Sri Saraswathi Matric School

Sri Saraswathi Matric School is located out in Reddivalam Village, right on the Thirumalpur Road. It’s a quiet area near Panapakkam in the Vellore district. We’ve been running things here for the local village children who need a school close to home. The road outside can get a bit dusty when the buses go by, but inside the compound, it’s mostly just the sounds of the kids. We have the usual classrooms and a space where the children sit during their lunch breaks. It’s a Matriculation school, so we follow that system. Most of the teachers are from this area or nearby villages, so everyone knows everyone else. We don’t have any big flashy billboards or anything. It's just a regular school where kids come to study their books and play a bit of cricket in the dirt yard when the weather isn't too hot. Sometimes the power goes out in the afternoon, so we just open the windows for the breeze to come in. Life here moves at a different pace than the big cities. We just try to get through the lessons and make sure the students are learning what they need for their exams. If you are coming from Panapakkam, you just head down the main road and you can’t miss us. It’s been here a long time and we plan to stay and keep teaching the local kids for years.