Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School

You can find us over in the Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya area of Coimbatore. It is a large campus and we have been here for many years now. This is a higher secondary school, so we deal with the older students mostly. The atmosphere here is usually quite calm, which helps when the boys are trying to study for their final boards. We have the standard classrooms and some space for them to move around during their lunch hour. It's not a place with lots of shiny new gadgets, but the basics are all there. Teachers have been with us for a long time and they know the families in the neighborhood. We focus on getting through the syllabus and making sure the students are prepared for what's next. The school grounds are kept fairly clean, though there’s always leaves to sweep up. It feels like a small community inside the bigger city of Coimbatore. People recognize the name because of the long history of the mission here. We don't do much advertising because everyone around here already knows where we are. Classes start early and the day ends when the sun is still high. It’s a regular routine day after day. We just try to provide a steady environment where learning can actually happen without too much fuss. Parents drop their kids off, and we take it from there. It's just a normal school day for us, and we like it that way.