Gyandeep Girls High School

Gyandeep Girls High School is tucked away at 500-A in Ghaziabad. We’ve been around this part of town for quite some time now, and 201001 is basically our second home. If you walk past the building in the morning, you’ll hear the noise of desks moving and girls talking before the first bell rings. It’s a busy place with a lot of stairs and hallways that always seem to need a bit of a sweep. The teachers here have their own ways of doing things, mostly using chalk and talk because that’s what works for us. We don’t have those fancy glass walls you see in new offices, just solid rooms where the girls sit and get through their lessons. During the summer months, the ceiling fans hum all day long, and we try to keep the windows open to get a breeze, though Ghaziabad air can be quite still. Lunchtime is probably the loudest part of the day when everyone opens their tiffins. There’s a lot of laughter and some running around, even though we tell them to take it easy. We have a small courtyard where some activities happen, but mostly it's just about getting the daily work done. People around here know the building well. It isn’t anything too special to look at from the outside, just a regular school doing what it does every day. We open the gates early and close them once the last student heads home towards the main road.