Sishya School is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). It was established in 1972 by K. I. Thomas after his retirement from the Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty with just 28 students on its roll. Today, Sishya School has over 1166 students drawn from all parts of the country.
The school is governed by the KIT Thomas Educational Society, an irrevocable trust that now owns and controls the management of the school.
The five-acre Sishya School campus houses fully equipped laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology as well as classes VIII to XII. The pre-school complex consists of little cottages (renovated into smart classrooms in 2017) and a play area complete with a stage. Apart from a state-of-the-art library, the Thangam Thomas Library Block houses, the grade XI and XII classrooms, the art department, and an audio-visual room.
The senior block was built in 1984 nearly 10 years after Sishya moved to Adyar. It houses an auditorium which was completely renovated as a multipurpose hall in 2007 with additional classrooms above.
The playing fields are extensive and include fields for football, cricket, hockey, and volleyball. The school also has a badminton court, basketball court, a golf driving range as well as an indoor area for table tennis.
The Sishya canteen forms a favourite student spot on campus ensuring dietary nourishment for all its pupils.
In Primary School (classes II to V), the main emphasis is on the all-round development of the child through the “learning to play” method of instruction-a combination of the traditional and the Montessori guided by the prescribed syllabus of the council. Children are introduced to computer studies from class I onwards. They are also introduced to the study of Tamil and Hindi as a second/third language from class I.
All children from classes IX to XII participate in socially useful productive work (SUPW) which aims to equip students with varied skills which include carpentry, crafts and first-aid and practical activities like changing a tyre and fixing a bulb. SUPW also encompasses social service.
Being affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the school conducts two examinations in senior school: the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination for class X students and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Examinations for class XII students.
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SportsChildren seeking admission to LKG must be over three years of age by December 31st of the previous year. Admission is on a first come basis. Admissions to other Classes depend on vacancies. The child must be of the right age group for the class and will be asked to undergo an assessment test.
Priority on the waitlist is given only those children who already have siblings in the school, are Christians and children of old students. Only children who have been registered, in advance, for the relevant year, will be considered for admission, if any vacancies are available.
Admissions are done from January till March.
Admissions to class X and class XII are done only on transfer basis from other ICSE schools, subject to the approval of the Council.
Application forms for admission to Class XI are available from April 1st to 30th. Admissions are made after the class X results are announced at the end of May and Classes commence in the first week of June.
Sishya School prides in hosting its annual Model United Nations conference “SishMUN”. Over 900 delegates from schools all over the country, and even abroad take part in the three-day event, organized and hosted by the students.
The Interact club of Sishya, associated with Rotary International, was started to motivate its students to engage in charitable work. Senior school student members conduct various fundraising events, the proceeds from which go towards the supplying less fortunate with essential goods.
The school is ranked among the top 20 co-ed day schools in India by the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2021-22.
Sishya School being a day school does not provide any boarding/accommodation facilities.
