Kodaikanal, India
Seven Roads Junction
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+91 4542247500
The best Internatioal school in Kodaikanal
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I spent part of my elementary school time here. It left a positive lifelong impression on me with deep roots and sculpted how I view the world. I am so thankful to have had this experience.
Why would anyone pay close to 50 lakhs over four years as opposed to 5 lakhs in a regular school and close to one crore over ten years as opposed to 12 lakhs in a regular school and then the students end up going to very average American colleges and universities. Today students from Indian schools are getting into top universities at the fraction of the cost. If you are using common sense and financial sense you will not send your child here. A fool and his money are soon parted. If you are a fool you will send your child here.
Established in 1901, the Kodaikanal International School is located in a picturesque environment next to a lake at a height of 7,300 sq ft above sea level in South India. It has been recognized as India's best international residential school for the second year.
In the early 1880s, there was a great need for an English-medium school in South India, due to an ever-increasing Christian mission community in the area. Having a school at a hill-station would allow the children of missionaries to escape the tropical diseases that were claiming the lives of so many, and provide a cool and open atmosphere that stimulated learning. In the early months of the year 1900, a woman by the name of Margaret Eddy came to visit her son Sherwood (after whom Sherwood Dormitory is named), who was working as a missionary in batlagundu. Seeing the need for a school, and also realising that the missionaries could not find the means to establish one, she decided to begin the process herself. She held the first Kodaikanal Conference on 1 June 1900, in which she established a Committee whose duty it was to find teachers and a building in which schooling would be held.
I was a student of KIS not long ago and it was probably the best place I could ever be at. Not only the beautiful environment, but the people truly made it feel like home. I love visiting the school even now. There's a sense of warmth I doubt is common to find in other schools. I would recommend this school to students who are willing to have a new diverse experience. It is always up to us to make the best out of our time spent as students.
The quality of the school has gone down so much. The Principal is incapable and the students are not getting into top ivy league colleges. The Principal himself didn't go to a top university. Lots of students drink and smoke in the school and some use drugs too. I would never put my children in this school ever.
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