A school I would love to be with…

RISHI VALLEY EDUCATION CENTRE
CHITTOOR DISTRICT,
ANDHRA PRADESH - 517352
INDIA
TEL: 91-8571-280044/280086/280582/280622
EMAIL: OFFICE@RISHIVALLEY.ORG

Read about this school in “The Hindu” today. I just got amazed by the facts and decided to look into this matter and googled about it. I ended up in reading about this wonderful school and thought it needs a place in my blog…
  • Rishi Valley Education Centre is run by Krishnamurti Foundation India.
  • It is located in a sheltered valley in the interior of rural Andhra Pradesh, which is located in a drought-prone area, the hill slopes were once sparse in vegetation and the valley floor dotted with an occasional banyan or tamarind tree.
  • The site of the school, chosen by Krishnamurti for its remarkable atmosphere of peace and serenity, is an undulating landscape of fields, rain-fed streams and scattered villages, surrounded by ancient granite hills with striking rock formations.
  • Years of sustained reforestation and water conservation measures have transformed the school campus into a veritable forest area and the once-barren hillside bordering the campus is now covered with a green cover of young trees.
  • Conservation and enhancement of the natural environment remains one of the school's core values.
The most interesting thing about the school is its way of education.
  • The Junior and Middle School, with around 190 students from classes 4 to 8, provides a flexible curriculum, free from the pressure of examinations. This creates an atmosphere conducive to innovative teaching and a rich range of learning.
  • The Senior School, with 160 students from classes 9 to 12, is affiliated to the ICSE and ISC examination boards. The emphasis here shifts towards an in-depth preparation of students to meet the academic requirements of the prescribed syllabi.

And above all the atmosphere there and the outdoor classes look awesome. The school’s philosophy was the one that actually made me look into the details about them.

"If we concentrate very much on examinations, on technological information, on making the child clever, proficient in acquiring knowledge while we neglect the other side, then the child will grow up into a one-sided human being. When we talk about a total human being, we mean not only a human being with inward understanding, with a capacity to explore, to examine his or her inward state and the capacity of going beyond it, but also someone who is good in what he does outwardly. The two must go together. That is the real issue in education: to see that when the child leaves the school, he is well established in goodness, both outwardly and inwardly. (Krishnamurti’s view On Education)"
I missed my opportunity to be in such a school. Atleast at this stage let people know about this school and let their wards to get a good education

Comments

Serendipity said…
Hmm The school KFI also has similar atmosphere and is run by the Krishnamurthi foundation and is in Chennai!

yup it is more fun and more real learnings when we study in such places but not many would send their kids to such schools :(
3:06 AM
Senthil@rsk*.* said…
Today i went for official to this school..its in chennai..Method of studying and atmosphere its really wonderfull..i too thought i too missed this school and now i able to cum to dis place..
The School - KFI
Damodar Gardens, Adyar,
Besant Avenue, Madras, 600 020
INDIA
http://www.theschoolkfi.org/

Regards,
Rsk*.*
2:10 PM
Manoj said…
hey... i had been to KFI during my high-skool at TIMHSS... to participate in some theatre events organised by them... i attended events in 2000 & 2001...

KFI is really an awesome skoool with fantastic students... I really really luv d atmosphere...
2:25 AM
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