Top 10 CBSE Schools in Delhi

The Central Board for Secondary Education or CBSE has a large number of affiliated schools across the country. CBSE board schools, characterised by a centralised education system, are preferred by parents all over India. The national capital, New Delhi, is itself home to several known and successful educational establishments affiliated to the Board. Some of the most popular ones in the city and a brief description of the same has been included in this piece, for your information.

1. Delhi Public School, R K Puram

Establishment Year: 29 Jan 1972 Managing Authority: Delhi Public School Society Classes: Nursery-Class 12 ( different campuses) About: DPS RK Puram is a co-educational school situated in Ramakrishna Puram, New Delhi. The institution boasts of a strength of 9500 students, learning at 3 different campuses in New Delhi. The infrastructure is vast, using the most developed tools for education, junior library; a reading room; a video library; school counseling centres; an audio-visual hall; an air-conditioned Seminar Hall, and a bookshop hostels for both boys and girls and extensive grounds for sports activities. Achievements

Recipient - United Nations Global Leadership Opportunity
1st Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools from then President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

2. Vasant Valley School

Establishment Year: June, 1990 Managing Authority: Started by the India Today Group Classes: 1-12 About: Vasant Valley School is a co-educational private school situated in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The red sandstone infrastructure is well-equipped with facilities for academics and an all-round education. Special activities

Students represented Delhi in Red Rover Goes to Mars Competition organized by NASA
Participate in major debates like Chukerbutty Debate in The Doon School and Revd. Dr. Samuel Slater Memorial Invitational Inter-School Debate at The Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
Has won the India Today Cup

3. Modern School, Barakhamba Road

Establishment Year: 1920 Managing Authority: Modern School Board of Trustees Classes: primary classes to Class 12 About: The Modern School was the first private school established during the British Raj. Known for its excellent co-curricular activities as well as academics, the school is based in a 27-acre campus in Central Delhi. The junior wing of the school is Raghuvir Singh Junior Model School and the institution has a sister campus in Vasant Vihar.

4. Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan

Establishment Year: 1984 Managing Authority: Springdales School Society Classes: 1-12 About: Springdales School has earned a name on the international front, with partnerships in Australia, Great Britain and Germany and Dubai. The school has been a member of the National Progressive Schools' Conference. It has also been ranked the fourth best school in India by the Hindustan Times.

5. Mother's International School

Establishment Year: 23 April 1956 Managing Authority: Sri Aurobindo Education Society, an agency of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Classes: Pre-school to Class 12 About: The school has featured thrice in the Outlook C-Fore Best School Survey as the best school in Delhi and other times as one of the best 10 and as one of the best 5, according to Education World magazine in 2010. The school has more than 2000 pupils. The infrastructure of the institution is one of the best in the city.

6. Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, Delhi

Establishment Year: August 12, 1998 Managing Authority: Civil Services Society Classes: 1-12 About: Sanskriti School is counted among the top 10 schools in Delhi, following the CBSE curriculum. There are 3 branches of the school in the city and one in Jaipur. It aims to fulfill a need in the city of Delhi for educating the children of officers of the All India and Allied Services and defence personnel. The school looks after the development of its students at the cultural as well as educational levels.

7. Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj

Establishment Year: 1991 Managing Authority: Delhi Public School Society Classes: Primary to Class 12 About: Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj is a co-educational school in South Delhi and has, time and again, been named among the best CBSE schools in the country. The school has given the All-India topper with outstanding marks in the CBSE class 12 Board exams 2014.

8. Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi

Establishment Year: April 1, 1957 Managing Authority: Members elected by ‘Gujarat Education Society' Classes: Kindergarten to Class 12 About: The school is located in central Delhi and uses Hindi and English as the medium of instruction in the junior and senior wings respectively. The school encourages all-round development of students through academics and co-curricular activities. Notable alumni include politicians and members of the media. The school has produced several Rhodes Scholars over the years.

9. Tagore International School

Establishment Year: 1972 Managing Authority: Tagore Education Society Classes: Junior and Senior school About: The school is known for its academic excellence as well as the instillation of cultural values that it encourages. The school promotes all-round development in students. Managed by the Tagore Education Society, the school has organised numerous cultural and co-curricular programmes along with a strong academic programme for students.

10. Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar

Establishment Year: 1988 Managing Authority: Shanti Devi Progressive Education Society Classes: Classes 1-12 About: The school is one of the most renowned ones in Delhi and has topped the list for schools in East Delhi too. The institution has been providing all-rounders for several years now and its students specially excel in co-curricular activities. The infrastructure of the school is well-equipped with sports equipment, lab equipment and other elements for a sound and successful education.