Shri Mahendra Bhan Vimla Devi Kanya Inter College

We are a girls' college located in the Mohalla Korian area of Etmadpur in Agra. It’s a busy part of town and our building is right in the middle of it. We have students coming in from all over Etmadpur to finish their intermediate schooling. The college has been around for a while, and you can see that in the walls and the old furniture. We have a lot of girls enrolled, so the hallways are usually pretty packed between classes. It’s a lot of work keeping up with the state board requirements and making sure all the paperwork is in order for the exams. The teachers are mostly busy with their registers and lesson plans. We don’t have a lot of fancy equipment, but we have enough for the science labs and the basic classes. It gets very hot in Agra during the summer months, so the ceiling fans are always humming. We try to keep the place tidy, but with so many students, there’s always something to clean or fix. People around here know the name well because so many daughters from this neighborhood have studied here over the years. We don’t do much in terms of advertising; the word of mouth in Etmadpur is enough. It’s just a place where girls come to study and get their certificates so they can move on to whatever is next in their lives. We just keep the doors open and classes going.