We look back at academic year 2019-20. Candor took a number of new initiatives this year:
- Revamping the school libraries
- Early Years celebrated Inquiry Festival, Pyjama Day, Carnival of Colours, monthly sports Galas, their first day camp
- I-Pads were introduced in Early Years as a learning tool
- Primary School had its first Student Council, Investiture Ceremony, Adventure camps
- Primary school raised its own sports teams that participated in inter-school competitions
- Middle school had educational show cases through the year, they initiated SST in action
- IB students went to Pondicherry for an educational trip
- Workshops for teachers were held
- In sports there were many firsts like the Inter-school Sports event called the Agon Cup, inter-house events and competitions, participation in inter-school events, Peace Day Cross Country for students, parents and teachers
- The school sponsored the Women’s Day Marathon and Electronic City’s first Pet Carnival
- Primary Years held workshops for the parents
- Support staff was extensively trained
- High school students raised substantial funds for a social case through Crowd funding
- Candor hosted interns from Christ University
Candor was recognised and awarded at many levels –
- Ranked No. 1 school for academic reputation by Education Today
- Ranked No. 2 in Karnataka for day cum boarding school by Education Today.
- National leadership award for leadership in curricular education
- India’s most trusted education award (residential) by international brand consulting cooperation USA
- Teaching excellence award K12 by Indian Education Awards 2020
- Best School of the Year by Education Excellence Award
- Brainfeed School Excellence Award 2019
Achievements for the Year –
- Lowest attrition of teachers in 9 years, our attrition rate is at 1.16 %
- Our students going to college have been offered scholarships up to 250,000 USD till date and more are expected
- Our students got excellent scores in SAT, the highest being 1510
