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{{About||other schools with the same name|Mount Carmel High School (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Mount Carmel School
| native_name =
| image_size =
| caption =
| city = [[New Delhi]]
| state = [[Delhi]]
| province = Dwarka, Anand Niketan
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.5761|N|77.1650|W|type:edu_region:IN-DL|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| type = [[private school|private]]
| established = {{start date and age|1972}}
| closed =
| school_code = DL01848, DL01937
| dean = Dr. Michael Williams
| principal = Dr. Rajiv Tyagi
| website = {{URL|http://www.mountcarmeldelhi.com}}
| image =
| affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]
| campus = [[delhi|Urban]]
}}

'''Mount Carmel School''' (New Delhi) is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day students located in [[New Delhi]], [[India]] with branches at [[Anand niketan]] and [[Dwarka]]. Mount Carmel School was founded by Dr. Vijay Williams and Dr. (Mrs.) Neena Williams in July 1972 with only 12 students. Today the school has over 3000 students with a staff of 150 in 2 buildings. The school is affiliated to the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE) and run by a registered educational society called [[Mount Carmel School Society]].

Mount Carmel School is a church-based society, registered under the [[Societies Registration Act, 1860]], running Unaided Minority educational institutions in the Nation's capital, [[New Delhi]].

In 2012, school celebrated 40th anniversary of its foundation in [[Talkatora Stadium]] where [[Air chief marshal]] - [[Norman Anil Kumar Browne]] honoured the founding principals Dr V.K. Williams and Dr (Mrs) N.M. Williams. The founder's day event was attended by [[Foreign Secretary of India]] [[Ranjan Mathai]] and [[Financial commissioner]] of [[National Capital Territory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/air-force-chief-attends-mount-carmel-s-40th-founder-s-day/story-WeT4sHnBLMG9FlD8UgH7RJ.html|title=Air force chief attends Mount Carmel's 40th Founder's Day|date=2012-07-15|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>

A film '40 Glorious Years' was released by Mr. [[Vineet Joshi]] - chairman of [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] and [[Vice-chancellor]] of [[Allahabad Agricultural University]].

==Anand Niketan==
Mount Carmel School began in Dr. Williams' home in Anand Niketan, New Delhi on 10 July 1972. Operating out of a single room in the household, 12 students were a part of the inaugural year of Mount Carmel School. Today, this branch has nearly 2,500 students, a staff of 150 and two buildings: the Junior School, housing students from nursery to Class III; and the Senior School for Classes IV to Class XII.

The management of the Anand Niketan branch are involved in an adult [[literacy]] programme and its students visit [[Kanak Durga]] slum dwellers each week.

==Dwarka==

The branch at [[Dwarka, Delhi]] began in 1997, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee year of the parent school, with 165 students. Now the school has about 3500 students with 300 staff members. The school offers Nursery to Class XII classes and is recognised by the Delhi Administration and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

== College ==
[[Mount Carmel School Society]] formed the [[Mount Carmel Business School]] in 2007 at [[Dwarka]].

== Academic excellence ==
In terms of academic excellence, a recent school student topped the prestigious [[Joint Entrance Examination]] by scoring 100 percentile in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/delhi-boy-tops-jeemain-in-first-attempt/articleshow/69104852.cms|title=Delhi boy tops JEE(Main) in first attempt - Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref> A total of 11,47,125 students appeared for the [[JEE]] exam and school performance has been outstanding overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/jee-main-2019-after-scoring-99-96-in-jan-delhis-shubham-srivastava-gets-100-percentile-in-april-in-race-of-air-1-5702612/|title=Delhi’s Shubham Srivastava tops JEE Main 2019, found April exam easier than January|date=2019-05-02|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-after-scoring-perfect-100-in-jee-main-delhi-boy-shubham-srivastavas-next-aim-is-iit-delhi/329572|title=After Scoring Perfect 100 In JEE-Main, Delhi Boy Shubham Srivastava's Next Aim Is IIT-Delhi|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/nation-newspaper/delhi-boy-tops-jee-main-exam-girls-get-just-147-of-top-1-000-ranks/story-EnosyJaICD7Nee53g24XJK.html|title=Delhi boy tops JEE Main exam, girls get just 147 of top 1,000 ranks|date=2016-06-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/confident-of-admission-into-iit-delhi-but-had-not-expected-to-get-perfect-score-jee-mains-topper-351180|title=Confident of admission into IIT-Delhi, but had not expected to get perfect score: JEE-Mains topper|last=PTI|date=2019-04-30|website=www.millenniumpost.in|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

Mount Carmel School students have excelled in sports and the school have recently won the gold medal in the 33rd Delhi State [[Taekwondo]] Championship. The school secured the second position in the All India Tennis Championship held in [[Karnal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Damini-Kavya-lead-Mount-Carmel-to-CBSE-Tennis-Nationals-semis/articleshow/49968182.cms|title=Damini, Kavya lead Mount Carmel to CBSE Tennis Nationals semis - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

Mount Carmel School offers an International student exchange programs with sister schools in [[Singapore]] and [[Wales]] allowing students to experience the lifestyles and cultures from around the world.

== Literacy Programme ==
In August 2002 the Mount Carmel School took initiative on a 'Right to Education' programme and set up a Shiksha Kendra, an informal learning centre. Teachers of the school camped at the slum clusters located in [[West Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]] for more than two months and convinced hundreds of parents to send their children to school. Now Mount Carmel Delhi school is providing education, nutrition and healthcare to all these children.

Mount Carmel Delhi encourages students to undertake the responsibility of educating the underprivileged children from class XI as one of its flagship programmes in community service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/nepal/english/thehansindia-epaper-hans/school+urges+parents+not+to+panic+mount+carmel+school+de+recognised+over+fee+hike-newsid-103321182|title=School urges parents not to panic : Mount Carmel School de-recognised over fee hike - Thehansindia|website=Dailyhunt|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

== Cross country programme ==
The school celebrates cultural events in other countries as well in participation with embassies of countries; Students do research and gain knowledge on culture, tradition, political parties, military and government.[https://embassies.gov.il/delhi/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Mount%20Carmel%20school%20celebrates%20Israel%20Week.aspx]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.mountcarmeldelhi.com/}}

[[Category:Catholic schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Delhi]]
[[Category:Schools in West Delhi]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1972]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Delhi]]

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