St. Thomas Public School Bengaluru

This school has a reputation of children scoring exceptionally high marks in the board examination and here is why: 1. Repeated tests and exams with humongous pressure on kids; students being humiliated by teachers and headmistress for scoring badly. Marks are emphasized again and again with no focus on overall development of the child. 2. No social life - there are no extracurricular activities, no sports activities, the school does not have a ground, does not have proper washrooms not cleaned, a tiny library, tiny labs, and classrooms; 4/5 students are made to sit in a bench meant for 3. 3. Owing to the bad infrastructure, the safety of the kids is at stake. The staircases are narrow and congested, there is no ventilation. Four residential buildings have been converted to be used as school buildings. 4. Students are segregated in the 8th std depending on their marks into ICSE and SSLC, with no concern for their own personal choices. SSLC students are constantly humiliated by teachers for being less intelligent with one teacher saying that they would be failures in life. Similarly, kids in ICSE are given the elective of CS or Economics solely on the basis of final marks with no concern for the student's interests, 5. No interaction is allowed between boys and girls, constantly shamed for talking to the other gender. 5. The teachers are childish and hold grudges against children, belittling them for every small mistake. Teachers blow inconsequential things out of proportion, some even going as far as refusing to teach. Some teachers are blatantly sexist favoring boys over girls - some are biased towards students who score better than others. 6. Sometimes, Saturdays are full days leaving no time for the child to relax at home. Due to my own bad experiences with this school, I wouldn't recommend anyone to send their kids here to ensure the mental health of their child.

the online classes extend till 3:30pm. Its too bad for children. the school should have some sense to keep it only till 12:30 at least till 8th standard. the teachers are awseome but the school has such dum rules.