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Modern School Information

Since : 1975
Category : Public Schools
Strength :
Pre School - 12
Board: CBSE
Co-Education

About Modern School

In times, when education was considered to be the privilege of the rich, Lala Raghubir Singh imagined a school that would provide exceptional educational opportunities to children across caste and creed.

The school would combine India’s traditions with the needs of a modern future.

In 1920, the dream was born. It took shape as the Modern School. Lala Raghubir Singh knew that in the years to come, citizens would need to step up to administer the country through transition, change and growth.

In the historic period of our freedom struggle, Modern School was founded with the promise to build leaders.

Since India's Independence in 1947, Modern School has created a legacy of leaders that have shaped India and continues to do in modern times.

Our values are embedded in our crest.

The Modern School crest signifies the Circle of Eternity crossed by the three elements in human development – the body, mind and spirit.

While the sun shines between the circle and the triangle, the banyan tree represents strength of character; the swan, a symbol of refinement and the lotus, signifies culture and the arts. For a sound system of education, a close interconnection of the physical, mental and moral is fundamental.

The Sanskrit quotation, ‘Naimatma Balheenien Labhya’, translates as, 'Self-realization cannot be achieved by the weak willed'.

Our founder, Lala Raghubir Singh's ideal for a school was a harmonious co-operation between body, mind, and spirit, and the central principle being ‘learning by doing’.

The philosophy of the school was to provide equal emphasis on academics, sports, extra-curricular to develop well-rounded individuals.

He believed in an unrelenting pursuit of excellence. He wanted his students to turn excellence into a habit. Excellence as a way of life.

We must strive for excellence in academics.

We must strive for excellence in sports.

We must strive for excellence in the fine and performing arts.

We must provide facilities for new and emergent fields of study.

We must provide flexibility of programmes and curriculum to enable student to develop his/her full potential.

We must look beyond ourselves to integrate our education with the best in the world.

To emerge into life with confidence without being over-confident.

To develop individuality without forgetting the importance of teamwork.

To develop into individuals of intelligence, compassion and physical fitness.

To help and support those who are in need without losing dignity or sense of compassion.

To be pace-setters with pride in themselves and their county in whatever field they choose, wherever in the world they may be.

To recognize that the greatest success lies in the ability to live with humility and to shun arrogance.

For all this and much more, the vision of Modern school must be to dream and to bring those dreams to earth, but never to be left behind because one did not dream enough.

To continue to look outwards — beyond the horizon, beyond the dimension of time, without losing sight of one’s own limitations and the day-to-day realities of life.