The Doon School is affiliated to the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and English is the medium of instruction. The Doon School also offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

After the +2 exam, many of our students go overseas for further studies, and will benefit from the choice between an IB Diploma and the ISC.

The Academic year at Doon School consists of two terms:

- Spring Term from February 1 to May 31, and

- Autumn Term from August 1 to November 30.

Some basic features:

The forms are assigned a letter: 'D' form being class VII, 'C' form class VIII, 'B' form class IX, 'A' form class X, 'S' form class XI, and 'SC' form being class XII.
Rather than following the system of streaming the students according to their performance, they are randomly divided into sections.
The Doon School follows a five and a half day week consisting of 40 periods (each period is referred to as a 'school' of 40 minutes each).
The overall student/teacher ratio is 10:1, and the average strength of a class is around 20 students. The S and SC forms sometimes have as few as 4-5 students, in some subjects.
The teachers are assigned classrooms, while the students walk to their respective subject rooms at the end of each 'school'.
The five minute break between the first and second bell refreshes their minds, stretches their limbs and gives them an opportunity to reflect on what has been taught or just chat with friends en route.
Yoga, Music, Art, Carpentry, Sanskrit and Design and Technology are compulsory subjects and are conducted for two schools a week in D form. When they come to C form, students opt for any one of these activities. They can also opt for French or German as an additional language while Sanskrit remains compulsory for a second year.
Our well-equipped school library subscribes to a variety of newspapers and magazines and also has computers with internet connections. Being informed on current affairs is a vital link to the outside world. Every student is provided with a daily newspaper of his choice to ensure that that link is sustained.
The Archives provide a rich insight into the school's past, are meticulously maintained and serve as a treasure trove of information for the historically-inclined.

To view the website of Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) click here

To view the website of International Baccalaureate (IBO) click here

Latest News:

Boys see Chevrolet plant in Pune

Boys were very lucky to be admitted on the adult only assembly-line at the Chevrolet plant at Pune in the winter holidays. Seventeen boys, part of the Motor Mechanics Club, gained knowledge of professional engine design and manufacture. This club is an excellent way for boys who are interested in engineering and who wish to study engineering at university.

Doscos first to hear about the Higgs-Boson particle discovery

On their visit to CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) in Geneva. Boys saw a mock up of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel and the six particle detector experiments. However, Doscos were first with the news that CERN had discovered the Higgs-Boson particles ahead of its global announcement. This trip has proved inspirational for scientists at school who are keen to pursue their interest at university.

Superb University, College and Scholarship Offers for 2011

The best university offers and scholarships were celebrated earlier this year.

Congratulations to all SCL whose offers were gained in the most competitive market place, in India and overseas in the school's history.

Improved Academic Results in Test Week

The Doon School is delighted to announce that academic results were improved in the September test week, across each year group. Particular congratulations must go to the D form, who showed the best improvement.

Cern comes to the Science Department

Professor Rolf Landua, a scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva had a video conference class with boys in B,S and SC forms on September 22nd 2011.

Cern is a premier research institution of international repute and the school is organising a visit in December 2011.
Professor Rolf answered questions raised by boys concerning anti-matter, its behaviour, recent developments in the Large Hadron Collider and research openings.

Professor Rolf also showed the boys the canister of anti-matter used in the movie 'Angels and Demons'.

IIT and Oxford Success for 2011

Congratulations to Kushagra Jaiswal from Oberoi House, who left Doon in 2010. Kushagra took a gap year at FIITJEE in Lucknow and has been admitted to IIT Delhi this year.

Congratulations are also due to Shikhar Singh from Hyderbad House. He has been admitted to read for an undergraduate degree in History and Politics at Balliol College, University of Oxford. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College this year, where he was reading History.

IIT alumni talk robotics

A four day ‘Robotics Workshop’ was conducted by MITBOTS, a company based in New Delhi. MITBOTS based themselves in the Physics Department from 8th-11th August 2011. The instructors were ex-students of IIT Delhi with a deep knowledge of robotics. Boys from D, C and A form joined the workshop. Learning was focused on using different types of sensors, motors, guidance systems and other techniques. The workshop was made more dynamic when the boys competed with their ‘robots’ by playing mechanized football, moving over a ramp and pulling objects. On the last day, boys were able to design their own robots and experiment with them. Arnav Matta and Prabnur Singh came up with a novel idea of a robot which crawled rather than used planar movement. It was very encouraging to see that boys developed skills in design and fabricating robots.

IB Success 2011

The IB Organization will publish the overall statistical analysis for the world in November after all re-marks are completed, but the average points score world-wide for May 2010 was 29.55 and it is normally below 30 points. Consequently, at over 34 points on average, our boys have achieved well above the usual annual world averages. Our toppers were Bharat Ghanju and Vivek Santayana, who received diplomas of 43 and 42 points respectively; only a tiny percentage of candidates world-wide gain those scores; for example, in May 2010, only 311 out of 48,522 candidates around the world gained 43 points. Bharat is off to UPenn, where one of his subjects will be Economics. Vivek Santayana has chosen to read English at Edinburgh. The IB Diploma is the international gold standard of education and one of the toughest examinations in the world. What the boys have shown is that it is possible to gain some of the top scores in the world while taking a full part in the life of The Doon School outside the classroom. Forty-eight per cent of the boys gained 35 points or more (35% last year) and 83% gained 30 points or better (64% in 2010, and a world average of 50.3% in May 2010). As a result, the boys will be proceeding to some of the best universities and colleges in the world, including three boys of the five who have been offered places at Ivy League universities in the United States, and others to top universities in India, the UK and elsewhere abroad.