A Festive Evening at Dharampur Courtyard Aligarh’s festive season was in full swing on Friday evening when Hindustan organised a Dandiya Utsav at Dharampur Courtyard. The programme brought together music, colour and community, and it gave the city a chance to celebrate together in the spirit of Navratri. Seth Malook
A Celebration Built Around One Idea Most school events are organised around a competition or a calendar date. Sanskriti Sangam at Seth Malook Chand International School in Aligarh was organised around an idea, that a country as varied as India is strongest when its differences are understood and enjoyed side
What pastoral care actually covers Pastoral care at SMCIS means staff specifically watching for signs a student is struggling socially, showing unusual stress, or navigating a difficult situation, whether that difficulty originates at school, like friendship conflict, or at home, in ways that spill over into how a student engages
Sports across more than 15 activities Physical activity spans more than 15 distinct sports and activities, covered in detail across the SMCIS school’s infrastructure, from team sports on the outdoor fields to individual pursuits like swimming, archery, and skating. This range matters because students have genuinely different physical aptitudes and
Building adaptable skills over narrow job training Rather than betting on a specific set of skills tied to current industry demands, SMCIS focuses on building genuinely transferable capability, critical thinking, communication fluency, digital literacy, and collaborative skill, discussed throughout the school’s approach to international skills and innovative teaching. These capabilities
Morning arrival and settling in The day begins with transport arrival, tracked through the GPS-enabled fleet covered separately in the SMCIS school’s approach to transport safety, followed by a settling-in period before formal classes begin. Morning assembly often includes announcements, occasionally a short presentation from a class, and sets a
Positioned between city and rural communities The SMCIS Aligarh-Agra Road corridor sits in a position that genuinely serves both Aligarh city residents and the surrounding rural communities of Hathras district, rather than favoring one population over the other. Given the school’s explicitly stated mission to serve children of Aligarh city
Timetabling that protects core academic time Core subject instruction at SMCIS runs through protected periods within the daily schedule, ensuring math, science, language, and social science each receive the consistent instructional time CBSE’s curriculum genuinely requires, discussed elsewhere in how the school approaches curriculum pacing. Co-curricular activities are scheduled around
Where the story actually begins SMCIS Seth Shri Malook Chand Agarwal was born in Kaurah, his ancestral village, before later completing his education at Aligarh and eventually building the business ventures that would fund and inspire the school decades later. That village origin is not incidental detail. It represents the
Integrity and ethics This value connects most directly to the school’s value education program, where honesty and ethical decision-making are discussed through concrete scenarios a SMCIS student actually faces rather than as abstract concepts. It also underlies the assessment integrity expected across all subjects, treating genuine academic honesty as a
