Worst Daycare : Vivaa International. Review on Viva International, Bangalore

I wanted to share the bad experience that I had with a daycare centre – Vivaa International, Koramangala 3rd Block, Bangalore.

The incident that I am narrating is of 6 months back.

We started sending our 1.5 year son to Vivaa International from December 2007. He used to cry everyday when we used to drop him there. I assumed that it is quite common as the place was new to him and he will be alright in 15 days.

But unfortunately it did not happen that way. He used to cry more and more everyday and when we inquired about it in Vivaa they used to say that some children are like that but he will be fine after sometime. We really trusted them and continued to send him to Vivaa. After 3 months also the same continued, not only that the child looked horrified when we mention about the daycare and he used to refuse and cry even more.

Meanwhile I consulted doctor and other daycare manager and everyone were of the same opinion that child should go happily/without crying to daycare in a month and that there should be something wrong in the daycare. Whenever we tried to talk to Nanditta/Sapna – directors of Vivaa, they did not help me to understand the root cause of issue and nicely used to put the blame on my son, saying that some children are like that.

After going through this situation we decided to discontinue from the daycare and we informed Nanditta and Sapna about it. They agreed and said that they would refund the amount Rs30000/- which we paid 4 months in advance toward Montessori+Daycare from June 2008 to December 2008. We discontinued from March 2008.

  Till now they did not refund even a single paisa.

  Recently I came to know that my neighbor and another 2 colleagues of mine also faced similar issue with Vivaa and even they had to discontinue from Vivaa.

So I wanted to bring this to everyone's notice and ensure that Vivaa International is published as blacklisted daycare centers so that others need not go through the similar situation. They are just after the money and not bothered about the child. Now my son is 2 year and 3 months and I would like to send him to preschool/play home. But after going through this horrible experience he is refusing to go to any preschool/play home.

This is the worst thing to happen any child and I strongly feel that Vivaa is responsible for this. This is more annoying me than losing Rs30K. By posting this I know that I will not get my money back but I want other parents to take a note of it before they decide to send their child to Vivaa.

Regards,

Vinayashri