Vivek High School, Mohali

The school runs from a Montessori toddler group to Class X. The Junior Wing covers the Montessori stages: toddlers from 18 months to 3 years, the Montessori environment for ages 3 to 6 covering nursery, LKG and UKG, and lower elementary for ages 6 to 9. The Senior Wing covers Classes 4 to 10: Classes 4 to 6 keep the Montessori-inspired approach, while Classes 7 to 10 follow the CBSE curriculum and prepare pupils for the Class X board examination. There is no Class XI or XII at this campus.

The school aims to build a community of twenty-first-century learners in a nurturing environment, working towards open-mindedness, a spirit of inquiry, creative and critical thinking, and personal and social responsibility; its motto pairs knowledge with integrity. The teaching philosophy draws on Montessori ideas: learning comes from experience rather than from being told, mistakes are treated as openings for improvement, and children are guided towards independence, self-discipline and courtesy. Leadership, community service and mental wellbeing sit alongside academic work.

Classrooms in Sector 70 are climate-controlled and fitted with smart boards and teaching software. The library holds over five thousand titles across literature, science, history, technology and the arts, subscribes to newspapers and periodicals, and has audio-visual equipment for subject documentaries. There are three laboratories: a science lab with modern apparatus, a maths lab built around models and games, and an air-conditioned computer lab with fifty workstations used for Scratch, Python, HTML, Photoshop and robotics kits. A mini-auditorium and an infirmary complete the indoor facilities.

The school runs an infirmary on campus for day-to-day health needs. A combined career counselling and special education service supports pupils who need learning help and advises older students on their options. Pupils wear a school uniform, and prospectus, uniform, timing and transfer certificate information is published for families, along with a no-homework policy and a child protection policy. Outdoor education, tours and treks, community service through the Vivek Social Initiative Programme and a Parents in Partnership Programme extend school life beyond the classroom.

Clubs run twice a week in two blocks. Morning clubs cover sport and fitness: chess, table tennis, basketball, football, cricket and taekwondo. Afternoon clubs cover the arts, including Giddha, Kathak and Bhangra Fusion dance, vocal singing, theatre, percussion, guitar, advanced keyboard, photography, coding, pottery, macrame, food craft, an orators' club and Model United Nations. School teams in basketball, football, cricket, table tennis, taekwondo and skating compete at zonal, district, state and national level, and pupils have won medals in the Punjab state Khedan Watan competitions.