Sishya was founded in 1972. The school has gradually developed over the years until it has evolved into a full fledged Higher Secondary School, offering the +2 since 1986. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, whose offices are in New Delhi. It prepares students for the ICSE (Class X) and the ISC (Class XII) examinations. Sishya has been granted Christian Minority status by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions. The school’s approach to primary education is grounded on activity based learning which helps foster and stimulate healthy inquisitiveness in the tiny tots. The school tries to build social skills at an early age and thechildren learn to be open minded and unprejudiced towards their peers and to collaborate with them. There are no examinations till class 6. Thereafter as the children mature they are introduced to examinations. From class 9 onwards, the syllabus for the Board examinations is introduced. The school has 14 classes, commencing with the LKG upto the 12th class. Divided into Primary, Junior and Senior schools. The school endeavours to keep the number of students per class to a minimum, balancing efficiency and quality, with economy. From KG to Class X there are not more than 30 per class. Science, Commerce and Humanity streams are offered at the Higher Secondary Level. The present strength of the school is approximately 1200 students and 100 teaching staff.