Thakur Public School is a school in
Mumbai
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affiliated to the
ICSE board.
It is located in Thakur Village,
Kandivali
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(East).
Facilities
There are two buildings, one for secondary (Std. 6 to Std. 10) and the other for primary (Std. 1 to std. 5) and pre-primary (play school). It is fully air conditioned. There are two libraries, in separate buildings, and two AV rooms, one in each building.
Athletic facilities include a
badminton court
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, a basketball court, twelve
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
tables, and a swimming pool. The school has a sports room with equipment for sporting activities
Syllabus
The syllabus is based on the ICSE board pattern. There are half yearly and terminal examinations. After class 8, the students choose from optionals such as
economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
, physical education, Commercial Applications,
Computer education and Home science.
Administration
It appoints a student council to administer the school, consisting of students ranging from Std 8 to 10. The Student's council consists of the Head boy and the Assistant Head boy, the Head girl and the assistant Head girl, the House Captains and Vice-Captains of each House, a committee of
Prefect
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A prefect's ...
s and an Editorial Board. The teachers and other staff help maintain order. Its current principal is Mrs. Yogini Suvarna
School magazine
The School releases a yearly magazine "''Reminiscence''". The magazine is edited by the Editorial Board.
Events
An annual sports day is held in December where all students participate actively in either the sporting disciplines or the other categories. An Investiture ceremony is also held every year where the School Council swearing-in and felicitation of the Board toppers is done. It also holds an annual quiz-competition called the "Gemma Quiz", which consists of 3 students from each house (standard 6, 7 and 8 respectively) competing against each other
References
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External links
Thakur Public School Official website
Schools in Mumbai