Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rubber Board Kottayam is a school located in Kottayam, Kerala, India. It is one among the Kendriya Vidyalayas spread all over India run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous body under the Department of Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Like any other school under the central government, the school's priority is to provide education to children of central government employees(facing frequent inter-state transfers) serving in Defence and other public fields. The institution has 12 Year groups and is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rubber Board, Kottayam
Address
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rubber Board PO, Kottayam

Near Rubber Board, Puthuppally
Coordinates9°34′45″N 76°33′57″E
Information
Opened1 February 1992
Websitekvkottayam.nic.in

History

The school was started in February 1992 with only 220 students, but has grown tremendously since then. It was upgraded to the +2 stage with Science Stream from the session 1997 and 1998. Currently, the Vidyalaya provides quality education in the Science and Commerce streams up to the 10+2 level.

During the initial years, the classes were held in temporary rooms attached to the Rubber Research Institute. During the late 1990s rapid strides were made to expand the infrastructure, resulting in the Vidyalaya moving to its permanent building in July 2000.

Achievements and honours

The school is well- known all over India for the best academic results it produce every year.[1] It has had 100% pass for the last 3 academic years 2007,2008 & 2009 in class X and has a pass percentage of 94.9% in 2010 in class X. In class XII science, 10 out of 54 students have secured above 90% in 2010. Being a new KV its sports facilities are still in the developing stage, but students from this school have played in National level competitions.

List of principals
  • Mr. Ganguly
  • Mr. Ajay Babu
  • Mr. Bhanumurthy
  • Mr. Shankaran P. N.
  • Mr. Ashok P.
  • Smt.Sarada Chadrasekharan
  • Smt.Lavanya Emmanuvel
  • Dr. Joy Joseph

See also

References
  1. The Hindu article
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