Swami Vivekanand Higher Secondary School

Swami Vivekanand Higher Secondary School is located out in Shirshire Bori, right along the Siddhanath Temple Road in Ponda. If you are from this part of Goa, you probably know the road well because it leads right to the temple. The school has a very local feel to it, being tucked away in the 403401 area. It’s not like the schools you see in the bigger cities. Here, things move at a slightly slower pace. The building is surrounded by some greenery, and you can usually hear the birds when the students are in class. We have been operating here for a long time, serving the families who live in and around Shirshire Bori. The classrooms are simple, with the usual wooden desks and chalkboards that have been used for many years. In the mornings, you see the kids walking up the road or coming in on the local buses, and the air is usually a bit humid, like it always is in Ponda. We don't have a lot of high-tech gadgets or modern office designs. It is just a school where the teachers show up and do their jobs every single day. Between the bells ringing and the kids playing during the breaks, the place feels very lived-in and comfortable. It’s an honest kind of school where the focus is on the higher secondary subjects. People know us as a fixture of the Siddhanath Temple Road area, and we just keep things going.