Indian Army ,the training regiment at IMA moulds the physical and mental attribute and sharpen the leadership skills of cadets.Physical training,drills, weapons training, leadership development of practices form the focus of the training.

2. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION(LBSNAA)

LBSNNA  is research and training institute on public policy and public administration located in Mussoorie.It is operated by India's Union Government.The academy's main purpose is to train civil services of Indian Administration services ,Indian Forest services and also  Group-A central services such as Indian Foreign services among others.

3. FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE  (FRI)           

This is one of the oldest institute of its kind and dedicated solely to forestry, FRI offers  MSc in Forestry, Environment management, Wood science, Technology and cellulose and paper technology.

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