Page 28 - EW JULY PDF

Institution Profile

Vivekanand School, Delhi

Promoted in 1978, VS has earned a well-deserved reputation in the national capital for
providing holistic, values-based, culturally-rooted education to its 4,600 students
AUTAR NEHRU

AMED AFTER SWAMI
Vivekananda (1863-1902),
India’s most influential
Nphilosopher-seer and so-
cial reformer, Vivekanand School,
Delhi (VS, estb.1978) has earned a
well-deserved reputation in the na-
tional capital for providing holistic,
values-based, culturally-rooted K-12
education to its 4,600 students tu-
tored by 200 teachers. Sited on a four-
acre campus in the upscale Anand Vi-
har suburb, the co-ed VS is affiliated
with the Delhi-based Central Board
of Secondary Education (CBSE). In
the latest EW India School Rankings
2022-23, VS is ranked among Delhi’s
Top 60 co-ed day schools with high
scores on the parameters of academic
reputation, faculty competence and
co-curricular education. VS: good reputation in national capital. Inset: Pradyumn Ahuja
Promoted in 1978 by Y.D. Ahu-
ja, a former mayor of Delhi (1988- in Indian culture, spiritualism and he says.
89), under the aegis of Vivekanand traditions, our curriculum and peda- The school’s comprehensive educa-
Shiksha Samiti (regstd. as a society gogies are contemporary, integrating tion philosophy and student-centred
in 1978), VS began its innings as a newest technologies and best global systems have paid off handsomely. VS
cluster of 13 neighbourhood private practices,” says Pradyumn Ahuja, students have consistently excelled in
schools scattered across residential an engineering alumnus of IP Uni- academics. In the recently concluded
colonies in the trans-Yamuna area. In versity, Delhi, who took charge as 2023 CBSE class X exam, the average
1987, the society was allotted a four- chairman of the school in 2016 from score of the 358-strong cohort was 77
acre plot in Anand Vihar by the Delhi Ahuja senior, who had steered it for percent and in the class XII boards,
Development Authority, after which 38 years. the average score of students was 80
all affiliates were merged to form the Since his appointment as chairman percent with 126 students averaging
Vivekanand School in 1989. In addi- seven years ago, Ahuja has introduced above 90 percent. Moreover, 13 stu-
tion, the society owns and manages a several teaching-learning, student dents cleared the IIT-JEE Advanced
primary school with 400 students in support and well-being innovations. this year, and an average of ten stu-
Preet Vihar, 5 km from its main cam- “All our systems and processes are dents have been securing scholarships
pus. being re-directed towards a student- every year in the highly competitive
“Education at Vivekanand School first approach. For instance, we have Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Parik-
is deeply rooted in the belief that chil- recently issued a directive under sha Scheme (MVPPS), a scholarship
dren develop optimally when deliv- which every student is obliged to par- programme of the Delhi government
ered a balanced education combining ticipate in academic and co-curricular to promote science subjects among
rigorous academics with latest peda- activities in a micromanaged enabling secondary students.
gogies supplemented by sports, co- classroom environment and several Progressive pedagogies, rigorous
curricular and most important, values mapped appreciation and recognition curriculum and well-trained teachers
education. Therefore, while our edu- events. This has resulted in improved apart, the school’s four-acre campus
cation philosophy is firmly anchored learning outcomes across the board,” is equipped with enabling academic

28 EDUCATIONWORLD JULY 2023