Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal, is a school in Bangalore and part of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan in India. It was started in 1965. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.[13]
| Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal | |
|---|---|
 KV Hebbal campus | |
| Location | |
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Sadashivanagar Post, Bangalore, Karnataka , , 560080 | |
| Coordinates | 13°0′56″N 77°34′33″E / 13.01556°N 77.57583°E |
| Information | |
| Other names | KVH |
| School type | Central Government (Defense)[1] |
| Motto | Tattvaṃ Pūṣanapāvṛṇu Sanskrit: तत्त्वं पूषनपावृणु ("The face of Truth is covered by a golden vessel, Remove Thou, O Sun, that covering, for the law of Truth to behold.") |
| Established | 1 September 1965 |
| Sister school | All Kendriya Vidyalayas across India |
| School board | Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE), KVS |
| Authority | Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) |
| Chairman | [2] |
| Principal | Vinayak [3] |
| Headmistress | Mrs.Anusuya Shrivastava [4] |
| Staff | 85[4] |
| Teaching staff | 100 73[4] |
| Enrollment | 3600 (31-8-2011[12]) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 36:1[5] |
| Language | English and Hindi |
| Classrooms | 57[5] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Campus size | ~15-acre (61,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Co-educational |
| Houses | Shivaji, Tagore, Ashoka, Raman, Subhash [Former] |
| Colour(s) | Blue, orange, green, yellow and red |
| Slogan | "Vidya Sarvatra Shobhate" |
| Song | "Bharat Ka Svarnim Gaurav Kendriya Vidyalaya Layega" |
| Athletics | Long jump, high jump, Shot Put, Javelin throw |
| Sports | Football, cricket, volleyball, basketball, handball, table tennis, throwball, hockey, kabaddi, and kho kho[6] |
| Accreditation | ISO, QCI[7] |
| Publication | 30[8] |
| School fees | ₹ 2400[9] |
| Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi[10] |
| Alumni | Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal Alumni Association[11] |
| Highest grade | XII (Science and Commerce) |
| Library volume | ~20,000[8] |
| Website | hebbalbangalore |
The school has classes from I to XII with an enrollment of 2800.[14] It has maintained a 100% pass percentage record in class X for seven consecutive years.[15]
Apart from academics, the school encourages students to participate in extra-curricular activities, competitions and games and sports events organized by the KV Sangathan and other schools at national level.[16]
KVH is also one of the few schools in India to get accredited by the Quality Council of India (QCI) and the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET). It has signed an MoU with QCI for promoting quality education in Kendriya Vidyalayas across India.[17]
Campus
The school won the Lal Bagh Botanical Garden award for the best garden for six consecutive years.[citation needed] There are trees and flowering plants all around the campus. The main building of the school is a large open-centered pentagon. At the center of the pentagon is an assembly ground.
Rain water harvesting is practiced in campus. The campus has staff quarters and a play area to accommodate the faculty and their families.[18]
KVH is one of the few chosen Kendriya Vidyalayas to have upgraded to E-Classroom and e-Learning teaching process with the implementation of Smart Boards in the classrooms.[19]
Faculty
The school has 73 teaching staff members, in three categories: post-graduate teachers (PGTs), trained graduate teachers (TGTs) and primary teachers (PRTs).[4]
Student activities
The school encourages the students to take part in national level competitions and examinations to increase their exposure and also conducts workshops to update the students with information in the fields of Science, Humanities and Commerce.[20][21]
A few student activities are listed below :[22]
- Educational Trips
- Green Olympiad
- Mathematics Olympiad
- National Level Essay and Painting Competitions
- National Talent Search Exam
- Scouting activities
- Think Quest
- Youth Parliament
- National Cyber Olympiad
- National Science Olympiad
- International Mathematics Olympiad
Mock parliament sessionsBritish council incentives
For CCA activities and house contests, the students are placed into four houses: Shivaji (red), Tagore (green), Ashoka (yellow) and Raman (blue). Earlier, there used to be five houses, the fifth one being Subhash with house colour orange.[citation needed]
Campus learning aids and facilities
Campus learning facilities are listed below :[23]
- 4 Mbit/s campus broadband access.
- Art Room.
- Atal Tinkering Lab.
- Audio Visual Room with OHP, LCD projectors and Smart Boards.
- Computer labs (two).
- Intel Technology Aided Learning (TAL) Project.
- Junior Science Lab (one) for classes taught by science TGTs.
- Library of 20,000 volumes of books and 30 national and international publications.
- Resources Rooms (two), for primary and secondary students.
- Science Labs (three) for secondary and higher students.
- Sports Room, Music Room and Dance Room.
- Student Activity Room with recreational facilities.
Sports activities
| English: Daya Kar Daan (KVH Morning Prayer) | |
|---|---|
| Audio sample | |
KV Hebbal Morning Prayer- Daya Kar Daan |
The school organises a sports day annually in which the Houses take part in intra-school sports events.[24]The school has won many trophies in Football, Cricket, Athletics and other games at the regional and national levels.[25]
The school consists of three Children Parks which provide recreation to the primary students.
KVH is equipped with sports facilities which are shown in the table below :[26]
| Sports/games | Infrastructure | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Court | 1 |
| Cricket | Ground | 1 |
| Football | Field | 2 |
| Handball | Court | 1 |
| High jump | Pit | 1 |
| Long jump | Pit | 1 |
| Table tennis | Tables | 2 |
| Throwball | Throw arena | 1 |
| Volleyball | Court | 3 |
| Kabaddi | Court | 2 |
| Kho Kho | Court | 2 |
Alumni
The school has an alumni association[27] that meets annually in the school campus on the eve of the Indian Independence Day.
Gallery
KV Hebbal Campus
Assembly ground
See also
References
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