Mehar Modal High School

Mehar Modal High School in Kambala has been part of this neighborhood for a long time. We are situated in the Industrial Area Phase 9 of Mohali, which is a busy place to be. Every morning, the gates open and you see the kids coming in from the nearby blocks and the village area. It’s a plain brick building, nothing really fancy to look at, but it gets the job done for the students. The classrooms have old wooden desks that have seen many years of use, and the walls have a few posters here and there. During the break, the courtyard gets very loud with everyone running around and playing. There’s a small tea stall just outside the main gate where the parents sometimes wait for their kids. The teachers are mostly local people who walk or ride their cycles to get here. When the lunch bell rings, you can smell the food from all the different tiffins being opened at once. In the summer, the fans hum loudly in the background while the lessons are going on. We don't have a massive sports field, so the kids just make do with the space they have. It’s a bit dusty because of the industrial traffic nearby, but we try to keep the place as clean as we can. It’s a simple school for the families living around here. Most of the parents work in the nearby factories and they like having the school so close to home for their children.