KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA MANDAPAM

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

• This is a school selected by KVS as a centre for educational tours.
• It has all the infrastructure facilities like sufficient furniture, well equipped labs, play field, audio-visual aids and a well equipped library.
• The fifteen acre land with lush green grass has a good compound wall providing good security to the children in the campus.
• Uniform syllabus followed by all the Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country is a boon to the transferable employees of the central government.
• The Vidyalaya got 23 Class rooms besides the rooms for SUPW, Table Tennis, Medical Room, Computer Laboratory,Maths ,Physics and Chemistry laboratories, Staff Room, Audio Visual Room and Office Room.   There are Laboratories for Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics,Computer and Junior Science.
• The school embodies national integration with students and staff coming from different parts of the country.
• The children have opportunities to get involved in Scout and Guide movement.
• Co-curricular activities in the school help the children to acquire sufficient skills in painting, dancing, music, elocution,oratory, group discussions, debating and gardening etc.
• The Indoor games room with TT table, carrom and chess boards and other play material is an additional attraction in the school.
• The crafts that children learn under work experience help them to fend for themselves in later life.
• The school has an air-conditioned computer lab with 14 computers well-installed for Senior Secondary classes and a with 13 computers for Middle and Primary classes .
• A good library with internet facility caters to the academic needs of staff and students 
• With all the above facilities available in the school, all round development of the children is taken care of and the school curriculum is specially designed for this.
• The school has got a beautiful lawn with Korean grass and flowering plants.
• Above all it is one of the two schools in the entire Ramnad district with CBSE syllabus.

Teaching Staff and Non -Teaching Staff

Dedicated teaching and Non-teaching staff  are boon to this vidyalaya in bringing laurels to KV.Mandapam in spite of the fact that Mandapam has many problems and life is not as comfortable as in other stations in South India.In fact,Coast Guard and Naval Air Stations situated here have declared this station as semi-hard station.

Inspection Team

Periodic visits by the Assistant Commissioner and his team of Principals along with Education Officer boost the morale of  the staff and students. They act as a radar to detect the progress and development of this Vidyalaya by making a comparison with the other KVS in all kinds of educational activities.They help to channelize and heighten the standard of this school on par with the best educational institutions.

Outgoing Batch.

Only 06(class XII) and 21 (classX)of us,

Determined to Undo the wrong

To bring to K.V, it’s glory

Winter is over .

Spring time is here to stay

School Assembly

School is  a second home for the children . It is very important that maximum number of students should be given opportunity to come on stage, to shed their inherent fears and inhibitions. Our school assembly  paves the way for all-round development of the students. It also provides the common ground for students to learn about unity in diversity through the various religious and cultural events focussed upon during different days of the year.

Computer Education                                       

The Power house of Knowledge

Ø      Well equipped air conditioned computer lab with 27 computers with LAN, multimedia facilities and uninterrupted internet facilities

Ø     Imparts training to all students from Std I to XII and gives all its students ample opportunity in the use of computers.

Ø class projects in various subjects

PROJECT EDUCTECH

    All the Scholastic and non scholastic teachers of this Vidyalaya are trained in computers through project Edutech computer training programme launched in the month of September 2005.Every year new training courses are conducted to update the computer knowledge of the teachers.Teachers in turn use their knowledge to prepare computer programmes and organise CAL/TAL classes.

PROJECT THINK.COM

Library:            

The Knowledge house

 Ø      Has a collection of about 3000  books on different subjects.

Ø      Subscription to about15  Magazines and Periodicals and Newspapers.

Ø      Take home a book- privilege given to the students.

Ø      Library periods to all classes in the regular time table.

Ø Spacious  well equipped with internet facility.

Learning by doing

Ø      Well equipped labs (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics,Computer, Junior Science Lab) give opportunities for the children to learn by doing.

 Our budding scientists -                        

                          experimenting, experiencing and enjoying

   Audio Visual Aids

Teaching learning process is fun with the Computers, Latest Teaching Aids, Over Head Projectors, Television, VCR, Tape Recorder are used in classroom teaching to make teaching and learning enriched and effective.

Socially Useful Productive Work -  Blending creativity with skill

v     Preparation of many useful items are taught - Palm leaf craft, decorative items  with sea - shells,sand sculpture,rangoli, etc.

      v     Special training is given in making useful items from waste.

Sports and Games - Sound mind in a sound body

 Knowledge without a sound physique will render the children unfit for an active life.  Hence physical and health education plays a vital role in the K.V. curriculum. The indoor games room with table Tennis & Carom boards , Chessboards make the school life a real fun for the children.

 Co-Curricular Activities

Mere acquisition of knowledge is not sufficient to face the competitive world.  The CCA caters to the all round development of the children. Students are given ample opportunities to bring out their innate talents through a variety of competitions held every Friday and Saturday (except holiday).

Co-Curricular Activities 2008-09

 “All work and no play makes  Jack a dull boy”. So Kendriya Vidyalayas all over India has once again re instated Co-Curricular activities as an integral part of the Curriculum in both the primary and secondary sections. These activities aim at developing the finer tastes and artistic inclinations of the student. It helps them to emerge from their cocoons as colourful and confident citizens of future India. Elocution competitions in both Hindi and English, Essay writing competition, painting  and drawing competition, patriotic group song competition, sand sculpture, Rangoli are just to name a few.

Nature club

The students of class VI have formed a nature club under the guidance of Mrs.Biju Mole, PGT (Bio). By planting medicinal trees and plants they intend to spread the message of protecting  and saving  the flora and fauna from total extinction.On special occsions like Teachers Day and Children's Day children of this Vidyalaya are incited into some of the dangers with which this Globe is threatened, like air pollution and global warming ,etc.Children are made aware of these problems through various progrmmes ane exhorted to take action agaist them.

Scout and guide Movements

Character building is an important aspect of education.  Scout & Guide movement in the school takes care of character building in the children.  The movement inculcates moral, social and democratic values beside the spirit of cooperation and leadership qualities.

 Yoga and Karate -Synchronising the Three H - Head Heart and Hands

Yoga and Karate classes a routine in the curriculum gives the children mental peace along with physical power. Twice every week the students of Class IV to X get basic training mastering tensions of the mind through the Yogic exercises.

Children’s Park

Besides studies, the primary children find expression to their surplus energy through various play equipments .  Result - “A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY”.

Guidance and counselling

Ø      Guidance given in choosing subjects suiting students talents.

Ø      Career guidance

Ø      Counselling sessions addressing the problems of students.

Adventure Trips / Trekking / Excursions

The school arranges trips with a view to  let the students  to  gain an unique experience in exccursion.

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