| The Mother's International School | |
| City: | Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Delhi Branch, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Motto: | More true forever, More True |
| Founders: | Mr Surendra Jauhar and Mr Nathaniel Pearson |
| Established: | 23 April 1956 |
| Type: | Secondary |
| School Board: | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Principal: | Smt. Milan Mala Sarin |
| Headmistress: | Smt.Vineeta Prakashan |
| Grades: | Pre-School, Pre-Primary, 1-12 |
The Mother's International School (MIS) is a private secondary school in New Delhi, India. It is an establishment of the Sri Aurobindo Education Society, an agency of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It shares its campus with the New Delhi branch of the Ashram. The school is an English-medium co-educational institution affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
In 2001, Outlooks "C-Fore Best School Survey" had ranked MIS as the best school in Delhi.[1]
The school's motto "More True, Forever More True" was given by Mirra Alfassa and the school's emblem portrays a bird in flight rising towards heaven. When asked about the date of the school's opening, the Mother replied "23456". And as the only possible date was 23 April 1956, it was this day that the school first opened.
When the school started out, a batch (or a grade) was of about 15 children, but today a batch has 180 students. The school has three wings, the Pre-Primary, Primary and Secondary.
The school offers education from pre-primary to senior secondary level (nursery to class XII).
The school has a student population of about 2,400 pupils with an average section size of 30-35 students. Each grade has five sections, A-E, aside from grade 11 and 12, which have sections till F.
The school teaches four languages: English, Hindi, Sanskrit and French. It also teaches mathematics, science and social studies till Class 10. There are three main streams for study beyond Class 10: Science, Commerce and Humanities.
For classes 1 and 2, a single teacher and assistant teacher teach all the subjects; the 3rd grade onwards, there is a different teacher for each subject, with one of them being the class teacher. The student/teacher ratio is approximately 40.