# Prakriti School — full text of every page # https://prakriti.edu.in — generated 2026-10-27 ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/index.html # Prakriti School, Noida — a progressive Cambridge K–12 school Prakriti is a progressive Cambridge International School (# IA080), K–12 day school in Noida. Classes capped at 25, no uniform, marks from Grade 6, no rankings ever, IGCSE and A Levels. Founded 2011. Find your child's stage, ask anything, or register for a Saturday open house. ## Prakriti School, Noida · A Cambridge International School, K–12 What should schools teach? “…the last thing a teacher needs to give her pupils is more information.” Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century How do we learn? “Learning takes place best through action. Learning is about becoming — who I might be.” Peter Senge, Professor at MIT and author of The Fifth Discipline How do we learn? “Mind should be consulted in its growth. Education goes from Near to Far.” Sri Aurobindo We want our children to be… It is said that a 21st century learner should be curious, imaginative, oratorical and open-minded. We say simply, that children should grow to be happy. Happiness begins with freedom to explore and choose. It lasts with the feeling of selfless giving, i.e., loving kindness. Education should be joyful and make learners kind towards others and the environment. Free thinkers need to be free learners Children should be free to learn what they like to learn and in the way they learn the best. The role of a teacher or a parent is to reconnect a child’s personality with the inner swabhav or prakriti . A school should be the safe space to explore the learning domains and express freely. With this freedom, children also learn what they need to. Pick a ring, or tell us when your child was born Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year - Early Years · Blue, Green, Yellow, then Grades 1–2 · ages 2–7 — “Will they be safe here, and will they be happy?” - Primary · Grades 3–5 · ages 8–10 — “Will they learn to read, write and count properly without marks?” - Middle School · Grades 6–8 · ages 11–13 — “My child is coming from another school. Will they cope — and is it too late?” - IGCSE · Grades 9–10 · ages 14–15 — “Is my child actually ready for an external examination?” - Senior School · Grades 11–12 · ages 16–18 — “Which subjects, and which university?” - Bridge · Special needs, K–12 · ages any — “My child needs support. Will they be included, or just admitted?” ## No. 2 in Noida, EducationWorld 2026–27. Top three five years running 88% of IGCSE grades at A*–C, against 80% worldwide 25 the most in any class 2011 founded in Noida. Grown by word of mouth rather than advertising The full record → What they made ## Nothing here was graded, and none of it was our idea. Walk through the Evidence Room From the Evidence Room Why we exist ## Learning can only happen when the brain is relaxed . We educate the whole child — body, feelings and inner life as well as the mind. Visiting parents notice it before anything else: the children here look relaxed. no exams before Grade 6 no rankings, ever no uniform no coaching no air conditioning Three promises you can hold us to → ## Come and see us. Open house events are offered on Saturdays from time to time. Register, and our admissions team will tell you when the next one is. Register for an open house Five ways to look at us ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/who-we-are.html # Who we are — Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti School: founded 2011 in Noida, a progressive Cambridge K–12 day school for around 400 learners in Sector 128, Noida. Founding story, philosophy and leadership. Home / Who we are ## A school that grew, on purpose, very slowly. Prakriti School — progressive, Cambridge International day school in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded 2011 at Sector 22, Noida. Ages 2–18, Nursery to Grade 12. Around 400 learners. Campus at I-16, Sector 128, Noida 201304. A K–12 day school running the full Cambridge International programme. Qualifications: Cambridge IGCSE and International AS & A Level. Bilingual, English and Hindi. Self-funded, no external investors. Copy this summary How it started Bharti Batra, a computer scientist, dreamt of an alternative school that would be a happy place for children — not one constricted by the shackles of an industrialised version of traditional K–12 schooling. Shilpa Tayal left the World Bank, trained at Mirambika, and wanted to change the yardstick children are measured by. Mridul Batra, formerly at Citi and a student at NUS and Harvard, and Rahul Batra, formerly in private equity and a student at INSEAD, joined them as co-founders to expand it and make an alternative school a reality. They built a primary school at Sector 22 in 2011, and expanded it to a K–12 school at Sector 128 when parents persisted and saw value in learning for happiness . Prakriti was founded on a conviction: that if children learn to understand themselves, are completely aware of their swabhav and discover their prakriti , they will lead their lives to their full potential. Children, the pure beings of nature, are in touch with themselves — their inner being, their prakriti. What does an inkblot symbolise? → The school relies on word of mouth rather than advertising. It grew class by class because families told other families. ## What we are for A young person who leaves at eighteen with a mind that questions, a body that is strong, an inner life they can navigate, and a qualification that opens any door. ## Where the ideas come from Krishnamurti on learning without comparison. Aurobindo and the Mother on free progress. The Mirambika tradition. Constructivist pedagogy. And India's own intellectual traditions, read at the source. Why we exist We educate the whole child. The mind, yes — and the body, the feelings, the friendships and the inner life alongside it. None of these is left to take care of itself. That is why the school year holds sport, the arts, festivals, farm days and field visits as well as lessons. no exams before Grade 6 no rankings, ever no uniform no coaching no air conditioning January to March At Prakriti, January is an ordinary month. Nothing happens in January that did not happen in August. Our learners sit no formal graded examination until Grade 6, so there is no exam season to get through. Assessment goes on all year, quietly, as part of the day. How we assess instead April to June Our classrooms have no air conditioning. Evaporative air-cooling ducts run through the entire building instead, keeping it at a comfortable temperature of around 27°C in the hot months of April and May. Why we refuse things July to September Children who join us in Grade 6 usually settle within a quarter. Every year a few learners transfer in from other schools, usually in the middle grades. The thing visiting parents notice first, and tell us before they tell us anything else, is how quickly those children relax. It is not that we ask less of them. It is that nothing here is a competition with the child sitting next to them. Come to an open house October to December This term we are teaching Truth and Courage. In February it will be Gratitude. Our festivals are virtues rather than dates: Loving-Kindness in August, Truth and Courage in October, Generosity in December, and Mannan, for sustainability and gratitude, in February. Parents cook, act, dance and make things alongside their children. It is the part of the year that tells you most about what kind of school this is, and visitors are welcome. What we celebrate Who runs it ## Six people, and a hiring rule. Co-founder · Principal ## Mridul Batra Ed.M. Harvard, M.S. Economics NUS, Photography Design at NID. Led leadership development for principals of around 100 Delhi government schools. Builds most of the school's software himself. Co-founder · Chairperson ## Bharti Batra M.Sc. Computer Science. Co-founded startups in market research and e-learning, then architected Prakriti. A Vipassana meditator; leads the school's mindfulness work. Co-founder · Director ## Shilpa Tayal CFA, MFC. Ten years at the World Bank and in banking, then Mirambika. Leads early years. Currently re-learning Kathak. Co-founder · Director ## Rahul Batra MBA INSEAD, M.Ed. Worked with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on social business. Leads institution-building and senior school. Chief Mentor ## H.C. Batra Four decades an economics teacher; founder of Bharti Public School. Mentors campus design and academic culture. Mentor, Early Years ## Vinita Krishna Forty years in early childhood education. Award-winning children's author, first Director of Tamanna, faculty at Mirambika Research Centre. Who teaches ## Empathy before experience. Learner-empathy, research orientation and respectful communication come before years of experience. Everyone in the building is didi or bhaiya. No sirs. Where it happens ## A green campus. No classroom doors. A deliberate choice, so discipline comes from inside a child rather than from a closed room. Address & map Campus Walk the Sector 128 campus Early years Learning through the senses ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/inkblot.html # What does an inkblot symbolise? — Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti's first graphic asks what an inkblot symbolises. The answer is freedom: to take on a form of one's own choice. To be unique. To permeate deeper at the core, while simultaneously expanding. Without fear of being judged. Home / Why an inkblot ## What does an inkblot symbolise? Freedom - ## To take on a form of one’s own choice. To grow into the shape you choose for yourself, not one chosen for you. - ## To be unique. No two inkblots are alike. No two children are either. - ## To permeate deeper at the core, while simultaneously expanding. To grow deeper inside, and wider outside, at the same time. - ## Without fear of being judged. To do all of this without being afraid of what others will think. The name ## Why Prakriti? Prakriti is a K–12 school located in Noida, founded with the conviction that if children learn to understand themselves, are completely aware of their swabhav , discover their prakriti , they will lead their lives to full potential. Children, the pure beings of nature, are in touch with themselves – their inner being, their prakriti . In simple words, prakriti is a child’s inner being: who they truly are. Find your child’s ring Come and see ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/proof.html # The Evidence Room — what Prakriti learners actually made Real projects from Prakriti School, Noida: the driving question, what learners built, and what facilitators recorded. Plus attributed parent testimonials, the FICCI–ARISE award and outcomes. Home / Evidence ## Claims are cheap. Here is the work. The Evidence Room What our learners were actually asked, and what they actually made. Each entry below is a real project: the question a facilitator put to the class, the thing the learners produced, and what was noted afterwards — including the failures, which our parents tend to remember longest. Filter by subject. All Science Enterprise Design Civic History Language Purpose Dialogue Career Outdoor Arts 12 projects 3 photos Grade 8 · Science “Can we build an air purifier that actually works — and prove it?” A DIY purifier tested against five hypotheses, with CADR, CFM, static pressure and PM2.5 all measured. Having built a working machine, the learners were then made to argue how it could still fail: too noisy, too costly to maintain, impossible to repair locally, dependent on a filter nobody nearby stocks. The three-fan configuration and the open, repairable body were their own decisions. Later taken out of school to a university Department of Electrical Engineering. Written up by Krishna Purohit, facilitator — including the measurements that contradicted the team’s first idea. View Grade 10 · Enterprise “People sort waste wrongly. Can you remove the decision instead of teaching it?” SegreSmart — a bin with a sensor module mounted on the central divider that makes the wet-or-dry decision for the user. Dry on one side, wet on the other. Pitched nationally at LaunchVerse, August 2026, among India’s Top Schools. View Grade 10 · Enterprise “Does sound change how fast microbes grow?” An incubator with built-in music at set frequencies to aid microbial growth. Filed as a patent through the Summer Patent School at Shoolini University — prior-art search, AI tools, the legal framework, all of it. The programme supplied the mechanism. The question was already hers, from earlier work on microbial growth. 3 photos Grade 9 · Design “Design a chair. Then actually build it.” A chair, made in a carpenter’s workshop with real tools and real consequences. It came apart in the workshop and stayed in pieces for ten minutes. Priyanka Kaur Oberoi, who set the assignment, published an account of exactly that — because that was when the learning happened. View Grade 5 · Civic “What is actually wrong in your own neighbourhood?” The Noida Project — every learner identified a problem they had personally observed, and wrote to the District Magistrate about it. The unit was designed around field visits. Extreme heat made stepping outdoors impossible and they were cancelled. Nandini Singhal published that account too. 14 photos Grade 8 · History “Whose Renaissance was it?” A decentring of the standard Eurocentric account, built from primary sources rather than a textbook summary. Written up by Vidya Viswanathan, facilitator. View Grade 5 · Language “What is a poem for?” A poetry unit that had to be abandoned and restarted. The facilitator’s carefully prepared scaffolds produced a room of compliant, disengaged children. She published that under her own name. A school where an adult can write that down is a school where a twelve-year-old can say it too. View Grade 7 · Purpose “Can a toilet work without water?” A waterless toilet, working as a demonstration model. A stationary installation remains at feasibility stage. Purpose Projects reliably produce good prototypes and unreliably produce implementations, and we would rather say so. 4 photos Grades 8–10 · Dialogue “Can you argue a position you disagree with, properly, before you answer it?” Hocokah 2026 — Socratic dialogues with seven participating schools. No winner is declared. Built on purva-paksha: state the other position properly first. View Grades 11–12 · Career “What happens when the work has consequences outside school?” Discovery Projects, Guilds and internships — seven named senior-school placements with a partner organisation, a workplace, an examiner, a public. The point is the consequence, not the certificate. 7 photos Middle · Outdoor “What can you only learn by leaving?” Majkhali — a rural immersion, written up by the two facilitators who ran it. Kavita Tiwari and Mohit Kwatra, November 2024. 2 photos Grade 11 · Arts “Photograph something true.” Selected by open call into a twenty-project international children’s exhibition at the Chennai Photo Biennale, alongside work from the UK, Turkey, Guatemala, South Africa, Cambodia and Gaza. Open call. Not an invitation, not a school quota. Parents, in their own words ## Attributed. Unedited except for length. “Prakriti is a place where the children can just be. Didis and bhaiyas have understood him deeply as a person, rather than just a face in a crowded class.” Arunima Jain · mother of two, eight years “When you join, not only do you enrol your child — you enrol yourself in a journey of learning and unlearning.” Sumi Tandon · mother, Grade 1 “The boy who struggled to read past a page now reads four or five books a day, and keeps a daily journal of his inner weather. All this in six weeks.” Meera George · mother, home-school support “The pedagogy helps our kids start questioning, explore reasons, research and get into discussions — and it enables parents to keep pace.” Dheeraj Jain · father, Grade 6 “There was something reassuring about this place from the moment we arrived. Six years later it is practically his second home.” Shashank Singh · father, Grade 3 “The celebration of failures, mistakes, trials and retrials seems to be a valuable life skill imbibed.” Sangeeta Gupta · on the Grade 6 STEM exhibition Learners, in their own words ## Children who are never compared can describe themselves accurately. “I realized that I tend to speak a lot, which might not leave enough space for others to express themselves. I really want to work on this.” Zoey · Grade 7 · self-assessment “Every young student should have the opportunity to take their creative invention out into the world, and should open it for people to see.” Grade 10 learner · on filing her patent “We do feel that there were a few loose ends on our part.” Aasta · Grade 11 · on her own project Three commitments ## Not values. Three promises you can hold us to. ## Your child will not be anxious here Twenty-five to a class. No marks before Grade 6, no rankings ever, no class topper, no comparative medal on Sports Day. Bubble time any day they need it. If a facilitator cannot describe your child’s inner weather by October, we have failed. ## Your child will still be examined properly Every exam they will ever face tests application and reasoning. Cambridge gives us the structure for teaching it and then examines it, so we are obliged to. Why we chose Cambridge → ## We will talk to you about your child, not your child’s marks Our parent meetings set aside time for tantrums, sleep, eating, friendships — what is actually going on at this age. You are not buying a service. You are joining the people raising your child. The obvious objection ## “A school can only afford this by giving something up.” Cambridge IGCSE, 2025–26. Externally marked, by people who have never heard of us. ## 88% at A*–C Against 80% worldwide for the same subjects. Eight points clear. ## 11% A* in First Language English Against 9.8% worldwide — taken by 18 of 22 learners, so close to the whole cohort. ## Twelve of twenty-two Graded A*–C in every single subject they sat. This year’s leavers went to Shiv Nadar University, Ashoka, Krea, ATLAS SkillTech and FLAME. Outcomes ## The honest test of a progressive school is what happens when a child leaves it. - 10 ## Cambridge IGCSE at school - 12 ## AS & A Levels Recognised worldwide and by Indian universities through the Association of Indian Universities. - → ## Learners who move mid-way settle without gaps The curriculum is aligned to both Cambridge outcomes and India's National Curriculum Framework. - ASSET ## Above-average learning levels Against a national sample of over a lakh children. - 0 ## Rankings published Learner-centred systems do not measure children against each other. Ours reach the same levels — without being ranked on the way. The inaugural graduating class · 2025–26 ## The first learners to finish Grade 12 here. As the school announced them: the learner, the course, and the universities on the card. Recognised by EducationWorld Rank 11 in India · Rank 5 Delhi NCR · Rank 2 Noida — top three in Noida five years running FICCI & ARISE For integrating Indian Knowledge Systems into the curriculum, 2025 Green School Award 8th NYC Green School Conference, sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly Cfore · Brainfeed International Day Schools, New Delhi, September 2024 Cambridge International Affiliated centre IA080 — IGCSE, AS & A Level 2025 · FICCI & ARISE ## Recognised for Indian Knowledge Systems The award came the same day as a whole-school performance tracing India's sense of inquiry through the Sindhu civilisation's knowledge of materials, Nalanda's acceptance of debate, and tribal resistance to colonial force — then asking what AI and robotics do to us, and what humanism might restore. Read the school's account → Hocokah ## Dialogue with other schools Prakriti hosts a non-competitive dialogue gathering for Grades 8–10 from schools including Shiv Nadar School, The Mother's International School and Seth M.R. Jaipuria School. Built on inquiry into the participants' own questions, in the tradition of purva-paksha . An account of Hocokah → From the journal · Roots of All Beings ## The latest three, written from inside the classroom. Read the whole journal → 24 October 2026 ## Of Mothers and Motherhood: What Two Poems Taught Us About the Things We Think We Know An account of how a Grade 6 English classroom became a space for investigating motherhood, experiences vs. perspectives Harshita Sharma, Middle Years English Facilitator 17 October 2026 ## Stepping Out, Rooting In: Our Youngest Learners Meet the Eco System Initiating the Journey of Place-Based Learning: Reflections from Grade 2’s First Night Away Nupur Dogra & Prabhjot Kaur, Grade 2 Facilitators 19 September 2026 ## When Macbeth meets Mahabharata and finds the answer in ‘Gita’ How our theatre production wove a 17th-century tragedy drama and the profound epic of Bharata into an exploration of duty and righteous path. Roots of All Beings ## Get the next one by email. Free. Subscribing is not an enquiry — nobody will call you. Form not showing? Subscribe on Substack → ## The strongest evidence is seeing it. Register for an open house ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/answers.html # Answers — including the questions parents are too polite to ask Straight answers about Prakriti School, Noida — including whether your child will fall behind, whether small means under-resourced, university outcomes without ranks, and what happens if it doesn't work out. Plus 34 practical answers on board, fees, uniform and admissions. Home / Answers ## The questions parents are too polite to ask us. The uncomfortable ones Nine questions we get asked in the car park, not in the meeting. Answered here in full, including where the honest answer is “yes, and that is a real cost.” Every progressive school gets these, and they deserve full answers. Forward this page to whoever you are talking schools with. ## Will my child fall behind children in CBSE and ICSE schools? On content, no — the curriculum is mapped to Cambridge learning outcomes and India's National Curriculum Framework, and children who have transferred from Prakriti into other Indian schools have settled without academic gaps. ASSET, a standardised test taken by over a lakh children nationally, has shown above-average learning levels for most of our learners. On exam technique, there is a difference in the early years, by design. Formal examinations begin here in Grade 6, so a child who moves to another school during the primary years will not yet have sat timed papers, and may need some time to get used to them. We think that is a good trade. You may not. ## Is this a school for well-off parents who want their children happy rather than successful? It is a fair question to ask of any progressive school. Our answer is the credential: learners here sit Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels, externally examined by the University of Cambridge, marked by people who have never heard of us. There is nowhere to hide in that. We are not asking you to trade rigour for happiness. We are arguing that the ranking, the streaming and the comparison are not what produced the rigour in the first place. ## Around 400 learners. Isn't that just a small school with no facilities? The Prakriti way of learning requires smaller class sizes — deep learning cannot be facilitated in crowded classrooms. What that buys is twenty-five children to a class, a 7:1 ratio in early years, and facilitators who know every learner by name and by temperament. On campus you will find maker and tinkering labs, basketball, badminton, skateboarding, rock climbing, table tennis, football, gymnastics, cycling and swimming. ## Will my child get into a good university without ranks and marks? Universities do not admit on class rank; they admit on qualifications, and Cambridge A Levels are among the most portable in the world. The Association of Indian Universities issues equivalence for IGCSE and A Levels, so Indian public and private universities accept them. What we do not do is name a class topper, publish comparative results, or run a rankings table. If your admissions strategy depends on your child being visibly ahead of the child next to them, this is the wrong school. ## Isn't ‘no marks before Grade 6’ just a way to hide that you don't teach much? It would be, if there were no assessment. There is — constantly, from the first year. Facilitators assess continuously to know where each child is progressing and where they are not; that is what the assessment is for, and it is rigorous whether or not there is an examination at the end of it. Families meet the full subject team at least twice a year. What is absent before Grade 6 is the number , and the publishing of it, because a nine-year-old who learns to work for a number stops working for the thing itself. You can test this claim directly: the Evidence Room shows what learners were asked and what they produced. ## Why would I pay international-school fees to a school most people have not heard of? Because we rely on word of mouth rather than advertising, which is also why you may not have heard of us. Fifteen years of growth has come largely from families telling other families. On the money: breakfast, lunch and computers are in the fee, there is no uniform to buy, and there is no coaching bill because we do not push learners towards outside tuition. Books and the optional expeditions are paid for separately. The True Cost tool on this site lets you put in the other school's numbers and see the first two years both ways. Run it before you decide we are expensive. ## My child needs structure. Won't they drift in a school like this? Progressive is not unstructured, and this is the most common misreading of what we do. What is different is where the structure comes from. Classrooms have no doors on purpose: the discipline has to come from inside the child, because there is no closed room enforcing it. Some children take a term to find that. A few need more support than we can give, and we will tell you honestly at admission if we think that is your child. ## Aren't ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ just a polite name for religion in school? No, and we would say so if they were. Learners read the Vedas, Buddha, Yoga and Vedanta as part of Indian Knowledge Systems — alongside the Sindhu civilisation's metallurgy and trade, Nalanda's culture of debate, and purva-paksha , the discipline of stating an opposing position properly before answering it. They chant in Sanskrit because sound is part of how those texts work, and they meet Hindu and Buddhist monks. Nobody is asked to believe anything. Festivals here are virtues — Loving-Kindness, Truth & Courage, Generosity, Gratitude — not religious observances. ## What happens if it doesn't work out, or we move cities? Families do move, and children do sometimes turn out to need something else. Because the curriculum meets both Cambridge and NCERT outcomes, a transfer out does not leave an academic hole — that is the practical reason we hold to both. We will help with records and with the receiving school. We would also rather prevent the problem: the Fit Test on this site exists to tell some families, before they apply, that this is not their school. Prakriti is a progressive Cambridge International School (# IA080), K–12 day school in Noida, India , founded 2011, with around 400 learners on one campus in Sector 128. Class size capped at 25; ratio 12–15:1, and 7:1 in early years. No uniform. Marks begin in Grade 6. Cambridge IGCSE in Grade 10, AS & A Levels in Grades 11–12. Experiential and inquiry-led, with socio-emotional learning, a weekly farm day in Grades 3–5, and Indian Knowledge Systems through the curriculum. Self-funded; relies on word of mouth rather than advertising. Copy this page as context Take the fit test Copy gives you this whole page as plain text — paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and interrogate it against any other school you are considering. We would rather you did that than take our word for it. ## The basics What is Prakriti School? Prakriti is a progressive, Cambridge International School (# IA080), K–12 day school in Noida, India, founded in 2011. It teaches around 400 learners on one campus, Sector 128 on the Noida Expressway, covering every grade from pre-nursery to Grade 12. Class size is capped at twenty-five, there is no uniform, marks begin in Grade 6, and learners take Cambridge IGCSE and AS & A Levels. Where is Prakriti School located? One campus, at I-16, Sector 128, Noida 201304, near Jaypee Hospital on the Noida Expressway. Every grade is taught there. The school opened in 2011 at Sector 22 as a K–5 school and moved to Sector 128 as it grew to K–12. Prakriti currently runs K–12 from Sector 128 only; early years programmes will be introduced at Sector 22 soon. What ages and grades does Prakriti take? Pre-nursery from age two through to Grade 12. Early Years is K–2, Primary is Grades 3–5, Middle School is Grades 6–8, the IGCSE stage is Grades 9–10 and Senior School is Grades 11–12. Is Prakriti a day school or a boarding school? Prakriti is a progressive, co-educational K–12 day school running the full Cambridge International programme. There is no residential boarding. Day boarding is available from morning to evening, full day or half day, with transport. How big is Prakriti? Around 400 learners. That is deliberate. Deep learning cannot be facilitated in crowded classrooms, so the school has grown slowly and caps class size at twenty-five. ## Curriculum and affiliation Which board is Prakriti affiliated to? Cambridge Assessment International Education, part of the University of Cambridge. Learners sit Cambridge IGCSE in Grade 10 and Cambridge International AS & A Levels in Grades 11–12. The curriculum also meets the learning outcomes set by India's National Curriculum Framework (NCERT). Why did Prakriti choose Cambridge over CBSE or ICSE? Because Cambridge gives learners and facilitators the freedom to define together how something is best learnt. Its learning outcomes align closely with critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. Over 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries offer Cambridge qualifications, and around 400 schools in India are affiliated. Are Cambridge and IGCSE qualifications accepted by Indian universities? Yes. Most public and private Indian universities accept Cambridge qualifications. The Association of Indian Universities, set up under the UGC Act, issues equivalence certificates for international qualifications such as IGCSE and A Levels. Does experiential learning still work in the senior grades? Yes, in a different form. In early years it is visualising, touching and observing; in middle and senior school it becomes enacting, reading in context, visiting factories and museums for inquiry, and researching topics in depth. Maker and tinkering labs support the sciences, and languages are taught interdisciplinarily with visual art, theatre and literature. What is the language of instruction? Prakriti is bilingual. English and Hindi are both languages of instruction in the early years, with formal Hindi from ages three and four and English reading and writing from around four and a half. In practice Prakriti learners read, write and speak both languages by around age seven. French is offered from lower secondary. ## How learning works How does Prakriti deliver experiential or deep learning? Through facilitation rather than teaching. A facilitator works with learners to build experiences and curate resources so a child can stretch past what they already know. Sri Aurobindo's line — nothing can be taught, it can only be learnt — is taken literally. How does Prakriti teach socio-emotional learning? Through bubble time, which lets any learner ask for a private conversation with a facilitator, and through proactive counselling for adolescents and parents. Festivals are celebrated as virtues — Loving-Kindness, Truth & Courage, Generosity and Mannan. What is bubble time? Bubble time is a standing practice where any learner can ask to speak privately with a facilitator, and a facilitator can ask the same of a learner. It exists so that a difficulty does not have to wait for a scheduled meeting or become a crisis first. How many learners are there per facilitator? Around 12–15 learners per facilitator overall, and 7 to 1 in the early years (K–2). Class size is capped at twenty-five. How does Prakriti ensure one-to-one attention? Facilitators work with learners individually and in small groups. Families meet the full subject team at least twice a year. Does a small class promote healthy competition? Prakriti's position is that the useful competition is with yourself, which requires deep self-reflection — a skill the school explicitly develops. Competition with self and cooperation with others is what brings out a child's best. ## Assessment, grades and outcomes When do marks and examinations begin? Marks and formal examinations begin in Grade 6. There are no examinations before that and no marks, but there is assessment throughout: formative assessment feeds back to the facilitator and summative assessment to the learner, inside the regular school day, so the school always knows where a child is progressing and where they are not. The Cambridge IGCSE course runs across Grades 9 and 10. How does Prakriti report on a child's progress? The annual report covers emotional wellbeing, social learning, physical stamina and strength, cognitive ability, and subject-specific learning, expression and learning style. Year-end reports include a plan for parents and facilitators to address gaps together. Are results or rankings published? No. Assessment results are never published to a class or group. Individual reports are confidential and discussed only with the child's parents. There are no differentiated medals on Sports Day — every child participates and receives the same medal. How do Prakriti learners compare with children from other schools? Because Prakriti follows both the National Curriculum Framework and Cambridge learning outcomes, learners are at similar learning levels to peers elsewhere. ASSET, a standardised aptitude test taken by over a lakh children in India, has shown above-average learning levels for most Prakriti learners. What happens if a child leaves Prakriti before Grade 10? Children who have moved from Prakriti to other schools have adjusted well, because the curriculum is aligned to both Cambridge and NCERT learning outcomes, so the baseline is met. ## Inclusion and special needs How does Prakriti support learners with special needs? Through the Bridge programme. The team includes special educators and behavioural, occupational, voice and speech therapists, and around 50 learners receive one-to-one therapy at school. Does including children with special needs disrupt the class? No. Only a small number are integrated into any one class, and mild learning differences are supported in the classroom through modification and accommodation. ## Culture, uniform and daily life Does Prakriti have a school uniform? No. Children wear their own comfortable clothes, which keeps costs down for families and keeps continuity between home and school. Prakriti T-shirts and sweatshirts are suggested for special days and field trips. Why is everyone called didi and bhaiya? All facilitators, cleaning staff and security staff are addressed as didi or bhaiya to build familial affinity with the children and to signal that no profession in the building carries special status. Is spirituality part of the school? Values are explored through classroom discussion, reading, interactions with senior Hindu and Buddhist monks, secular festivals and Sanskrit chanting. It is taught as part of Indian Knowledge Systems, not as religious instruction. What facilities are there for sport? Regular sport for all learners, with stamina and strength built through gymnastics, cycling and swimming at all ages. On-campus facilities include basketball, badminton, skateboarding, rock climbing, table tennis and football. ## Fees, admissions and practicalities What is the age criteria for nursery admission at Prakriti? Entry is by age as on 31 March . Blue group (nursery) needs 2 years 8 months. Green group (kindergarten) needs 3 years 8 months. Yellow group (senior kindergarten) needs 4 years 8 months. Grade 1 needs 5 years 8 months, and a year is added for each grade after that. The date-of-birth tool on the home page works this out for you from a month and year. What are Blue, Green and Yellow group? They are Prakriti's three early years groups, before Grade 1. Blue is nursery, Green is kindergarten and Yellow is senior kindergarten. They are named by colour rather than by grade because nothing at this stage is being ranked or levelled — a group is a room of children, not a rung. How do admissions work at Prakriti? Register your interest and come to an open house. Your child then spends two to three days at school for assessment and observation, going through a school day with other children, before a decision. Admissions for the current year close by July; if there is a vacancy, or you are moving from another city, speak to the admissions team. Why are the fees comparable to large established schools? Breakfast, lunch and computers are included, and there is no uniform to buy. Books and the optional expeditions are paid for separately. The fee supports a capped class size, an individualised facilitation model, a green campus, and farm days and field visits through the year. Is Prakriti a for-profit school? Prakriti is self-funded, with no outside investors. How does Prakriti hire and retain facilitators? Facilitators are hired for learner-empathy, research orientation and respectful communication ahead of experience or academic background. Founders mentor facilitators directly. Can I visit before applying? Yes. Open house events are offered on Saturdays from time to time. Register on the contact page, or write to info@prakriti.org.in or call +91 87007 42796, and the admissions team will tell you when the next one is. ## Still not answered? Write to us Ask the assistant ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/visit.html # Five ways to look at Prakriti — from reading us to a week in school You do not have to book a tour to get to know Prakriti School, Noida. Read the journal, ask the assistant, come to an open house, or send your child for a shadow day. Choose the rung that fits where you are. Home / Visit ## You don't have to book a tour to get to know us. Five rungs A tour is a big step when your child is two. There are gentler ways to start. Many families start looking well before they need to decide. So here are five ways in, at five levels of commitment. Start wherever you actually are. Nobody will chase you up the ladder. Rung 01 · no contact at all ## Read what we write Facilitators and leadership publish regularly: what the school tried, what it cost and what we would do differently. Free, no signup, and you do not need a child here. It is the easiest way to find out whether our philosophy survives contact with an ordinary school day. Roots of All Beings What we write about Rung 02 · still anonymous ## Ask anything, without giving us your details The assistant on this site answers from what the school has published, and says so when it doesn't know. Ask it the awkward things. We would rather you interrogated us than a directory listing. Or run the two instruments: the fit test will tell you if this is the wrong school for you, and the cost calculator prices the first two years against whatever else you are considering. Ask the assistant Fit test True cost Rung 03 · a morning of your time ## Come to an open house Open house events are offered on Saturdays from time to time. Register here so our admissions team can tell you when the next one is. Register for the next open house Rung 04 · one ordinary day ## Send your child for a shadow day Your child spends a full ordinary day in the class they would actually join. You get their verdict, which is the one that matters. We get to see how they are in a room. If it goes badly, we will both know, and that is a useful outcome too. Arrange a shadow day Rung 05 · part of applying ## Two to three days with us As part of admissions, your child spends two to three days at school for assessment and observation, going through a school day with other children. It is how we get to know your child before we decide, and how your child gets to know us. How admissions work And if you're years away ## Stay in the loop without entering an admissions funnel. Subscribing to the journal is not an enquiry. Nobody will call you. No commitment ## Keep me in the loop New pieces from the school's own journal, by email — classroom writing, not marketing. Unsubscribe in one click. We do not add subscribers to the admissions list, and we do not sell or share the address. Subscribe free Read a few first ## Ready when you are. Genuinely. Register for an open house Or start with the fit test ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/admissions.html # Admissions — Prakriti School, Noida How admissions work at Prakriti School, Noida: an open house, two to three days of assessment and observation at school, and a decision. Take the fit test first. Home / Admissions ## We get to know your child before we decide. Five steps ## Only one of them involves us assessing anybody. Start with the fit test Skip to the form - 01 ## Take the fit test Ninety seconds, and it will tell you plainly if this is the wrong school for you. Better now than in year two. - 02 ## Tell us about your child Their age, where they are now, and honestly — what isn't working. - 03 ## Come to an open house Open house events are offered on Saturdays from time to time. Register , and our admissions team will tell you when the next one is. - 04 ## Two to three days with us Your child spends two to three days at school for assessment and observation, going through a school day with other children. - 05 ## Register and join We will tell you plainly if a stage is full, or if we think another school suits your child better. Admissions for the current year close by July; if there is a vacancy, or you are moving from another city, speak to the admissions team. Enquire ## Start here. Someone from our admissions team replies, usually within two working days. Or call +91 87007 42796 , or write to info@prakriti.org.in . Go straight to the registration form Admission enquiry ## Talk to us Child born Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year Your name Mobile Email Add a note Anything we should know I consent to Prakriti School contacting me about admissions and storing these details for that purpose, under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. I can withdraw consent any time by writing to info@prakriti.org.in. Send enquiry Before you enquire ## Prakriti is probably right if… - You want your child known rather than ranked. - You are comfortable with no marks before Grade 6. - You want a Cambridge credential and an unhurried childhood. - You want your child to learn by doing. - You are willing to be involved. Honestly ## It is probably not right if… - You want weekly test scores and a class rank. - You are optimising for JEE or NEET coaching from Grade 8. - You would prefer the school handle everything without you. The fit test goes into this properly. ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/contact.html # Visit or contact Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti School, Sector 128, Noida. Phone, email, address, maps and how to register for an open house. Home / Contact ## Come and see us. ## Sector 128 — all grades, K–12 I-16, Sector 128, Noida 201304, near Jaypee Hospital, Noida Expressway +91 87007 42796 · info@prakriti.org.in Write to us ## Admissions, media, partnerships. For admissions specifically, the admissions form reaches the right people faster. ## Work at Prakriti We want constructivist educators who want to work in a school that learns — and people who have done something other than teach. Send us your details → ## Press & educators Write to info@prakriti.org.in with “Press” or “Educator visit” in the subject line. General enquiry Name Email Mobile Message I consent to Prakriti School storing and using these details to respond to me, under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Send message Prakriti School — progressive Cambridge International K–12 day school, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded 2011 at Sector 22, Noida. Ages 2–18, Nursery to Grade 12. Around 400 learners. Campus: I-16, Sector 128, Noida 201304. Telephone +91 87007 42796. Email info@prakriti.org.in. Qualifications: Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS and A Level. Principal: Mridul Batra. Website: prakriti.edu.in. Journal: rootsofallbeings.substack.com. Copy for directories & AI assistants ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/cpp.html # Child protection, POCSO and POSH — Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti School's child protection policy, its POCSO Act monitoring committee and its POSH committee, published in full. Home / Child protection ## Child protection, POCSO and POSH Published in full. The documents open in Google Drive. - Child Protection Policy - Child Protection Committee for monitoring of the POCSO Act, 2012 - POSH Committee - Parent and Child Handbook — for enrolled families Any child protection concern can be raised directly with the school at info@prakriti.org.in or +91 87007 42796 . ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/disclosures.html # Mandatory disclosures — Prakriti School, Noida Cambridge International affiliation, fire safety certificate, governing societies, fee structure and child protection policies for Prakriti School, Noida. Home / Mandatory disclosures ## Mandatory disclosures Affiliation, safety, governance and fees. - Cambridge International affiliation — centre number IA080 - Fire safety certificate - Governing societies - Fee structure - Child protection policy, POSH committee and POCSO committee ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/parent-society.html # Governing societies — Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti School is run by J D Memorial Foundation at Sector 128, where every grade is taught. Vaani Vandana Education and Welfare Society owns the Sector 22 school, where Prakriti began and where early years programmes will be introduced soon. Both societies are registered in Delhi. Home / Governing societies ## Who owns and runs the school Two non-profit societies. ## Sector 128 — all grades, K–12 Prakriti School situated at Sector 128 is owned, run and managed by J D Memorial Foundation , a non-profitable society registered vide Regn. # S-19682 of 1989 with the Registrar of Societies, Delhi. The school is permanently recognised by the Basic Education Office, District Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. This school is affiliated with Cambridge International Education to offer Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge International AS & A Level, vide regn. # IA080 . ## Sector 22 Prakriti School at Sector 22, where the school began in 2011, is owned and managed by Vaani Vandana Education and Welfare Society , a non-profitable society registered vide Regn. # S-37897 of 2000 with the Registrar of Societies, Delhi. The school is permanently recognised by the Basic Education Office, District Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Prakriti currently runs K–12 from Sector 128 only. Early years programmes will be introduced at Sector 22 soon. ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/privacy.html # Privacy policy — Prakriti School, Noida How Prakriti School collects, uses and protects personal information submitted through this website, and how to have it corrected or deleted. Home / Privacy policy ## Privacy policy What we collect, why, and how to have it removed. At Prakriti, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use and disclose your data when you use our website or services. By using our website or services, you agree to the terms of this policy. This policy is under review. It is being rewritten to describe what the school actually does and to meet the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 in full. If anything here is unclear, write to info@prakriti.org.in and we will answer plainly. ## Information we collect We collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide it through forms or other interactions on this website. That may include: - Contact information — your name, email address, phone number and postal address. - Your child's details — where you give them, so that we can tell you which group or grade your child would join. - Anything you choose to write to us in a note or message field. - Usage information — which pages of this site you were reading, so that whoever replies to you knows what you were looking at. Information is collected only with your explicit agreement, and is processed securely. ## How we use it - To respond to enquiries, feedback and requests. - To provide and improve our services. - To send administrative information, such as changes to our policies. - To protect against unauthorised access, fraud and other unlawful activity. Enquiry details submitted through this website are read by the school. They are not rented, traded or shared for marketing purposes. We may disclose information where we receive a legally compliant request to do so. ## Your choices Write to info@prakriti.org.in to see what we hold about you, to have it corrected, or to have it deleted. You can withdraw consent at any time by the same route. ## Security We have implemented security measures to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we do not claim otherwise. ## Intellectual property All content on this site — text, graphics, logos, icons, images and software — is the property of Prakriti School. Content not owned by the school is used with permission. ## Changes to this policy We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page. By continuing to use our website or services after a change, you acknowledge the updated terms. See also our terms and conditions and child protection policy . ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/terms.html # Terms and conditions — Prakriti School, Noida Withdrawal rules, fee payment and refunds, website terms of use and governing law for Prakriti School, Noida. Home / Terms and conditions ## Terms and conditions Withdrawal, payments, and use of this website. Under review. These terms are being rewritten for clarity. The withdrawal and fee rules below are current and in force. ## Withdrawal rules - An application of withdrawal is to be given to the school at info@prakriti.org.in . - If withdrawal is in between the academic session, a notice of three months must be given to the school. In the case of shorter notice, three months' fee must be paid in lieu thereof. - Withdrawal at the end of the academic session should be informed latest by 15 January, except for Grade XI, where this timeline is 15 March. The three months' notice applies. - Once all outstanding dues towards your account have been cleared, a cheque for the refundable security deposit, after adjustment if any, will be prepared within three weeks of withdrawal, for your pick-up. - No school leaving certificate will be issued unless it has been requested in writing by the parents and all dues have been cleared. - The SLC procedure may take one month from the date of leaving the school. - The school may schedule a feedback meeting with the school office before issuing an SLC or TC. ## Payments, refunds and cancellation Online payment of school fees is available through card payment and net banking via the BillDesk payment gateway. The online payment link is on the Make Payment page. In the event of any discrepancy regarding a payment, contact +91 96674 00781 or accounts@prakriti.org.in . Initiated refunds will be credited to the account or card from which the transaction was originally made. 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This licence excludes resale or commercial use. The website, or any portion of it, may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the school's express written consent. Framing technologies may not be used to enclose any trademark or logo without written consent. The use of metatags or hidden text employing Prakriti School's name or trademarks is prohibited without express written consent. Content you submit. Content you post must be lawful, non-threatening and must not infringe anyone's intellectual property. Impersonation and false contact details are prohibited. The school may, but is not obliged to, remove or edit submitted content, and does not routinely review it. ## Intellectual property All content featured on this site, including text, graphics, logos, icons, audio, data compilations and software, is the property of Prakriti School. Content not owned by the school is used with permission. Graphics, logos, page headers and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Prakriti School. ## Governing law These terms are construed in accordance with the laws of India. All matters and disputes arising out of or in relation to these terms fall under the jurisdiction of the competent courts at Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, to the exclusion of all other courts. ## Disclaimer and limitation of liability This site is provided by Prakriti School on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied. Your use of this site is at your sole risk. To the full extent permitted by applicable law, the school disclaims all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages arising from use of this site. ## Changes Prakriti School may change this website, its policies and these terms at any time. If any condition is held invalid or unenforceable, it is severable and does not affect the validity of the remaining conditions. ====================================================================== # URL: https://prakriti.edu.in/fees.html # Fee structure 2026–27 — Prakriti School, Noida Prakriti School's published monthly composite fee by grade for 2026–27, refundable deposits, and the one-time admission charge. Meals and co-curriculars are included. Home / Fees ## Fee structure 2026–27 The published figures, in full. Composite fee, charged monthly and payable quarterly. Grade Stage Monthly fee Refundable deposit Pre Nursery Blue group ₹25,000 ₹50,000 Junior KG Green group ₹25,300 ₹50,000 Senior KG Yellow group ₹25,300 ₹50,000 Grade I Cambridge Primary ₹25,500 ₹50,000 Grade II Cambridge Primary ₹27,500 ₹55,000 Grade III Cambridge Primary ₹28,600 ₹60,000 Grade IV Cambridge Primary ₹30,800 ₹60,000 Grade V Cambridge Primary ₹30,800 ₹60,000 Grade VI Cambridge Lower Secondary ₹31,000 ₹65,000 Grade VII Cambridge Lower Secondary ₹32,500 ₹65,000 Grade VIII Cambridge Lower Secondary ₹34,000 ₹65,000 Grade IX Cambridge Upper Secondary, IGCSE ₹34,500 ₹70,000 Grade X Cambridge Upper Secondary, IGCSE ₹35,200 ₹70,000 Grade XI Cambridge AS Level ₹37,800 ₹75,000 Grade XII Cambridge A Level ₹40,000 ₹80,000 One-time admission charge, non-refundable: ₹1,35,000 . The refundable deposit is returned on withdrawal once dues are cleared, under the withdrawal rules . ## What the composite fee includes - Tuition - Sports and co-curricular activities during school hours - Meals — breakfast and lunch There is no uniform to buy; Prakriti T-shirts and sweatshirts are suggested for special days and field trips. Books and stationery are bought separately, and Outbound Learning Expeditions are paid for separately. There is no device levy. ## How the fee is set Fee is due quarterly and is to be paid 15 days before the beginning of the quarter. The fee for incoming families in a given academic year is fixed by the Fee Committee of the school every year. It may differ from the fee being paid by other parents in the same grade. The chart above applies to learners joining in the school year 2026–27. Want to compare this with another school, extras included? Use the True Cost calculator .