Established 1952 Gender Boys & Girls Number of students approx 1200 Campus size 81 ha Principal Mr. P.S.Kalra School type Private school | Faculty approx 55 Age 8 to 17 Colour(s) Grey and White Phone 0651 227 1831 Founded 1952 | |
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Motto तमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमया; (From darkness, lead me to light) | ||
Vikas vidyalaya
Established in 1952 by Manav Vikas Trust, Kolkata, India, Vikas Vidyalaya is a boarding school providing education for boys and girls. The school was inaugurated by president of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1952.
Contents
- Vikas vidyalaya
- Organization and administration
- Admission
- Faculty
- Boarding houses
- Other facilities
- Sports in Vikas
- Vikas Preparatory School
- Notable alumni
- References
Spread over an area of 220 acres (90 ha), the school is situated on the Ranchi–Patna Highway 15 km (9 mi) from the railway station, 35 km (22 mi) from Ramgarh railway station and 20 km (12 mi) from the airport. It is in the outskirts of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.
More than 50 acres (20 ha) are occupied by the school complex consisting of a three-storey academic block, science laboratories, workshops, hobby centres, library and art block, four boarding houses, temple, gymnasium hall/auditorium, swimming pool, rifle shooting range, an open-air theatre, and central dining hall.
The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education New Delhi, for All India Secondary School and Senior School Certificate Examinations. It has classes from IV to XII. The school is governed by its Board of Governors whose Chairman is Mr Chandra Shekhar Nopany. The principal is Mr PS Kalra.
The teachers of Vikas vidyalaya are very experince. Majority of the teachers have experience more than 25 years and this is the reason that the board results of the school is outstanding.The teachers are very hard working and it can be seen as they are available whenever any students want them. The teachers here just don't teach us book but guide us and inculcate good values so that it is reflected in the society. There are many teachers have authored number of books in English, Hindi, Mathematics, Chemistry,Physics, Hindi and English poetry etc.,many books are followed by the engineering and medical aspirants.The teachers are the piller of the school and the results can be seen in our alumni.
Organization and administration
List of members of School Managing Committee with their address/tenure and post held.
Admission
Last Sunday of Every year in the month of February an entrance exam is conducted by the school for entry to class IV & VIII followed by personal interview and Medical. Interview is just to know how comfortable you are with strangers. The interview is conducted only to the selected candidate in the written test.
Faculty
Many renowned faculty members retired in past five years who had experience of 40+ years teaching experience and they served all 40 years in Vikas Vidyalaya only. Some of the faculty of our time were Mr. P.K.Roy,Mr. M.K.Mehta,Mr.Shiv Kumar Jha,Mr. U.K.Srivastava,Mrs. Rina Rani, Mrs. J.Khalko, Mr.Avinash Sharan, Mr. Ram(sports teacher) etc. Some of the present faculty mentioned here are :-
Mrs.Barkha Rani = Department Of Physics
Boarding houses
There are four hostels – Sarojini Naidu (Girl's Hostel), Abhimanyu, Bharat & Shivaji(Boy's Hostels), Each hostel is under the charge of a three Housemaster. There is a Hostel Superintendent in every Hostel who assists the housemasters in looking after the student's line, general cleanliness, etc. Each hostel has prefects and vice-prefects selected from among the students.
Other facilities
Sports in Vikas
The school have allowed 1.3 hours of games time. Almost all the games are played in Vikas. Also there are a lot of sports events to keep the students in competitive mood always and inculcate good discipline in the society and school. School colors are also issued every year to those students who are exceptional in particular game or sport. The games are played by groups that are divided. So the entire games are played everyday and everybody gets chance to play the games. Vikas have grounds more than the total intake annually. Teachers and House Masters also play with the students and teach them necessary skills. The school team goes outside to participate in almost all the sports. The students participate in zonal level,IPS,CBe clusters etc.. Students of Vikas have made the school proud by their great achievements while staying in the campus also,let it be academics or sports.
Vikas Preparatory School
There is another unit for tiny tots known as ‘Vikas Preparatory School’ in the school premises where the local children study, the children of underprivileged family of Ormanji. It is an English Medium School from Nursery to Standard III. The School is run by female spouse of teachers of Vikas.