02-28-2012, 04:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-29-2012, 04:08 AM by G.Subramaniam.)
The interesting thing to note is that virtually all the non-chennai academic stars are convents
and this leads to psec phenomenon of deracinated Hindu elite
The only other place than Chennai to find a top performing Hindu school is Delhi
all 3 winners are Hindus schools
DAV network is around for 100 years, but only the Chennai DAV is an academic super star, due to SIB
Now I am going to go out on a limb. North Indians seem to love bling and pay fancy fees for fancy private schools
when the best academic school in the country is a DAV. Granted DAV-Gopalapuram is heavily Tambrahm, every other caste could benefit from DAV teaching methodology and DAV is fairly cheap in terms of school fees
In Chennai, around 1955, there was a Tam-brahm revolt against xtian convents,
And this led to formation of Vidya Mandir, Padma Seshadri, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, all academic star
Another interesting Chennai academic star is Chettinad Vidyashram
It is run by Chettiars, but teaches Hindu culture. It is located in a Tambrahm enclave and has
and entrance exam, which in itself skews the students towards Tambrams
Also lots of famous rich schools are missing from the list and are rip-offs
and this leads to psec phenomenon of deracinated Hindu elite
The only other place than Chennai to find a top performing Hindu school is Delhi
all 3 winners are Hindus schools
DAV network is around for 100 years, but only the Chennai DAV is an academic super star, due to SIB
Now I am going to go out on a limb. North Indians seem to love bling and pay fancy fees for fancy private schools
when the best academic school in the country is a DAV. Granted DAV-Gopalapuram is heavily Tambrahm, every other caste could benefit from DAV teaching methodology and DAV is fairly cheap in terms of school fees
In Chennai, around 1955, there was a Tam-brahm revolt against xtian convents,
And this led to formation of Vidya Mandir, Padma Seshadri, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, all academic star
Another interesting Chennai academic star is Chettinad Vidyashram
It is run by Chettiars, but teaches Hindu culture. It is located in a Tambrahm enclave and has
and entrance exam, which in itself skews the students towards Tambrams
Also lots of famous rich schools are missing from the list and are rip-offs

