Why parents choose the CBSE board
CBSE is a national board, so the syllabus stays the same if your family moves city. Its curriculum now follows NEP 2020, which groups school years into stages and asks for more hands-on, project-based learning and less rote study.
A 7-point checklist for any CBSE school
- Affiliation: check the CBSE affiliation number on the school's mandatory disclosure.
- Class X results: look at the pass rate and how results are spread, not only the topper.
- NEP 2020 in practice: ask to see a project, a lab session or an activity class.
- Labs: science labs for every subject, a computer lab, and Robotics or AI for older grades.
- Sports and arts: coached sports, not just a playground, and regular performances.
- Support: a counsellor and a special educator on staff.
- Transparency: fees, staff and infrastructure published in the CBSE disclosure.
Helios International School against the checklist
Helios International School is CBSE affiliated (no. 1131367). In AY 2025-26 every Class X student passed and the school topper scored 96.8%. Teaching follows the four NEP 2020 stages, with Robotics, AI and Design Thinking from the Middle Stage. The campus has 8 labs, 9 coached sports and the Solaris Auditorium, and the Times School Survey 2024 placed Helios International School first among Emerging CBSE Schools in Pune.