Maharaja Agarsain Public School,Ashok Vihar 4.95

ABOUT THE SCHOOL
The Agarwal Welfare Society (Regd.), Ashok Vihar, under the president ship of Mr. R.K.Sangal and its first Manager Shri O.P. Gupta founded the school on 10th April 1978. It was set up in the memory of the great saint Maharaja Agarsain, who was the founder of socialist democratic set-up as envisaged in the ancient civilization. The Agarwal Welfare Society, inspired by high ideals of great saint pioneered several social and charitable activities. Among them, imparting quality education to the children of Ashok Vihar and its surrounding areas was foremost on their agenda. It was through the endeavors of Mr. S.C. Gupta that school got a seal of recognition by the Education Department of Delhi Administration.

The main aim of this institution is to serve the weaker sections of the society. The School’s philosophy is to recognize and to encourage talent of all kinds, and of all degrees. It also stresses to develop fluency in the use of English and Hindi and to foster enjoyment of all the processes of communication, oral, written or visual. The school is known for its excellent board results. The real achievement is that we admit average students and give outstanding results. The school follows Grading System of Examination as proposed by C.B.S.E. The open and close Book Examination system is followed from classes III to VIII to rid the students of examination trauma and to improve the performance of the students without making learning a drudgery.

The institution is not an edifice of stone but a temple of learning, made glorious by the teacher architects. With the vision of empowering students and energizing their souls, the activities in our Yearly Planner are designed to create students who are well-informed, independent of thought with a sensitive heart. Students actively participate in House and club activities. The modern infrastructure of the school supports the activity oriented learning completely. The fee is moderate in keeping with the simple living and high thinking motto of the Agarwal Welfare Society.

Regular Value Education classes are being held in the school to instill moral and spiritual values among students. Orientations, sessions with experts, symposia, Motivational Presentations, Workshops are organized for the teachers as well as for the learners. The school takes its social responsibility seriously and therefore many activities are organized to develop in the school a caring community exercising concern and respect for the Welfare of others and emphasizing the overriding importance of good human relations based upon sensitivity, tolerance and goodwill. The school is an active member of various social and charitable organizations such as Interact and Eco Club and collaborates regularly with Rotary Club, SOS, Cancer Aid Society, Red Cross Society of India etc. A number of activities are conducted under these organizations to integrate social work, community service and the spirit of social awareness with the syllabus. The school organizes free classes for underprivileged children and stitching classes for the illiterate.

The school wins laurels in different fields such as Sports (Skating, Corf Ball, Archery, Gymnastics, Basket Ball) Scouting, Chess, Painting, Music, Judo, Karate etc. at zonal, State and National level. The School Band has participated in Republic Day Parade regularly from 1995 to 2007. Our Band and Marchers have been taking part in Independence Day Celebrations and other national festivals and ceremonies at State and National level since 1996. The school represented India at 21st World Jamboree in July-Aug 2007 in U.K. To the true spirit of MAPS these marchers have brought uncountable laurels to their Alma Mater till date.
The school is known for its active Science Fair participation and many a time we participated up to National level exhibition held at Madras, Hyderabad, and Delhi, Kolkata, Jharkhand, Vishakhapatnam and latest at Ahmedabad. Our project at National Science Congress 2009 at Ahmadabad was adjudged the best and students received Gold Medal for best subject category.

The school participated in 29th and 30th Youth Parliament conducted by the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs and both the times we secured 1st position. We participated in 40th Youth Parliament Competition and attained a meritorious position. History repeated itself in 2009 when in 44th Youth Parliament our students attained seventh position and won eight best special prizes.

Not only students but we also have several awards winning teachers on our roll. It was a moment of great pride when our school Principal Mrs. Punam Gupta was conferred with prestigious “State Teachers Award 2009”. On 5th Sept.’09 in recognition of her valuable contribution in the field of education and social work. The award was given away by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Shiela Dixit, Madam Punam has also been honored “Paul Harris Fellow of A Rotary Foundation” by Rotary International. She is also Dr. S. Radha Krishnan National Smriti Awardee. All these awards in addition to an impressive array of other glorious achievements is merely reassertion of school’s, its principal’s and its staff’s dedication and commitment to the cause of imparting quality education.