"असतो मा सदगमय

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय "

‘Lead us from falsehood to truth

and from darkness to light’

A Journey Sublime
 

Established in the year 1981, Darbari Lal DAV Model School has evolved as an ideal progressive quality institution blending the best of modernity with the best of tradition. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and is a member of the National Progressive Schools Conference.

It is managed by DAV College Managing Committee. It is a co-educational school with English as a medium of instruction and has an active PTA body. Over the years the school has created a niche for itself in academics, IT, sports and co-curricular activities by establishing new benchmarks.

Illustrious Giants

Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati - saint, social reformer, educationist and a visionary founded Arya Samaj in 1875, He realised that the salvation of the country lay in educating the masses. To achieve this cherished goal, a group of socially oriented people formed the Dayanand Anglo Vedic College Trust and Management society. This was the beginning of the DAV Movement which laid the foundation of the present vast network of DAV Institutions.

Mahatma Hansraj, the Headmaster of the first DAV school opened at Lahore in 1886, was an apostle of simplicity, honesty, integrity - the legacy which we carry on.

Gen Next School

The philosophy “to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield” has enabled the school to create a niche for itself in all spheres.  Recognising the potential of the school, CBSE bestowed Gen Next tagline and authorised it to use it.

Microsoft School

The school has been awarded Microsoft School title by Microsoft Technologies.  It is focussed on leading and learning, to transform education and integrate technology into classrooms.  Professional development is designed nad delivered to the staff to integrate digital learning.  All the teachers have earned Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator Badges by qualifying various courses provided by Microsoft Educator Community.

ICT Policy (In tandem with technology)

ICT has a very significant impact on all aspects of our modern society.  Students now require considerable ICT knowledge, skills and awareness to be successful in their future endeavours.  However, to achieve this development teachers themselves need to be supported.  Hence training is a feature of the programme at all times.  The school encourages and develop the use of different strategies within teaching and learning, wherein the staff and pupils can develop confidence and skills in using ICT and parents can access information more easily.  The main purpose of ICT is not only to produce high quality documentation across the school, improve administrative practices and assist pupils in producing work of a good standard, but also to communicate and collaborate with others.

The school seeks to ensure that ICT is used and can be accessed across all curricular areas.  It is an integral part of Computing Studies, Business Studies, Graphic Communication and Media Studies and permeates all areas of the curriculum through the use of Computers, smartboards, scanners, LCD projectors and digital cameras.

The school website has been established to help improve communication between the school and the wider community.  The website contains information about the school including important documents, facilities, activities, events, curriculum information achievements, important dates and other relevant information.  Online tutorials, online interaction with parents, students and teachers, collaborative projects and video conferences with students of different schools abroad, hi tech presentations and programmes developed by tech companies and educationists, as well as individual blogs created by experts and highly qualified teachers keep students updated with changing trends in the field of education and make knowledge more broad based and deep.  The school has pledged to use ICT to its fullest and provides facilities of hi tech resource room, libraries, laboratories, multimedia and audio visual rooms to its students and teachers.  Barcode labelled books and CDs in digital library are available for the use of students.

Artificial Intelligence

DLDAV Model School, Pitampura is at the forefront of fostering AI education by seamlessly integrating Artificial Intelligence across various levels of the curriculum. The school offers AI as a skill subject for students from Classes VI to XII, empowering them with future-ready skills in data analysis, machine learning, and ethical AI practices. In addition to AI, the school also promotes AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Internet of Things) integration, enabling students to explore real-world applications by combining AI with smart sensors, microcontrollers, and cloud-based technologies. Students actively engage in the development of innovative AI-enabled projects, many of which have been showcased on prestigious national and international platforms. This proactive approach not only nurtures creativity and critical thinking but also prepares students to become responsible and capable contributors in the AI-driven world.

Cambridge Curriculum

Cambridge wing of the school, affiliated with CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, provides Cambridge curriculum encompassing the opportunity for extended learning and helps in developing perspectives that introduces students to both global and local issues through Global perspectives, research, discussion and debates.  Being a part of the University of Cambridge, the programme sets the global standard for international education and provides educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualifications for school education, thereby creating learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and equipped for success in the  modern world.

Learner centric methodology and customized activities cater to cognitive as well as co-scholastic areas with involvement of parents at each step.  Cambridge Wing provides a classroom environment that fosters excellence and motivates students towards better performance through requisite infrastructure and application based teaching.  The teacher student ratio is 1:30 and individual attention to each students prepares them for the real world, teaching them to value relationships in life and enables them to see themselves as the torchbearers who raise humanity through inspiring projects that unleash creativity in them.

Hallmarks of Cambridge

• Exceptional Infrastructure with AC Classes
• Teacher Student Ratio 1:30
• E Learning enabled Classrooms
• Students Centric Approach
• Activity Based Learning
• Focus on real world experience
• Enhancement of 3 C’s – Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication and Collaboration
• Computational thinking and Metacognition
• Application based teaching
• Flipped Classroom Concept
• Research Projects and Cambridge Global Perspectives
• Google Apps for Education accounts
• Educational Trips (till class 5)
• Bagpiper Band for Classes (IV/ V/ VI)
• Projects in collaboration with Cambridge, UK