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SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields

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Established
  
1958

Campus
  
Large School campus

Phone
  
+60 3-2274 1736

Founded
  
1958

Grades
  
Form 1 - Form 6

Colour(s)
  
Yellow and Dark Blue

Color
  
Yellow

SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields

Type
  
Government co-education secondary School

Principal
  
Mr. Thangaperumal Andimuthu

Address
  
Jalan Rozario, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Motto
  
Pengetahuan Kunci Kebahagiaan

Similar
  
Victoria Institution, Smk Bukit Bandaraya, SMK Convent Bukit Nan, SMK St John, SMK Perempu Pudu

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Vivekananda or SMKV, also known as SMK VIVE among the local students, is one of the oldest school in Brickfields. It was previously known as Sekolah Menengah Tamil Vivekananda.

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History

SMKV was officiated By Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Principals

  1. Mr M T Pillai 1960-1962
  2. Mrs I. G. Yogam 1962-1964
  3. Mr K. Purushotamam 1964-1979
  4. Mr G. Ramalingam 1980-1983
  5. Mr B. A. Deimudu 1983-1988
  6. Mrs Padmavathy Chee 1988-1989
  7. Mr R. Ganesan 1989-1998
  8. Mrs Suseela Nair 1998-1999
  9. Mrs Pushpa Leela Mahalingam 2000-2004
  10. Mrs Sumam Velayudhan 2005-2007
  11. Mrs Yogarathai C Nagalingam 2007-2011(May)
  12. Mr. Mohgan Shamugam 2011(June)-2015
  13. Mrs.Krishna Kumarie Dr.BaskeraRao Shastri 2015-(currently)

Buildings

There are 4 blocks in SMKV: Block A, B, C and D, and three halls.

Block A comprises:

  • 12 Classrooms (Pre-Form/Remove to Form 6)
  • Chemistry Lab
  • Physics Lab
  • 2 Staff Rooms
  • Administrator's Office
  • General School Office
  • Principal's Office
  • Prefect Room
  • Band Room
  • 2 Sports Storerooms
  • 2 Kemahiran Hidup Workshops(Living Skills)
  • Setting Room
  • Store Room

    • Block B comprises:

  • Single Classroom
  • Art Room
  • 2 Science Labs
  • Setting Room
  • Library
  • Computer Lab

    • Block C comprises:

  • 3 Classrooms

    • Block D comprises:

  • Classroom
  • Hall

    • Extracurricular activity

    There are over 50 clubs in SMKV that students can participate in.

    Sports

    SMKV has several achievements in sports, notably in and athletics. Other sports include soccer, basketball, badminton, Hockey, handball, volleyball, tennis and table-tennis.

    Houses

    Four sports (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow) houses compete against each other on sports day which is held annually since 1960.

    Uniformed services

    Examples include:

  • Police Cadet
  • school band, The VSS Band
  • Red Cross
  • Red Crescenekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (Boy Scouts)
  • School Youth Cadets Kadet Remaja Sekolah (KRS)
  • Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (Girl Guides)
  • Renjer puteri
  • Taekwando

    • Prefects

    Vivekananda has the oldest prefects' board in Lembah Pantai. it was formed in 1n 1962 The maximum number of prefects in the board at any one time cannot exceed 20 in afternoon session and 40 in the morning session. There are Two Head of prefects one in the morning and one in afternoon

    Librarians

    There are about 20 librarians in the afternoon and around 35 in the morning, where the Head of Librarians is present for both morning and afternoon sessions.

    "Teknopen" prefects

    There are about 5 "Teknopen" prefects from Form 4 and 5 only, whose job is to maintain school computers & sound systems for the school

    References

    SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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