EDUCATION

Chennai has excellent educational facilities.

Schools : Chennai schools have a good reputation. Some well known ones are St Bede's , Don Bosco, Good Shepherd, Vidyamandir, DAV.The ISCE syllabus is followed in schools like Holy Angels, St Patricks. CBSE syllabus is followed in schools like D.A.V., Vidyamandir, PadmaSeshadri.The state syllabus is followed in schools like Don Bosco and Rosary.

The average fees per month in these schools :- primary classes Rs. 250, upto Std 5th Rs. 350, and for higher classes upto Rs 600/-.

Admissions: For the large and reputed schools, admissions are very difficult to get. Applications begin from february-- march for the following year. It is said only a few schools accept donations, which range from Rs. 1,500 to 10,000.
(ed -we dont believe it. our respondents are obviously very patriotic Chennaikaars). Final exams are usually in March - April. Donations also are required, ranging from 20,000 to 1 lakh.

Colleges : Apart from the usual intermediate education pattern of two years (called junior college), professional courses like Engineering and Medicine are available. An entrance exam has to be passed. Depending on a mix of the 12th class marks and entrance exam marks, ranks are allotted. Private colleges charge much higher fees.

Some illustrative colleges are Ethiraj College, Presidency, Queen Mary's , Stella Maris, SIET, Meenakshi, and the famous Pachaiyappa's.

Further information: Good information on engineering colleges at www.chennaionline.com

Good list of links to colleges with web pages at chennaiweb.com

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