Founded 1979 | ||
Address 5th St, Mohanapuri, Thouraipakkam, Mahalakshmi Nagar, Adambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600088 Similar GKS Hindu Vidyalaya, Prince Matriculat Higher S, Vyasa Vidyalaya Mat Hr Se, Beta Matriculat Higher S, Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vid | ||
G. K. Shetty Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School is located in Adambakkam, a suburb of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India .
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History
The school was founded in 1979 following the donation of the land by Royapuram Trust and was later developed further on ground donated by Sri S.J.Pothi, retired from UNO. The donations from G.K.Shetty led to the improvement and construction of a fully fledged school premises. The School received the ISO-9001:2000 certification in 2006. View Certificate.
Awards
The correspondent of the school Smt. Girija Seshadri, who is also the principal of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matric H.S. School, West Mambalam, was bestowed
- National Best Teacher Award in 2002. The award was presented by the President of India Hon. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
- Dr.Radhakrishnan award for the best teacher on 5 Sept 1997 by the Tamil Nadu Government. The award was presented by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri M Karunanidhi.
- Seva RatnaA Award. The award was presented by the former President of India Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma.
Education
The school follows Tamil Nadu state board standards, offers education at all grades starting from kindergarten to higher secondary school (12th grade) and is an English medium school.
The school offers physical education and cultural education apart from the curriculum education. Students are taught to play instruments such as mirudangam, flute, tabla, violin and harmonium. Bharathanatyam and silambam are taught to boys and girls. An educational camp is run once a year for classes 6th 7th and 8th.
Sports
This school has produced zonal winners in volleyball and ball-badminton.It provides five hours of physical training to students weekly.
This school conducts a Blood Donation camp yearly.