Academics

Excel Public School is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, and follows the educational programme as suggested/recommended by it.

Instructional strategy at EPS focuses on building skills in all the intelligences, based on the theory of 'Multiple Intelligences'. Importance is given to learning through presented with authentic issues to explore, students are encouraged to inquire, take risks, share their ideas and stretch to new levels of performance. The educational programme at EPS is expected create self-directed, self-motivated and passionate learners, who would be sensible, sensitive and socially responsible at all times, and prove themselves to be an asset to the society, the nation and the world at large.

The hallmark of our school is the blend of teaching-learning process with technology. The educational methods and materials are enhanced with the help of technology tools and multimedia objects. This empowers the teachers and students to achieve effective learning in all its aspects. We try to incorporate some of the best teaching learning practices to maximize the learning experience of our students. Blended learning methodology encourages all-round development of students and provides learning opportunities to students of varying learning abilities, styles and pace. Teachers provide personalized instruction for all students at all levels.

Student performance will be monitored based on the inputs captured on an ongoing basis. Assessment at the school is based upon clearly-defined purposes, goals and criteria. Student progress is measured against developmental benchmarks, based on accepted standards in each subject area.

Focused areas of growth and development at the Foundational, Primary, Middle, Secondary & Senior Secondary School Levels include

Learning Skills

Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication
Collaboration

Interdisciplinary Skills

Global Awareness
Financial, Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy
Media Literacy
Health and Civic Literacy
Environmental Literacy

Life and Career Skills

Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility

Our Kindergarten is a unique place where attention is paid to make sure that the children enjoy every aspect of schooling in their formative years. Special attention and care is taken to ensure the physical and emotional safety of the tiny tots. There are no homework, formal tests and examinations at the Kindergarten level. The periodical assessment of the various faculties of the children is made in an informal way and special efforts are made to remediate the areas where improvement is required. Special attention and care is taken to ensure developmental gains to the tiny tots in areas of verbal and non-verbal skills, structural knowledge, short term and long-term memory, manual dexterity, problem solving ability, abstraction and analytical and conceptual skills. For the overall development of the tiny tots, regular assessment will be made on the following areas:

Physical Development
Language Development
Motor Development
Intellectual Development
Emotional Development
Participation and Group Involvement
Personal and Social Development

The teaching-learning process at EPS Kindergarten is oriented to child development using a blend of Kindergarten and Montessori methods aimed at arousing curiosity, imagination and sense of wonder, using a variety of materials, local and customised, arts and crafts, language, stories, songs, simulations, field visits, dance, group activities, etc.
The learning activities include:

Discriminating sensory perceptions of vision, hearing, smell, taste and feelings through sensing objects in the environment.
Executing gross body movements
Executing fine motor movements
Storytelling and recalling, conversing, reading, show-tell-draw-play combinations
Exploring and discovering their environment and interacting with peers and adults on numbers, parts of an object, naming, labelling, counting, sorting, matching, identifying, classifying, sequencing, constructing, etc.
Living together through forming and sustaining relationship and friendship through role plays, gardening, celebration of birthdays and festivals, team activities, sports and games, etc.