Yadavindra Public School, Mohali
Yadavindra Public School, SAS NAGAR, Sector 51, Chandigarh was established on April 9, 1979 under the kind patronage of Maharaja Amarinder Singh of Patiala, the son of Maharaja Dhiraj Yadavindra Singh of Patiala, who was the founder of Yadavindra Public School Patiala. It's founder and first chairman was Raja Ram Partap Singh and founder principal Mr. H.N. Kashyap.
It is situated on the main Chandigarh-S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) highway in Sector 51, Chandigarh, and falls in Phase VIII of Mohali. The school is spread over 20 acres of lush green land in a calm, pleasant and pollution free environment. The surroundings are picturesque and ideal for an educational institution.
YPS is a co-educational day-cum-boarding school from nursery to class XII. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi. Indian School Certificate (Class XII) is treated as equivalent to the Senior School Examination of the University of Scotland. This implies that pupils will not be required to obtain “A” level qualifications, or to complete bridging courses, while seeking entry to Universities in the UK and other overseas Universities in the Commonwealth. (Indian School Certification is the only qualification from India that has been granted this special recognition).
The school aims at the all round growth of the students and strives to inculcate in them a positive and healthy, physical, emotional and intellectual attitude. Efforts are so directed as to develop in them consciousness towards social obligations, appreciation of Indian art, culture, music, theatre, dance and yoga, together with computer literacy and understanding of the importance of physical fitness, as these combine to form the hard core of a well-balanced personality.
The objective of the school is to equip the students mentally, morally, physically and culturally to become worthy citizens of free India, to zealously guard and retain its noble traditions and make progress in a modern, scientific way. The school tries to develop qualities of initiative and leadership in students who are disciplined and have an educated mind and spirit, and hence are best suited to serve their country, best fitted to lead others and are best trained to fulfil their own dreams and aspirations.
The unique feature of the school is that it is a long hour school where the students have prep classes and compulsory games during school hours. All students and members of staff have their lunch together in the central dining hall. YPS is a member of the Indian Public Schools Conference. The Academic session of the schools is from January to December.
Y.P.S. has changed a lot in the past few years with the opening of a new junior wing and a kindergarten block. Keeping up to date with technology, the school has installed a computer and an LCD projector in every classroom while revamping the science laboratories and opening a new learning and development centre.
