In this blogpost, Kavinesh RM, Student of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida and the Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws by NUJS, writes about the history of Delhi Public School.
“The DPS Society is a non-profit, non-proprietary, private, educational organization. This Global Network of over 200 English medium, co-educational, secular schools provides education from Pre-Nursery/Nursery to Class XII. The DPS Family – with its transcontinental identity, is not merely a list of institutions, persons or facts; it is a network of values, systems and relationships”[2]
Introduction
To build this paper, the author has worked with the sites and students of Delhi Public School to express the clear frame of the structure of this school as it is the base of this article. India has the biggest educational system in the world which approximately operates 740,000 Schools. The rates of Literacy raised from last decades, around 65% in 2001. There are big differences in quality of education in India, as it is being controlled by local boards. Primary, Middle, and Secondary are the three stages which are gone through by every student in India.
History of Delhi Public School
The Delhi Public School Society was founded in 1949 to enable Rev. J.D. Tytler to secure a new land for the school. Before 1947, it was known as New Delhi Church High School .The school was founded by Rev. James Douglas Tytler, whose adopted son is Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Delhi Public School is the largest school network in India which has 183 branches within India and growing and also it has 19 branches outside India, most in Gulf countries. Mathura road was the location where DPS started its first Branch. But among all the branches of DPS, RK Puram branch is considered as the special one.
Delhi Public School Society versus D.P.S. Trust
Another school, which had the similar name ‘Delhi Public School’ and the same logo was sued by the DPS Society against them as some innocent and gullible parents may admit their wards in the schools being run under their name by a mistaken belief that their child is studying in one of the schools being run by DPS. Even after it was blocked by the Delhi High Court from using their name and logo, they were running its whole 27 branches successfully without any guilty feeling. So in 2012, Justice Kailash Gambhir warned it of Contempt of Court if the trust did not stop.
In the December 2012, judgment, Justice HR Malhotra observed that “despite being registered in 2003, the Trust claimed its foundation for 54 years and had been fraudulently using the logo which is ‘exactly similar’ to DPS Society.”[3] In its subsequent judgment, Justice V K Jain of Delhi high court on 16 December 2012 barred the ‘DPS Trust’ from using the name ‘DPS’ or its registered logo as well as the name Delhi Public School for running a school or education-related services. He also has asked the Trust to pay Rs 10 lakh as damages.[4]
Normally when the value of any brand matures, its demand rises, likewise talking about DPS, sure the demand for its brand will be totally high. So accommodating more numbers of students in class is quite reasonable, but it has both advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Overcrowding classes
“A classroom is a complex place where students need individual attention and hence number matters,” says C.A.Francis, principal, Salsabeel Central School, Mundur, Thrissur. “Individual attention in both academic performance and the child’s natural curiosity and comfort level in the classroom are more important. As a teacher for the last 35 years, I feel that student strength in a class should be between 30-35”, he said.[5]
Though seeing the other side, Students get a chance to interact and grow up with a very diverse group of people from a variety of backgrounds, which gives you perspective. You’re exposed to a lot of things, both positive and negative at a younger age. It can be quite overwhelming especially to people who haven’t been in the community from the beginning. But if you attend the school with the right mindset, there’s a lot it has to offer.
” The school’s policy of admitting 500 odd students in grade 11 is quite messed up. For those of us who had been in the school from 6th to 10th, our batch in 11th suddenly was full of new faces and somewhat lost a personal feeling. But many of my peers (both existing ones and new ones) inspired me to do better in academics and also in extra-curricular activities” – said by a student of DPS.
And come on, it’s high school! You’re going to see all the elements that characterize students of that age: rowdy kids, cliques, short skirts etc. In these large urban agglomerations, you will have every kind of person; this one is an advantage of having great exposure.
Education as Business
Though education is morally known only as an organization to help kids in their upliftment of life, nowadays education became a fine business. Educational Services is one of the rewarding careers for entrepreneurs who want to make money. Delhi Public School Educational Society is very sensitive towards their franchise system. In this way, it became a business and have being spread throughout the world. Their scheme has been traced out from their website where it is mentioned as follows,” There are three types of DPS franchise depending on the investment and land available, preschool, primary school and high school. As mentioned above for high school 2 acres land is required and for preschool 2500 sq ft and for Primary school 4000 to 5000 sq ft land is required, Apart from that about Rs. 8-10 lakhs is the initial investment besides the construction cost of the school. So if we calculate total investment including land, construction and other charges about Rs. 35- 40 lakhs will be the minimum investment to start the franchise of Delhi Public School Royalty charged from the franchise of Delhi Public School is 20% of the tuition fees of students studying in that branch. Other fees charged are for training, inspection etc which is bare minimum”.[6]
Achievements
If we take a note on achievements of a student. Yes ! he must be appreciated for that but also the school in which he studies is also partially responsible for that feather he got to his cap because I believe that without encouragement and upliftment at the time nothing is possible. Here is the list of alumni of Delhi Public School, RK Puram branch from various fields they are shining.
Conclusion
So, according to the content so far explained, it clearly tells that Delhi Public School is one of the greatest educational network in India running successfully with its brilliant performance towards academic as well as extracurricular activities and works hard for the development of physical, intellectual and social aspects of our children personality. A number of parents have their dream to admit their wards into DPS network as they have more faith on their brand name Delhi Public School.
Bibliography
- The New Indian Express
- The Times of India
- Indian Kanoon
- Delhi Public School Society
[1] Student of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida
[2] http://www.dpsrkp.net/dps_society.asp
[3] “DPS Sambalpur asked not to use logo”. The New Indian Express. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
[4] “HC asks fake DPS trust to pay Rs 10L damages”. The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
[5] http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141016/education/article/class-strength-where-are-we
[6] http://www.startingfranchise.in/2013/05/Delhi-Public-School-DPS-franchise-India.html#sthash.9sN6xkst.dpuf
