Anjuman Madhyamik Shala

Anjuman Madhyamik Shala is located in Kalol, which is part of the Gandhinagar area in Gujarat. It is a fairly straightforward school that serves the local community around here. We are not located on a main highway, so it is a little bit more tucked away, which is probably a good thing for the students' focus. The building is a single story for the most part, with a flat roof where we sometimes have to go up and clear off the leaves. The classrooms are arranged around a central courtyard where we have a few shrubs and some potted plants that the students are supposed to look after. Sometimes they remember to water them, and sometimes they do not. We have the usual setup inside with rows of desks and a big blackboard at the front of every room. The teachers usually arrive on their scooters and park them in a neat row under the lean-to at the side. It is a very local atmosphere, and we know most of the parents who live in the surrounding streets. We do not have any big marketing budgets or fancy brochures. People just know we are here because their neighbors’ kids come here too. The school day ends in the mid-afternoon, and then the whole place gets quiet until the next morning. It is a steady routine that has worked for us for quite a long time now.