Anand Prep Academy (Managed by Parul Education Foundation) is an ideal English Medium Pre-School started in 1961 by Late Smt. Savitaben Amin.The Anand Prep Academy is famous for its beautiful and adequate physical infrastructure with ample indoor, outdoor space, well equipped and attractive classrooms and appropriate corners or activity centers where children can explore and experiment to facilitate the learning process. The Anand Prep Academy is an important threshold of formal learning and is responsible for structuring an environment which is the extension of the home in which the child learns through play and enjoys learning. We hope to create a stress free atmosphere which encourages: Resourcefulness, Self - Confidence, Independence, Patience and Competence

At the same time prepare them with the basics of the 3 R's Reading, Writing and Arithmetic essential for formal schooling.
The journey continues at Anand Vidya Vihar (CBSE: Std I to XII) for further transformation and grooming students to become productive, responsible and sensitive individuals.

Our Inspiration

Late Smt. Savitaben Amin was a post graduate in Child Development and Early Childhood Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. She also attended a course conducted by Madame Montessori at A'bad. On her return from America to India, she joined the Faculty of Home Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara and started Chetan Balwadi, a Nursery School that provides practical experience to students of Child Development. She was the Founder Member and Executive Chairperson of Navrachana Education Society, Bal Shikshan Samiti and Founder Trustee of Bal Bhavan Society,Vadodara. She had the expertise and a long varied experience of working with children in the capacity of an organiser of Preschools and as teacher and counselor.

Our Faculty

A  team  of  dedicated  educators  with  a  basic  knowledge  of  Child Development,  create  the  right  motivation  to  learn  with  particular  focus  on  the  pursuit  of understanding  and  to  the  acquisition  of  knowledge  and  essential  skills.  They  format  an  integrated  curriculum  which  includes  Language, Math, Environment, Creative Arts  &  Music  for  each  age  group. The  teachers  are  friendly,  warm,  loving  &  sensitive  to  children's  needs. They  constantly  provide  scope  for innovation  and  experimentation, to  ensure  that  there  is  no  sense  of  failure.

Legacy of 60 years and more.

A preschool that grooms tiny tots to be global in attitude and local in values. Learning by doing, learning without walls in nature, soaking in experiences are key aspects incorporated at the legendary Anand Balwadi – since 1961 and the now Anand Prep Academy.
Anand Balwadi, a venture started by Late Smt. Savitaben Amin, an eminent educationalist and visionary in the field of Early Childhood Education. Under her able guidance and expertise for 60 years and more, Anand Prep Academy till today stands as the mother school to all the reputed schools of Vadodara.