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Mater Dei School

Girls only, CBSE affiliated, unaided Christian minority school

The Mater Dei School for girls was established in 1956 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary is an international congregation of women that was founded by Helen De Chappotin (later to become Mary of the Passion) in 1877. It was the first Missionary congregation to be founded by a woman. The congregation is active in more than 76 countries worldwide.

The school was established with the primary objective of providing education in a Christian atmosphere to all children. It attempts to inculcate a philosophy of life based on faith in God and respect for the individual.

Mater Dei School
Tilak Lane
New Delhi 110001
Telephone- 2338- 7679
Fax- 2307- 0537
e-mail: contact@materdeischool.in
Website: www.materdeischool.in

Mater Dei school is located on a 1.67 acre campus and has a built up area of about 8065 square meteres. The school is environmentally conscious and has its own paper recycling and water harvesting plants.

Mater Dei school is equipped with state of the art laboratories for physics/ chemistry/ mathematics/ biology and English language. The school has separate computer laboratories for junior and senior schools. There are well laid out rooms for art, craft, dance and music. The library is well equipped and has about 250 reference books per class.

On the sports front the school has facilities for a wide variety of sports, both during and after school hours.

The admissions made in 2023-2024 were to the K.G. i.e. Pre- Primary Class. The minimum age was four years as on 31^st March 2023.

The school adopted the following timeline in 2023-2024

Sales of Forms	01/12/2022- 23/12/2022
Form Submission By	23/12/2022

The school uses a points-based system for admissions. The criteria and their weightages are as below

Catholic Minority	40 points. Catholic students are awarded 40 points.
Sibling/ Staff	20 points. Applicants are given 20 points if a real sister is already studying in the school or if they are wards of staff.
Alumni	10 points. Wards of alumni get 10 points.
Distance	20 points. Candidates are awarded these points on the basis of distance of residence from school.
Total	90 points.

The school requires that successful applicants produce the following documents.

Birth Certificate of the child
Proof of residence- Aadhar Card or Voter ID or Passport or Electricity Bill or Telephone Bill
For Catholics and Christians- photocopy of baptism certificate and a letter from the parish priest
For Alumni- Photocopy of the school leaving certificate/ board certificate of class X and XII
For Siblings- Photocopy of ID card and report card of sibling

The cutoff for admission in 2023-2024 was at 10 points.

The stream wise toppers in 2022-2023 were as follows- Commerce- 96.6%; Science- 96.8% and Humanities- 94%.

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