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ORGANISATION
The school is managed by the Board of Governors and run by the Principal, assisted by his academic and administrative staff . There is a house master who is the pastoral head of each house and is assisted by the assistant house masters, house tutors and matrons in the more detailed supervision of individual pupil. The Junior Section of the school has a separate staff and a headmaster so as to be able to concentrate more on the needs of the young ones. The college prepares the boys for secondary school certificate exam (class 10) and senior secondary school certificate exam (class 12) conducted by the Central Board of secondary education (CBSE) NewDelhi. We offer science, commerse and humanities. Under are Exchange programme with premier public schools in U.K,our meritious and deserving all rounders and sportsmen are sent to the schools listed below. Their school's leavers,in turn visit Mayo.
CAMPUS LIFE
Mayo offers the students in its fold a unique opportunity to develop both mind and the body through a structured educational and distinctive co-curricular programme. Being primarily a boarding school with a handful of day scholars, the campus is self sufficient and has the facilities and the opportunities for each student to excel in various spheres.
TERMS
The academic year is from July to April. It is divided into two terms:
Autumn term : from the middle of July to early december.
Spring term : from the middle of January to the end of April/beginning of May.
In the middle of the first term, the school organises a large number of educational trips, camps,sight scene tours,trecks,expedition e.t.c.
DAILY ROUTINE
The daily routine includes P.T., Assembly, Teaching periods, Evening games, Temple and preprations periods
REPORTS
We follow a system of continuous assessment where a boy’s academic performance is determined by his performance in the unit tests and class tests.At the end of each term, full reports are sent to the parents/guardians. For promotions, the boy’s work throughout the year as well as his performance in the terminal examinations is taken into account.The principal decisions in the matter regarding placement and promotion of a boy is final.
HOBBIES,PROJECTS AND SUPW
Boys have a wide range of hobbies and work experience projects to choose from Agriculture, Book craft, Commercial art, Electronics,Leatherwork, Metalwork, Music, Photography, Poultry, Sculpture, Typing, Wood work, Clay modeling, Stone and Wood carving, Library science and Automobile enginireeing.
SOCIETIES AND CLUBS
Numerous socities and clubs encourage activities for individuals as well as for groups for social,literary and cultural development:
English Debating society, Geographical society, Hindi debating society, Hindi litrary siociety, Lalit Kala parishad, Museum society, Natural History society, Sangeet parishad,Science club, Adult education society, Library committee, Dramatic society, Photography,Interact club, Cray Club , Mountaineering & trecking club and Aero modeling society.
MUSEUM
The college has a large museum containing assorted item related to diverse areas of learning and knowledge.It also houses priceless pieces,antiques and an armoury section. The college museum is reputed to be the best museum any school in the world can boast of. It is a rich resourse centre which adds a new, unique dimension to learning.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The role of games is vital for a child’s devolopment and in keeping with the pressing need for good games facilities. Mayo offers a wide range of sports and games to boys. In addition to the morning P.T.,which is compulsory,they get an exposure to all games but according to the boy’s aptitude and liking, he can select a game in which he is given the oppurtunity to attain the highest proficiency. We have two full size cricket fields which includes a turf wicket with separate cricket nets,cricket being played throughout the year. Besides our traditional fixtures and IPS tournaments,our team participates in the district level tournaments as well and our talented players play for the state zone e.t.c. In all other games as well, we lay a lot of emphasis on attaining excelence. Our boys participate in distict, state and IPSC tournament and the very talented once take part in the national level tournaments. For Soccer and Hockey which are again very popular games, we have 15 fields. We have 16 Tennis courts in the school and 4 in different Houses. For squash, we have 5 courts and a natonal level coach. Our school team participates in the national level squash tournaments. Out of the 2 Swimming pools we have one for beginers. It is our endeavour to ensure that every student learns swimming. We have a gymnasium equipted with two multi gym equipment, besides the traditional equipment. We also make available to our boys trampoline and boxing. We have two volleyball and two basketball courts. In latter,our boy’s performance at various level has been creditable. Atheletics, cross-country and cycling are also regular features of our games curriculum. Our boys also play Table Tennis at the district level and for chess we organize individual championship within the school. Horse Riding which was discontinued after independence, has been revived,which has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the riders and the aspring riders. We have a very competent and vastly experienced instructor to teach our boys riding skills. The college has scouting,cubbing,band and the three N.C.C. wings. We have an N.C.C. firing range and one air rifle 10 metre range. Sailing.rock-climbing,as well as tours, treks and mountaineering expeditions and camping are organized for the boys.
LIST OF EXCHANGE SCHOOLS ABROAD
ST. Edward’s School , Oxford , Oakham School , Rutland , Wellington College , Radley College , Abingdon , Oxford Shire , Dulwich College , London , The King’s School , Canterbury , Rugby School , Loretto Musselberg , Midlothian , Eton College ,Windsor , Clifton College, Bristol , Cheltenham College , Cheltenham Gloucestershire , Oundle School , Oundle Peterborough.
STAMP
In what could be termed as the ultimate recognition of its pre-eminent role in the field of education,on April 12th,1986, the post and telegraph department of the government of India released a special stamp of Mayo with the magnificent Main School building on its face.