Jagruti High School

Jagruti High School is located in the Gandhinagar Head Office area. Being in the capital, you might expect something very formal, but we are just a regular local school. The building is older, with heavy doors and windows that sometimes stick. We have been here for a long time, and many of our current students are the children of former students. It’s that kind of place. The playground isn't huge, but the kids make it work for their games during recess. Our teachers are local people who know the families in the neighborhood. We don’t have a big marketing budget or fancy brochures. We just focus on the classes. There’s a lot of chatter in the hallways during the breaks, and the smell of lunch boxes fills the air around noon. We have a small computer room, but the machines are a bit slow. Still, the kids enjoy using them. The office is always full of files and registers. Gandhinagar is a planned city, so the roads around us are nice and wide, which makes it easy for the buses to drop off the kids. We just go through the school year, celebrating the local festivals and getting through the exams. It’s a steady, quiet life for the most part. We aren't trying to change the world; we are just helping the local kids get through their high school years. We take it one day at a time here.