Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Demonstration School, Mysore

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Established
  
1964

Campus size
  
120 acres (490,000 m)

Number of students
  
846

Enrollment
  
846

Founded
  
1964

Type
  
Central Government school

Affiliation
  
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS), Mysore now officially renamed as Demonstration School, Mysore is one of the four schools which are spread across various cities in India (Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Ajmer and Mysore).

Contents

Demonstration School is a coeducation school for day scholars in Mysore, India, founded by Regional Institute of Education as a laboratory for preparation of teachers and for trying out innovative practices in school education and teacher education.

The school is surrounded by educational institutes like Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing and Gangothri School, and is spread over 120 acres (490,000 m2) of land in the city of Mysore.

School heads in the early days included T.G.Sathyanarayana and Nagaraja Chitradurga. The current head is Kalpana Venugopal (2014- )

The huge campus of Demonstration school includes

  • a science park,
  • a basketball, football, throwball, volleyball, field hockey and badminton court(s),
  • a farm house,
  • hostels and quarters (for college students and staff members),
  • a huge library, and
  • multiple beautiful gardens.
  • Origins

    The Demonstration school of the Regional Institute of Education, Mysore is one of the most prestigious schools of Mysore City. The school which has a teaching staff of 55 teachers and a student strength of nearly a 1000 students studying in classes I to XII. Besides carrying out the functions of typical school, it also functions as a laboratory for experimentation and tryout of new strategies and instructional training programmes of the Institute. The school provides opportunities for the B.Sc.Ed. students to observe, learn and Participate in teaching and serves as a center for the cooperative training and research endeavor of the staff of the Institute. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and is known for its innovative approaches to teaching and evaluation and lay emphasis on the total development of the child’s personality. Competency Based Teaching (CBT) with an action research approach has been implemented in the school with effects from 1995 – 96.

    Alumni

    Established in 2009, DMS Mysore Alumni Association creates and maintains a lifelong connection between the Institute and its alumni, who number more than 35,000. In collaboration with an extremely dedicated volunteer group, the alumni association works to connect alumni, support students and build an unforgettable institute experience through a diversity of events and services.

    References

    Demonstration School, Mysore Wikipedia