When the thought of setting up a school crosses the mind, the next important factor to consider is acquiring a suitable land. School Servhas helped a lot of educationists with a motive to start a school in allocating school property and continue to do so.
We also run an online portal calledwww.schoolprop.com to ease the process of finding school property because we get a substantial number of inquiries on a daily basis regarding the same from our clients.
Following are the Top 10 criteria for selecting the land or building in India:
Proximity/ nearness: Proximity is a decisive factor and the ideal one is 0-5 kilometers. It is advisable for the school land to be close to basic amenities including hospitals, utility store etc.
Accessibility and Connectivity: The school must be well connected by road, rail or air.
Distance: if the time required to commute to school does not take more than 30 mins, it would be easier for parents to take out time to conduct school visits more often.
Neighbourhood: the locale should have enough school going children so that parents could appreciate education in your school. The competition would be known if more schools are there nearby so that everyone can take inspiration from each other to bring about a change.
Land size: The size of the land should be as per the guidelines.
Open to alterations: the building should be constructed in a way that it should be open to customizations. If you want to convert engineering colleges to K-12 schools, alterations are affordable.
Safety & Security: Geographically the school should be built which reflects child safety and security.
History: The land which is decided for establishing a school might have had constructions in the past. Prior to construction, a look into the history would be helpful.
Guidance of a Vaastu consultant: Those who believe in this, seek a good Vaastu consultant.
Titles & Price: Land or building titles are free from legal disputes. Financial aspect is very important while choosing a property. The price determines the quality of the school and shows in which direction it would evolve.
These criteria would aid the school promoters who are in a hurry to acquire land for opening a school in India.