Vivekananda Educational Society
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Logo of Vivekananda Educational Society
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| Active | 1972–till date |
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| President | Shri N. Gopalaswami |
| Vice-president |
Shri S.Gurumurthy Shri Dulichand Jain |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Affiliations | Vidya Bharati |
| Website | http://www.vesonline.org/ |
Shri S.Gurumurthy
Vivekananda Educational Society (VES) is a registered non profit, service organization which owns and operates several schools located in the vicinity of Chennai. It has 20 schools in and around Chennai and one residential school, which are affiliated to Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan. It was registered as a society in 1972 by a group of persons associated with the Vivekananda Rock Memorial. The society has 20,000 students attending its schools everyday across the city. This society is currently headed by Shri N. Gopalaswami who was a former Chief Election Commissioner of India known to be a person sticking to principles.
Both the Society and the Trust have their roots form the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra of Kanyakumari. The society was started by like-minded persons inspired by teachings of Swami Vivekananda. The first school to be established was Sri Ram Dayal Kemka Vivekananda Vidyalaya, set up in the locality of Ellai Amman Koil Street, Thiruvottiyur in 1972. Agricultural land which was present in abundance, at that time was converted for educational purposes.but this failed to happen on the46 th year.
Most of the schools in the society follow the Central Board of Secondary Education curriculum. Some schools like Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya follow the Tamil Nadu Board after high school. This could be due to more students preferring the state board for the increasing their chances of getting into regional colleges. Students are generally willing to switch schools for this purpose.
The Vivekananda Educational Trust was set up in 1991 to establish State board schools in comparatively underdeveloped regions. They follow the matriculation curriculum for ease of teaching and because it would be easier to follow for students hailing from middle- and lower-middle-class families. The trust has 5 schools in Thiruninravur, Minjur, Periasekkadu (Manali), Mudichur and Vallur.
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