Gear Innovative International School, Off Sarjapur Road, Bangalore
January 22, 2009 by Bangalore School Admin
Filed under CBSE Schools, Day and Residential/Boarding, International Schools, Bangalore, Sarjapur
(89 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)
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Mr. Srinivasan is the Founder and  Chairman of GEAR [Gifted Education And  Research] Foundation, Bangalore. This school applies the principles of gifted education to develop every child into a gifted child. The concept of this school is a school beyond walls.
Name of School
Gear Innovative International School, Sarjapur, Bangalore
School Address
GEAR Innovative Intl. School
GEAR Road, Doddakannelli,
Off Sarjapur Road & Outer Ring Road,
Bangalore 560 035
Tel: 080 28440919/17
Email: info@gear.ac.in
Website:
Medium of Education
English
Curriculum
CBSE,
Management
GIFTED EDU & RES FOR FOUNDATION
Grades
Pre School and grade 1 to Grade 10
Class Strength
approx. 25 per class
School Type
Day and Boarding
School Transport
School bus facility is available
Infrastructure:
Neither students nor the teachers carry any bags. Notepads are provided to the students.
Students need to file their papers according to the subject instead of carrying bulky notebooks.
Chess is encouraged as a time-filler game.during small breaks. The idea is to encourage each student to concentrate and develop their thinking ability through the game of Chess .
Basket ball : Vision is to enable children from Std. I onwards to learn the game.
The campus is very environment friendly . The amphitheatre is where our daily assembly is conducted with students putting up various shows everyday The stage also serves as the viewing gallery for squash court.
Curricular and Co-curricular Activities
In addition to Squash, Tennis, Basketball, Table Tennis, Dance, Music, Theatre, there are:
Yoga, Shloka & Indian Culture, Visual Thinking & Sculpture, Indian Culture.
Admissions & Eligibility
Pre School : about 2.5 years, no admission test
Contact Details
GEAR Innovative Intl. School
GEAR Road, Doddakannelli,
Off Sarjapur Road & Outer Ring Road,
Bangalore 560 035
Tel: 080 28440919/17
Email: info@gear.ac.in
Fees
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Approximate transport charges
Anywhere between Rs12,000 to 25,000 for the academic year; depending upon the point of pick up.
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my children are in Gear and as far as study is concerned, its one of the best in bangalore. Their methodology, ways and the effort they put in is quite creditable. The best part is that the children are encouraged to open their mind. no rote learning method. i have never seen any of their question papers in which they are required to mug up the text and then reproduce it.its always application oriented.
the teachers take great pains to clear the concepts,
education wise its very very good.
however they need to improve their infrastructure a little. they have some plans but it might take another 4-5 years to complete.
overall very good school.
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The school is trying desperately to be one of the worsts schools in Bangalore.
1. Homework sheets are not taken. If taken, not corrected.
2. In the name of practice children are made to stand/sit in hot sun while the teachers enjoy shade
3. Instead of sports, children are shown movies in the computer room while the sports in-charge makes money in some other school
4. Principal makes way to construct house inside school facility.
5. Teachers poorly paid and hence often children mention either nobody came to teach or some new teacher (read as trainee) took some other class.
6. Unpaid/Low paid teachers from their own teacher training institute are used as trainees from teacher perspective and teachers from parent/children perspective
7. For ‘talents day’ parents are asked to hire costume (isnt it a no brainer that its easy for the school to arrange costume for all children)
8. Fees for the entire year is taken upfront in Feb/Mar
9. New lessons are given as homework (for parents to teach).
Excellent place for teachers (read as housewives) to make some peanuts instead of staying at home.
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You are right Bhagya, that coach is pathetic. He never takes interest in sports.Neither coaches the kids. We wish he leaves the school but no luck. This year I have planned to take my child out.
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You are right Bhagya, that coach is pathetic. He never takes interest in sports.Neither coaches the kids. We wish he leaves the school but no luck. This year I have planned to take my child out.Totally disappointed.
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We are very disappointed with this school. We had put our child thinking that sports (Basketball is a part of the curriculum.We had returned from abroad and were looking for a school with good sports also Gear promised alot but failed to deliver.Academics any school in Bangalore is the same except NPS.
We have found the reason for the failure of the school in sports. That credit goes to the so called sports In charge Mr. Rao. He never coaches the children. The MITA/summer camps is a sham.
Can you believe he does not take the children for the matches.Only relies on the sr. team which comprises of 10std children mostly who will be out of the team. No succession planning at all. If questioned blames the principal saying that he does not permit.
Principal sir, please get this man out. Your school will get a name in sports too. We will be satisfied for the money we are paying as school fees.
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What is fees structure for Mont 3 @ Confident Gear School in Sarjapur
Admission fees: ?
Annual Fees: ?
Transporation for 5 KMS : ?
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November 11th, 2011 at 1:13 am
Vish, You are making a big mistake……..Please don’t go to that school….Don’t Put your Kid there……..Its not gear…..as they claim….Its Reverse Gear………I am parent of a kid there…..and the amount of Pblms that I had to go through….I can’t imagine…..
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It used to be good school for parents like me who are interested more in extra-curricular activities.
But i moved my daughter out from the school around 3 years back as the new sports coach is least interested in sports. Just saw him yesterday at a sports meet, no wonder he is still in Gear and his team lost bitterly (little surprise).
If you dont believe me read TOI sports section today. btw my daughter’s team won
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Please write about the teachers job satisfaction of this school…..teachers please reply
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Sumathi Reply:
December 23rd, 2011 at 11:20 am
Keep away from this School…..
If you are a trained teacher try elsewhere….
Its easy to get a job in Gear….
Since the School does not follow and guide lines…
I know a teacher who worked there…and she told me her story….
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As, much has been said and done I would like to say that it is neither all positive nor all negative about this school
Positives
1.This school focusses on MI or multiple intelligences, It is not just a speech but it is practised in the school
2.The school does not believe in rote learning. The students do not mug up but they are tested on the concepts they know.So they write only 2 or 3 sentences as answers and there are no essay questions being asked.
3. They have 10 English words everyday to analyse and 5 maths sums to do everyday which increases their speed and vocabulary in Maths and English
4. There are lot of assembly activities and almost all students take part in that.The students are trained to face the audience and speak about what they know.
5.They have test every Monday which tests their ability in Maths, Science, Creative english,innovation etc.
6. The students are given worksheets every Friday which is not just copying from the text and writing but analysing and presenting.
7.Chess is promoted in the school and most of the students play chess really well. There is a full-time staff to teach chess.
8, Children are asked multiplication tables every week in the assembly.
Negatives
1. The school’s infrastructure needs attention especiallly toilets and laboratories.
2. The booklet system which the school follows is a mess since students do not maintain it well and tend to tear the papers from it.
2.The classroom atmosphere is an unrestricted one where each child is free to do what he/she likes and this causes lot of indiscipline in the class.
4. Students are not trained to write essay type answers, and since the school is affliated to CBSE this may be a problem when the students reach 10th grade.
5.There are no strict rules in the school and the principal only believes in inspiring the children to do and not forcing to do(this results in some students studying while others may be work hard).
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Be prepared to pay more in Mont 2, near to 50 k + Transport extra. Also i feel quality teachers are not available. My son goes to Kundanahalli branch and i hear from son small children keep crying everyday, so at the end of the day i feel our children are not learning as M0 to M3 are grouped together here. I have my in-law son who goes to DPS who are of same age, i can’t compare to him because of poor quality of teaching at GEAR. Let me see the improvement this year.
I feel if you find any other good school, please consider
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Hi
I paid 60K for Mont 1 and 45K is annual fees.
Why differences, are they cheating us?
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Sonu,
For Mont 1 we paid 50k as one time admission fees and 35k annual fees. No uniform. Transport is additional.
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Hi all,
I am from Muscat, Oman and was at Gear School recently for my childrens admission to 7th/ 11th. We have to deal with only the security officer and a remote Madam on the phone. We were not allowed to see the school premises and were looked at with suspicion. This is not quite an approach i would expect from an “internationl” “open” school
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Harry Reply:
January 13th, 2011 at 2:22 am
Hi Boby,
Please read all the comments and critiques below before you make any move on selection of schools for your children. There is enough for you to make an informed choice.
Harry
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