Admission Process

Admission for a child at VMI

For admitting a child in the school, parents are required to fill an application form and submit in the office. Both the parents are then invited to a counselling session by the academic director on a scheduled day. The counselling sessions aims to enlighten the parents about the Montessori philosophy and the practices followed in the school. 

After the counselling session, parents can take a decision about joining their child. Parent should pay the required fee to admit/ reserve ( depending up on the age) a place in the environment for their child.

Admission Policy

Selection for a place at VMI is based on the following criteria:

  • Our admission is limited to 12 seats per age group.
  • Siblings:
    • Of current students
    • Of past pupils who completed the 3-year cycle
  • Course duration:
    • Primary (ECH & Adv. ECH)– 2.5 to 6 years
    • Lower Elementary – 6 to 9 years (Equivalent to Grade I – III)
    • Upper Elementary – 9 to 12 years (Equivalent to Grade IV to VII)
    • Erdkinder – 12 to 16 years (Equivalent to Grade VIII to X)
  • Age and sex balance in waiting list order.
  • Acceptance of the Montessori philosophy and principles by the parents and willingness to participate in its implementation.
  • Parent participation in Child development.
  • Admissions are based on first come first serve basis.
  • Seat allotment is sole discretion of VMI management. The completed application form, child readiness assessments, teacher recommendations, and a commitment to Montessori education are all factors considered in the decision to accept or decline admission.
  • The director assesses the child’s suitability based on parents’ intention to complete three year cycles to achieve desired outcomes in the child.
Elementary Admission:
  • Each new elementary student (between age of 6 to 9) must undergo an assessment to determine their needs and whether or not our school would be a good fit for them.
  • Assessments will be scheduled by the Academic director. Your child may spend some time with the teacher, and often visit for one or two days. This allows them an opportunity to meet us and feel comfortable in our environment. We believe that this helps provide confidence for a smooth transition.
  • We do need a copy of previous report cards and any test results that you may have received. This gives us a sense of whether our school can meet your child’s needs.
Rules and Regulations
  • Age of admission:
    • ECH – 2½  to 4 ½  years of age.
    • Adv. ECH – 4 ½   to 6 years of age.
    • Elementary – 6 years of age.
  • Admission: The registration and enquiry form are available from June to April. When the child completes 2 years and 6 months of age she/he will be considered for admission into ECH in the next batch – in June or December Batch, once registered with us.  Our admission is limited to 12 seats per age group.
  • For the first few days, the child stays only for 1 hour, i.e., till he/she settles down in our environment.
  • The school works five days a week from Monday to Friday.
  • Working Hours:
    • ECH : 2½ – 4½ years – 9.00 Hrs to 12.00 Hrs
    • Adv. ECH: 4½ – 6 years – 9.00 Hrs to 15.30 Hrs
    • Elementary and Erdkinder: – 9.00 Hrs to 15.30 Hrs
  • There is no school uniform, but the child should be dressed in a simple and comfortable way.
  • A school bag, having a spare set of clothes and a water bottle which the child can carry, is to be sent along with the child apart from a clean handkerchief.
  • The parents are welcome to visit and observe their child working once in a year or completion of 8 months whichever is longer.
  • Holidays: Saturdays and Sundays are observed as holidays. All the public holidays are observed as holidays for the school. Any special holiday will be intimated.

  • Parents are kindly requested to schedule a meeting with the School Administrator/Director between 9:00 AM and 12:00 Noon.

Parents are requested to clearly understand that this method of education does not go hand in hand with the Macaulay system, so do not compare education / teaching method with any other school method.

 

 If you trust us and our method of education and work in complete cooperation with us, your child will be able to attain total self-development, without any hindrance in this progress

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth. And so that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being

- Dr. Maria Montessori