City Vocational Public School

City Vocational Public School
Location
Map
250, Circular Road

,
250001

India
Coordinates29°00′10″N 77°41′15″E / 29.0028093°N 77.687621°E / 29.0028093; 77.687621
Information
TypePrivate
Motto"Learn To Shine"
Established1990
FounderLt. Chandra Sen Agarwal
StatusOpen
School boardCBSE
ChairpersonSarojini Agarwal
DirectorO. P. Agarwal
PrincipalN. P. Singh
Teaching staff125
GradesNur-12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment3042 [1]
LanguageEnglish
CampusUrban
Campus size5.93 acres
Houses  Aravali,   Nilgiri,   Shivalik,   Vindhya
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education, Dehradun
Websitewww.cvpschool.com
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City Vocational Public School is an English-medium, private, senior secondary school in Meerut Cantonment, India. It is co-educational non-boarding school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).[4]

History

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Late Shri Chandra Sen Agarwal, retired Joint Director of Education U.P. and Ex-Secretary, Board of High and Intermediate Education, U.P. Allahabad, laid the foundation of this institution in the year 1990. He was the director of the school at the start. The first principal of the school Mr. P.N Raina served as the principal for a short period till around 1991 . From 1992 onwards, Smt Suman Khare was the principal of City vocational public school. The first batch of class 10 students passed out in the year 1995 - the same year that Smt Suman khare passed away due to illness. [5] The school initially stated functioning from the campus of today's Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology.[6]

Campus

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School is located in quiet surroundings of Meerut Cantonment.[7] The school campus is spread in an area of 23,998 m2 (5.93 acres) with 2 playground, 115 rooms, 12 labs and 2 libraries. It also have 10 Digital Classrooms with wifi facility.[7]

Affiliation and examination

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The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.[4] It is also a center for CBSE board examinations.

Academics

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Results

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Passing percentage (percentage of students passing the examination) for board examinations are as follows:[8][9]

Passing percentages
Year 10th 12th
2014 99.2% 90%
2015[10] 98.0% 84.46%
2016 97.3% 85.0%
2017 - -

Extracurricular activities

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The School has facility to support an array of sports activities like cricket, basketball, badminton, table tennis, volleyball. The school also has a dedicated cricket academy with practice nets. Students are grouped into four houses, Aravali, Nilgiri, Shivalik and Vindhya, named after mountain ranges of India. Inter house activities like quizzes, debates and cultural functions[11] are organized throughout the session to promote healthy competition. An annual sports week is organized where every house's performance is recorded for the overall championship. As a part of co-curricular events are organized from time to time providing an opportunity for students to showcase their talent.[12]

In December 2015, school's cricket team won the 6th All India Hema Kohli Cricket Tournament by defeating Karan Public School in the final.[13][14] It has participated and won in various other tournaments in the past.[15][16][17]

Schools's Basket Ball team is also an active participant in various district and state-level tournaments.[18][19]

Awards and recognition

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  • Public Choice Awards 2016: CVPS was voted 1st in category: 'Public Choice Award 2016 - School of Excellence' for the city of Meerut.[20]

Criticism

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In 2015, the school, among other private schools in the district, came under media criticism for being autocratic in determining various fees and commissions on books, dress etc.[21]

In 2017, the school among various other schools, was accused of not prescribing NCERT books in its curriculum which is against the CBSE norm. CBSE sent a notice to the school and sought clarification in this regard with a provision of penalizing in case of failure to justify.[22] This led to the school administration publishing a list of books prescribed in the curriculum for classes 1 to 12 on their website.[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CVPS Student Details". www.cvpschool.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ "CVPS Vocational public School Teaching Staff". www.cvpschool.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "CVPS Management". www.cvpschool.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Complete Information Form". cbseaff.nic.in. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ^ "CVPS". www.cityvocational.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Background". www.miet.ac.in. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "CVPS Infrastructure". www.cityvocational.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ^ "CVPS Vital Information". www.cityvocational.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  9. ^ "City Vocational Public School 250 Circular Road Meerut Cantt Meerut Uttar Pradesh". www.thelearningpoint.net. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. ^ "CBSE Class X results: 1,208 get perfect score in district - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. ^ "गणतंत्र दिवस पर होंगे कई कार्यक्रम - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  12. ^ "CVPS Activities". www.cityvocational.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  13. ^ "सिटी वोकेशनल बना हेमा कोहली टी-20 चैंपियन - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  14. ^ "सिटी वोकेशनल और करन के बीच होगी खिताबी भिडंत 12408905". jagran. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  15. ^ "दैनिक जागरण क्रिकेट टूर्नामेंट का हुआ आगाज - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  16. ^ "करन ने जीता विवेक पांडे टूर्नामेंट - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  17. ^ "गॉडविन किक्रेट एकादमी व दधिचि क्रिकेट एकादमी ने अपने मैच जीते- Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  18. ^ "केएल व सिटी वोकेशनल ने बास्केटबॉल में बनाई बढ़त 13224551". jagran. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  19. ^ "सोफिया व सेंट मेरीज की जीत से शुरुआत - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Public Choice Award". publicchoiceawards.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  21. ^ "सीबीएसई तक हुई पब्लिक स्कूलों की शिकायत - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  22. ^ "'मनमानी' में मेरठ नंबर वन - Meerut City News,Inext Live". inextlive.jagran.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Book List 2017-18" (PDF). www.cityvocational.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.