This week I made my way up to Punjab to visit a friend's family located in Zirakpur outside of Chandigarh. Paramjit Kaur Sodhi and Jagtar Singh Sodhi started G.S. Memorial Public High School 7 years ago in memory of Paramjit's father. In terms of the schools that I have seen in the APS, this school had great facilities and offered interesting classes, that include gardening, cooking or home science, science labs, and computer classes. The library actually has a librarian - an accomplishment in its own and over 3000 books. There is a functioning science lab with models and tools for the kids.
The fees structure would place it in the middle of the spectrum of the APS sector. G.S. Memorial is luckily enough to have the property and space to build such a large facility. They put this space to use by using their back grounds for performances, building large classrooms, and testing rooms for their students and surrounding students. Another plus is that all of their teachers are certified. Overall, a great experience with G.S. Memorial- hopefully more visits will follow where I will be able to interview the students, teachers and parents.
