Vidyodaya
| Vidyodaya School | |
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| Location | |
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Thevakkal, Ernakulam India |
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| Coordinates | 10°02′55″N 76°22′01″E / 10.0487°N 76.3669°ECoordinates: 10°02′55″N 76°22′01″E / 10.0487°N 76.3669°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school |
| Motto | "Service and Commitment" |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Vidyodaya Educational and Charitable Trust |
| School district | Ernakulam |
| President | Dr. P. Sreekumar |
| Principal | Esthar Agnes |
| Head of school | Principal |
| Faculty | 136 |
| Grades | 10+2 |
| Number of students | 2489 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and black |
| Athletics | Kabaddi, hockey, judo, football, wrestling |
| Athletics conference | CBSE National Championships |
| Nickname | Vidyodayans |
| Affiliation | CBSE |
| Alumni | Vidyodayan Old Students Association |
| Website | Official website |
Vidyodaya School is a private college-preparatory combined-grades school located in Thevakkal, Kochi, India. It provides comprehensive school education from lower primary to grade 12. A co-educational school, with an English-language medium of instruction, Vidyodaya follows the Central Board of Secondary Education prescribed syllabus. It started functioning in 1990, under the management of Vidyodaya Educational and Charitable Trust. The first batch of students from Vidyodaya graduated in 1997.
Students from the school are regularly ranked among the top few in all CBSE examinations, even achieving the second highest national aggregate in the CBSE AISSE 2006. It is regularly placed among the top schools in the nation according to CBSE examination rankings. It produces field hockey, judo, and wrestling teams which have won accolades at state and national-level tournaments.
The principal, M. Krishnakumari Nair has won the National Award for the Best Principal 2010-11 from the National Science Olympiad Foundation.
Established in 1990-91 the school conducts classes from LKG to Grade 12. The campus accommodates more than 2000 students.
Admissions are given restricting the number of students to 30 in each class.
The school’s academic program is based on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and the text books are as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The medium of instruction is English. However, a three-language method is adopted in all classes, with a focus on Sanskrit.
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