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Looking for a new school - 5 reasons why you should prefer an established school over a new school
In our previous blog post, we talked about
what is age of school and what are the 3 ways to look at it.
Let us now take one at reasons why you should prefer an older, more
established schools over new ones. We see there are 5 reasons for
preferring older schools over newer ones.
Older schools have strong cultures, traditions and systems
As schools grow older, they develop cultures, traditions and systems
that invoke pride amongst older students and facilitate path for present
students. Traditions could be academic, cultural or political. Some
schools have a tradition of sending their students to high ranks in Army
while others produce great political leaders. There are still other
schools that have a tradition of getting 10% of their class in IITs
every year. Now, I completely acknowledge that it is a lot of personal
effort by the student too BUT school and the environment plays a big
role too. The tradition and culture makes sure that the student is aware
of IITs well in time. They know what does it take to reach there and
what are the various avenues to seek help, including past students.
These traditions play a huge role in influencing our choices for the
future. Older schools, due to their age, are more likely to have such
traditions than newer schools.
Older schools likely to be more prestigious
More established or older schools will more often than not be more
prestigious of the institutions in the city. If mentioning your school
or college name is enough to ring a bell then you know what we are
talking about. It is like mentioning Mayo College, St. Xavier's and so
on. You do not need to go in a whole lot of detail about these
institutions. They have an aura and prestige due to their long
presence.
Older schools likely to have better infrastructure
Schools require heavy infrastructure to ensure the overall
development of the student, e.g. well maintained sports fields, sports
equipments, a well stocked library with diverse books, auditoriums etc.
This infrastructure requires some serious investment. Simply given the
time at hand, older schools are likely to have a better infrastructure
than newer schools because over the years, their fee income, donations
from public bodies and old students accumulate and give them an ability
to invest in building facilities that new schools will find difficult to
match immediately.
Older schools have a higher ability to attract talent
Schools, like companies, improve their ability to attract talent as
they grow older. Most of us would prefer to work for a more established
company rather than an upstart for a variety of reasons. Same is true
for teachers. More experienced teachers are more likely to prefer an
older school than a new one. Same is for the support staff. Given
limited supply of qualified teachers, we know who has a better chance of
attracting the talent
Older schools likely to have strong PTA and alumni network
Over the years, schools form strong PTA and Alumni network. The
strength of these networks is directly proportional to the number of
members it has, which depends upon how many students have graduated
through the school over the years. Stronger alumni and PTA networks
means your ability to tap in to these for advice or help is vastly
higher for an older school than for a newer school, which completely
lacks this.
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