Malar Matric Higher Secondary School

Being right on the Namakkal National Highway means there is always a lot of movement around Malar Matric Higher Secondary School. The school is located at 637001, right in the heart of the area where the big trucks go by. You can’t miss the building when you’re driving through Namakkal. We spend most of our mornings just coordinating the students as they arrive. The gates are heavy and we keep them shut once the first bell rings. Inside, it’s just a regular school. We have the usual classrooms with wooden desks and windows that stay open to let some air in. It gets quite hot in the summer, so the shade from the few trees we have in the yard is important. Our staff comes from nearby villages and they’ve been working here for a long time. They know the parents and even the grandparents of some of the kids. We don't use a lot of big words or fancy equipment. It’s mostly just books and chalk. We have a playground where the boys play football when it’s not too sunny. The lunch break is the loudest time of the day. You can hear the kids laughing from the highway. We try to keep the place organized, but with so many students, it’s always a bit of a rush. It’s a plain, hardworking school for local families who live around Namakkal.