Some lessons simply can’t be taught inside four walls, and DPS Gangtok builds that understanding into its calendar through regular educational tours and excursions. Students visit places relevant to their curriculum and their surroundings, from local sites of historical or ecological importance around Sikkim to broader excursions further afield.

These trips are designed to connect classroom concepts to the real world, whether that’s a geography lesson coming alive on a hillside or a science concept demonstrated outside a lab. For children growing up in Gangtok, well-planned educational tours also build independence and social skills — travelling as a group, following instructions away from home, and experiencing new environments safely, under proper school supervision.