Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 AFA, Dundigal

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 AFA Hyderbad
Location
Air Force Academy, Dundigul, Hyderabad
South India
Hyderabad, Telangana, 500043
India India
Coordinates 17°37′38″N 078°24′12″E / 17.62722°N 78.40333°E / 17.62722; 78.40333Coordinates: 17°37′38″N 078°24′12″E / 17.62722°N 78.40333°E / 17.62722; 78.40333
Information
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 24-03-1977
Sister school All Kendriya Vidyalayas across India
School board Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE), KVS
Authority Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
Chairman AVM PS SHARMA VSM[2]
Principal

Mrs. Veena A. Rote MA (Eng), M.Ed, Ed.S (Edl Admn)

[3]
Headmistress Mrs. Sai Padma [3]
Staff 47[3]
Teaching staff 83[3]
Enrollment 923[4] (6-11-2011)
Student to teacher ratio 21:1
Medium of language English and Hindi
Classrooms 29[5]
Campus Urban
Campus size ~16-acre (65,000 m2)
Campus type Co-educational
Houses Shivaji, Tagore, Ashoka, Raman
Colour(s) Blue, green, red, yellow                     
Slogan "Vidya Sarvatra Shobhate"
Song "Bharat Ka Svarnim Gaurav Kendriya Vidyalaya Layega"
Athletics Long jump, high jump, discus throw, javelin throw, shot put
Sports Football, cricket, volleyball, basketball, handball, table tennis, throwball, hockey, Kabaddi and Kho-Kho
Nickname KVAFAians
Team name KV1AFA, Hyderabad-1
Rival KV2AFA, Hyderabad and all other KVS throughout the country
Accreditation ISO
Publication 30
Newspaper Vidyalaya Laghupatrika
Yearbook Vidyalaya Patrika
Budget +3 lakh Rupees as in October 2011
School fees ₹ 720[6]
Affiliations Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
Alumni Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 AFA Alumni Association[7]
Information +91 8418 254238; +91 8418 253649
Highest Grade XII (Science and Commerce)
Acronym KV1AFA or KV1DUNDIGAL
Library volume 16000 as of 31 October 2011
Website http://kv1afa.org/

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 AFA Dundigal Hyderabad (KV No.1 AFA, Dundigul) is a school situated within the Air Force Academy, Dundigul Hyderabad, India. Run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous body formed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.[8][9]

Started in 1977, the Vidyalaya has classes from I to XII with an enrollment of 900 with science and commerce streams at the Plus-Two level.

The Vidyalaya is affiliated to the CBSE and follows the 10+2 pattern of education. Apart from the teaching learning process, the students take part in co-curricular activities, sports and games, club activities, work experience, Scouts and Guides, computer education, vocational training, adventure programmes and value education.

Sports activities

दया कर दान
English: Daya Kar Daan (KV 1 AFA Morning Prayer)
Audio sample
K V No.1 AFA Morning Prayer- Daya Kar Daan
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KV 1 AFA encourages its students to take part in sports and activities. The school organises a sports day annually in which the houses of the school take part in intra-school sports events. The school has won trophies in football, cricket, athletics and other games at regional and national level.

The school has two children parks which provide recreation to the primary students.

KV 1 AFA is also equipped with sports facilities as below:

Sports/gamesInfrastructureNumber
BasketballCourt02
CricketGround01
FootballField01
HandballCourt01
High JumpPit01
Long JumpPit01
Table TennisTables02
ThrowballThrow arena01
VolleyballCourt04
HockeyField01
KabaddiCourt01

Student activities

The school encourages the students to take part in national level competitions and examinations. A few student activities are listed below:

  • Educational trips
  • Green Olympiad
  • Mathematics Olympiad
  • National Level essay and painting competitions
  • National Talent Search exam
  • Scouting activities
  • Think Quest
  • Youth Parliament
  • Science Olympiad
  • National Cyber Olympiad
  • International Mathematics Olympiad
  • KVS IYC 2011 competitions
  • NCSC

Campus learning aids and facilities

A few are listed below :[8]

  • 2Mbit/s campus broadband access
  • Art room
  • Audio visual room with OHP, LCD projectors and Smart Boards
  • Four computer labs
  • Intel Technology Aided Learning (TAL) Project.
  • Junior science lab for primary students.
  • Library of 20,000 volumes and 30 national and international publications.
  • Resources Room, for both primary and secondary students.
  • Three Science labs for secondary and higher students.
  • Mathematics Lab
  • Sports room
  • Hall (Yoga and functions)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://kvsrohyd.org/innerpage.php?pagename=directoryofkvs
  2. ↑ http://kv1afa.ap.nic.in/vmc.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Staff List". Kendriya Vidyalaya-1, AFA. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Principal's Chamber "Enrollment Board"
  5. ↑ http://kv1afa.ap.nic.in/infra.html
  6. ↑ "Kendriaya Vidyalaya Sangathan". Kvsangathan.nic.in. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  7. ↑ http://kv1afa.ap.nic.in/almuni.html
  8. 1 2 http://kv1afa.ap.nic.in/aboutus.html
  9. ↑ "All India KV Directory: Hyderabad". Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011.
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