Bhavan's Vidya Mandir (Girinagar)
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Girinagar Kochi, Kerala India |
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| Coordinates | 9°57′29″N 76°18′01″E / 9.957919°N 76.300140°ECoordinates: 9°57′29″N 76°18′01″E / 9.957919°N 76.300140°E |
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| School type | Private recognized, Higher and Senior Secondary School (from Kindergarten) |
| Motto | Aano Bhadrah Kratavo Yantu Vishwatah (Let Noble thoughts come to us from every side) |
| Opened | 1977 |
| Founder | Dr. Kulapati M. Munshi |
| Sister school | Bhavan's Vidya Mandir (Elamakkara); Bhavans Varuna Vidhyalaya (Thrikkakara); Bhavan's Adarsha Vidyalaya (Kakkanad); Bhavan's Vidya Mandir (Eroor); Bhavan's Munshi Vidyashram (Thiruvankulam) |
| School board | CBSE |
| Director | Sri. E Ramankutty |
| Principal | Mrs. Sunitha |
| Staff | 113 (32 non-teaching staff) |
| Teaching staff | 81 |
| Number of students | 1800 |
| Language | English |
| Campus size | 1.7 acres |
| Houses | Ahimsa (Non-Violence) Dharmam (Virtue) Jnanam (Knowledge) Sathyam (Truth) Sevanam (Service) Shanthi (Peace) Thyagam (Sacrifice) Vinayam (Kind-Heartedness) |
| Song | Bhavan's Anthem (Jai Jai Vidya) |
| Publication | Bhavana, Toolika |
| Affiliations | CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), India |
| Website | www |
Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar [B.V.M. (G)] is a Senior Secondary School (Std. I–XII) affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. It is a part of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a group of educational institutions and is situated in Girinagar, Ernakulam (Cochin), Kerala, India.
Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar was founded in 1977 on 1.7 acres (6,900 m2) of land donated by the Cochin Shipyard in the heart of Kochi City.
The school functions under the purview of the Kochi Kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, which runs 7 schools in Kochi. Apart from the main subjects taught, the school also has judo, archery, basketball, karate and National Cadet Corps (NCC) coaching after school timings, which generally runs on Mondays–Tuesdays 3:00–5:00 PM. The school got the Best School Award 2011 in India. The school has 1,600 students and 85 teachers.
The school has three terms for Classes 1–5—first term is June–August, second term September–December, third term January–March.
For classes 6–10 it has two terms—first term June–Early October (starting 2012–13, May–September), second term Mid-October–March (starting 2012–13, October–March). The school opens at the beginning of June for Class I to VIII, XI and May for Classes IX–X and XII), and closes in March.
The summer vacation lasts from April beginning to May end for Class 1–8 and Class 11. For Class 9, 10, and 12, April alone is the month of vacation and May marks the beginning of their classes.
The school timing is from 7:45 am to 1:30 pm for Primary section and from 7:45 am to 2:50 pm for the Secondary and Senior-Secondary Sections Mondays to Fridays. The school functions on third Saturdays, for the students of Class 6–12 only.
The school is open from Grade 1 to Grade 12 [1st standard to 12th standard] and the age group is from 6 years to 17 years. The school is divided into Primary [1–5], Secondary [6–10] and Senior Secondary [11–12] classes. Apart from the main subjects taught at school, the school also has judo, archery, basketball and NCC coachings after school timings.
Classrooms are the best and favorite places of all children, from Class I to XII. The school does not just have a teacher standing in the corner of a classroom and dictating stuff which makes children sleep and the act of education boring. All classrooms of the school are equipped with a Superior Digital Technology now common to only a countable number of schools in Kerala. It is the Plasma TV. Bhavan's Girinagar was the first school to introduce it in the Kochi City of Kerala. The classes of the school now have the "TeachNext Education"—An All-India Company's Teaching Software installed in its Plasma TV, for all classes from Std. I to XII.
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