Darshini Composite High School

This school is part of the Sri Adichunchanagiri Shikshana Trust (R) and we are located in Vidyaranyapura, Battarakodige. It’s a beautiful part of Sringeri in Chikmagalur. The zip code is 577139. Darshini Composite High School is a place where we just get on with the business of teaching. It’s a quiet area compared to the big cities. We have mountains and trees around us, which is a nice change of pace. The building is basic but it works for what we need. We have the high school students here, so they are a bit older and sometimes a bit louder. We have desks, chalkboards, and a few cupboards for supplies. It’s not a high-tech setup. We just use what we have. Most of the staff lives nearby and we’ve known the families in Sringeri for a long time. It’s a tight community. We spend our mornings getting the classrooms ready and our afternoons making sure the students actually head home. Sometimes the weather gets really rainy, being in Chikmagalur, and we have to deal with damp walls and muddy floors. We just mop it up and keep going. We don’t have any marketing slogans or fancy missions. We just want the kids to learn their lessons so they can do something with their lives. It’s practical work and we do it every day. The fog rolls in sometimes, but we keep the doors open for everyone.