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{{About|an English medium, senior secondary school in [[Meerut]]||CVPS (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox school
| name = City Vocational Public School
| logo = City_Vocational_Public_School,_Logo.jpg
| seal_image =
| alt =
| caption =
| motto = "Learn To Shine"
| location = 250, Circular Road
| city = [[Meerut]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| zipcode = 250001
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|29.0028093|N|77.687621|E|type:edu_region:IN-UP|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Private school|Private]]
| established = 1990
| founder = Lt. Chandra Sen Agarwal
| status = Open
| school_board = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]
| chairperson = Sarojini Agarwal
| director = O. P. Agarwal
| principal = N. P. Singh
| teaching_staff = 125
| grades = Nur-12
| gender = [[Co-educational]]
| enrollment = 3042 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvpschool.com/cvps_student_count.htm|title=CVPS Student Details|website=www.cvpschool.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>
| language = English
| campus_size = 5.93 [[acres]]
| houses = {{color box|yellow}} Aravali, {{color box|blue}} Nilgiri, {{color box|green}} Shivalik, {{color box|red}} Vindhya
| mascot =
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvpschool.com/cvps_teachers.htm|title=CVPS Vocational public School Teaching Staff|website=www.cvpschool.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvpschool.com/cvps_mgntlist.htm|title=CVPS Management|website=www.cvpschool.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref>
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]], Dehradun
| website = [http://www.cvpschool.com www.cvpschool.com]
}}

'''City Vocational Public School''' is an [[English-medium education|English]]-medium, private, senior secondary school in [[Meerut]] Cantonment, [[India]]. It is [[co-educational]] non-boarding school affiliated to the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://cbseaff.nic.in/cbse_aff/schdir_Report/AppViewdir.aspx?affno=2130125|title=Complete Information Form|website=cbseaff.nic.in|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref>

== History ==
Late Shri Chandra Sen Agarwal, retired Joint Director of Education U.P. and Ex-Secretary, Board of High and Intermediate Education, U.P. Allahabad, laid the foundation of this institution in the year 1990. He was the director of the school at the start.
The first principal of the school Mr. P.N Raina served as the principal for a short period till around 1991
. From 1992 onwards, Smt Suman Khare was the principal of City vocational public school. The first batch of class 10 students passed out in the year 1995 - the same year that Smt Suman khare died due to illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityvocational.com/cvps_founder.htm|title=CVPS|website=www.cityvocational.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref> The school initially stated functioning from the campus of today's Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miet.ac.in/background|title=Background|website=www.miet.ac.in|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref>

== Campus ==
School is located in quiet surroundings of Meerut Cantonment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityvocational.com/cvps_infrastructure.htm|title=CVPS Infrastructure|website=www.cityvocational.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref> The school campus is spread in an area of {{Convert|23998|sqm|acre|2|abbr=on}} with 2 playground, 115 rooms, 12 labs and 2 libraries. It also have 10 Digital Classrooms with [[Wi-Fi|wifi]] facility.<ref name=":1" />

== Affiliation and examination ==
The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.<ref name=":0" /> It is also a center for CBSE board examinations.

== Academics ==
=== Results ===
Passing percentage (percentage of students passing the examination) for board examinations are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityvocational.com/cvps_vital_information.aspx|title=CVPS Vital Information|website=www.cityvocational.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/school-listings/cbse-8/CITY-VOCATIONAL-PUBLIC-SCHOOL-250-CIRCULAR-ROAD-MEERUT-CANTT-MEERUT-UTTAR-PRADESH-2130125|title=City Vocational Public School 250 Circular Road Meerut Cantt Meerut Uttar Pradesh|website=www.thelearningpoint.net|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Passing percentages
!Year
!10th
!12th
|-
|2014
|99.2%
|90%
|-
|2015<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/CBSE-Class-X-results-1208-get-perfect-score-in-district/articleshow/47462297.cms|title=CBSE Class X results: 1,208 get perfect score in district - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref>
|98.0%
|84.46%
|-
|2016
|97.3%
|85.0%
|-
|2017
| -
| -
|}

== Extracurricular activities ==
The School has facility to support an array of sports activities like [[cricket]], [[basketball]], [[badminton]], [[table tennis]], [[volleyball]]. The school also has a dedicated cricket academy with practice nets. Students are grouped into four houses, [[Aravalli Range|Aravali]], [[Nilgiri mountains|Nilgiri]], [[Sivalik Hills|Shivalik]] and [[Vindhya Range|Vindhya]], named after mountain ranges of India. Inter house activities like quizzes, debates and cultural functions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/republic-day-will-be-many-programs-148608|title=गणतंत्र दिवस पर होंगे कई कार्यक्रम - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> are organized throughout the session to promote healthy competition. An annual sports week is organized where every house's performance is recorded for the overall championship. As a part of co-curricular events are organized from time to time providing an opportunity for students to showcase their talent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityvocational.com/cvps_activities.htm|title=CVPS Activities|website=www.cityvocational.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}</ref>

In December 2015, school's cricket team won the 6th All India Hema Kohli Cricket Tournament by defeating Karan Public School in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/city-vocational-public-school-won-hema-kohli-tournament-102122|title=सिटी वोकेशनल बना हेमा कोहली टी-20 चैंपियन - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-12408905.html|title=सिटी वोकेशनल और करन के बीच होगी खिताबी भिडंत 12408905|work=jagran|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> It has participated and won in various other tournaments in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/dainik-jagran-cricket-tournament-starts-99268|title=दैनिक जागरण क्रिकेट टूर्नामेंट का हुआ आगाज - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/karan-public-school-won-vivek-pandey-memorial-cricket-tournament-77992|title=करन ने जीता विवेक पांडे टूर्नामेंट - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/149788332320-modipuram-news|title=गॉडविन किक्रेट एकादमी व दधिचि क्रिकेट एकादमी ने अपने मैच जीते- Amarujala|work=Amar Ujala|access-date=2017-06-20|language=en}}</ref>

Schools's Basket Ball team is also an active participant in various district and state-level tournaments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-13224551.html|title=केएल व सिटी वोकेशनल ने बास्केटबॉल में बनाई बढ़त 13224551|work=jagran|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/girl-college-basketball-tournament-in-sophia-start-100313|title=सोफिया व सेंट मेरीज की जीत से शुरुआत - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
* Public Choice Awards 2016: CVPS was voted 1st in category: 'Public Choice Award 2016 - School of Excellence' for the city of [[Meerut]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicchoiceawards.com/winners.php|title=Public Choice Award|website=publicchoiceawards.com|access-date=2017-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009113831/http://publicchoiceawards.com/winners.php|archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
In 2015, the school, among other private schools in the district, came under media criticism for being autocratic in determining various fees and commissions on books, dress etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/cbse-schools-reached-complaint-77129|title=सीबीएसई तक हुई पब्लिक स्कूलों की शिकायत - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>

In 2017, the school among various other schools, was accused of not prescribing [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|NCERT]] books in its curriculum which is against the CBSE norm. CBSE sent a notice to the school and sought clarification in this regard with a provision of penalizing in case of failure to justify.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut/meerut-number-one-in-arbitrary-156126|title='मनमानी' में मेरठ नंबर वन - Meerut City News,Inext Live|website=inextlive.jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref> This led to the school administration publishing a list of books prescribed in the curriculum for classes 1 to 12 on their website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityvocational.com/book_list_2017_18.pdf|title=Book List 2017-18|website=www.cityvocational.com|access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of educational institutions in Meerut district|List of educational institutions in Meerut]]

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Schools in Meerut]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Private schools in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Education in Meerut]]

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