Kelavani Mandal Higher Secondary School

Kelavani Mandal Higher Secondary School is right in the middle of everything at 227, Block B, in the Anandalok Building. We are on the second floor, and being on A J C Bose Road means the traffic is constant. It is right near the Exide crossing, so it is a very recognizable spot for anyone in Kolkata. The building itself houses several different offices and businesses, but you can usually tell where the school is by the groups of students waiting for the lift or taking the stairs. It is a busy atmosphere, and we don’t have a lot of quiet time until the late evening. We focus on the higher secondary years, which means things can get pretty serious around exam season. The classrooms are functional and tight, designed for learning rather than for looking good in photos. We don’t use a lot of fancy words to describe what we do; we just teach the subjects required. Being on Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani makes it easy for students to commute from different parts of the city using the metro or the buses. The fans are always running at full speed during the day. It’s a bit of a crowded space sometimes, but everyone manages to find their corner to study. We don’t have a mission statement on the wall; we just have a schedule that we stick to every single day without fail. It is a bit loud and fast-paced, but that is Kolkata. Most of us just take it one day at a time.