OM Foundation School

OM Foundation School
H9J9+G2C, 451M, Gali No. 2, Hoshiyarpur, Hoshiarpur Village, Sector 51, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201304, India
http://www.omfoundation.in/
OM Foundation School stands on the firm conviction that every child, regardless of economic background, deserves an education that is simultaneously rooted in timeless values and aligned with modern possibility. Founded in 2002 by the OM Foundation (a registered public charitable trust), the co-educational, English-medium, CBSE-affiliated institution is tucked inside a verdant 5.2-acre campus in Sector-43, Faridabad, Haryana. Its red-brick façade and wide landscaped corridors invite 1 235 students from classes Nursery through XII—of whom 84 percent come from the lowest income quintile and study entirely free of cost, supported by the Foundation’s own endowment and a growing circle of individual donors.

Academic life runs on a thoughtfully scaffolded timetable. Core subjects are delivered by 93 full-time, postgraduate-trained teachers who maintain an enviable ratio of 1:14. Beyond mandatory CBSE streams (Science, Commerce and Humanities), the school layers interdisciplinary “QUEST” modules—question, understand, experiment, solve and transfer—where sixth-graders might test water quality from the neighbouring Surajkund lake, or eleventh-graders build prototypes in collaboration with nearby TERI School of Advanced Studies. Low-stakes formative assessments run every fortnight, checked not only for concept accuracy but also for creative risk-taking, a practice that has pushed the Class XII average to 87 % over the last three years. During pandemic-induced closures, OFS rapidly distributed 418 reconditioned tablets and partnered with local cable operators to broadcast classes on community television, ensuring zero learning loss; 90 % of students logged in consistently even while residing in single-room rented shelters without broadband.

Equally compelling is the life that unfurls outside the classroom. The school fields 28 student-run clubs—from financial literacy to kathak dance—meeting every Tuesday and Thursday after lunch. Physical infrastructure amplifies these interests: two FIBA-standard basketball courts, a robotics lab sponsored by Honda, and a 9 000-volume library with bilingual readers and Braille editions. Through the “Earn & Learn” scheme, 144 senior students currently staff the campus tuck shop and photocopy centre, rotating in teams to apply real-time accounting skills; proceeds circle back into a micro-scholarship pool.

Pastoral care operates on a nested model: every 40 children are placed under a Class Tutor and a peer “Guardian-Buddy” who reports emerging concerns to a nine-member Mental Health & Ethics Cell. Weekly mindfulness classes, guided by certified counsellors from Fortis Healthcare, form part of the regular timetable, not an optional add-on. Annual “Seva Week” sees the entire student body fanning out to teach basic literacy and sport in eight nearby slum clusters—transforming empathy from buzzword to habit.

The result is visible on the alumni map: 67 graduates now enrolled in IITs and medical colleges, three in overseas universities on full scholarships, and perhaps more tellingly, hundreds who have chosen civil services, design, and grassroots NGOs, rewriting the narrative of inherited limitation.

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