Dewan Devi Secondary School

Down in Rajpura Shakti Nagar, there is a lot of history in the streets, and Dewan Devi Secondary School is tucked right into that corner of Jammu. It is one of those places that has been around long enough that some of the parents who bring their kids here used to be students themselves. We are located in Shakti Nagar, and the 180001 postcode is a busy one. The school isn't trying to be something it’s not; it’s a secondary school where the main goal is just getting through the syllabus every year. You will hear the morning prayers echoing a bit into the nearby houses, which is just part of the daily routine for the neighbors. We have rooms that feel lived-in and hallways that have been walked a thousand times. The staff here are mostly local people who have been working in education for a long time. They know the families and they know the struggles of the kids in this area. It gets quite busy when school lets out, with cycles and walkers filling up the narrow roads. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. We just focus on the day-to-day work of running a school in a crowded part of Jammu. It is a lot of hard work and sometimes it gets a bit messy, but it is honest work that means something to the people living around Rajpura and the surrounding blocks.