Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri

Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri (KVT, Hindi: केन्द्रीय विद्यालय तिरुमालागिरी,सिकंदराबाद), is one of the schools in Secunderabad city of Telangana, India.[1] It was started in 1963, then expanded later on the same campus. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.[2] It offers education from grade 1 to 12.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri, Secunderabad
केन्द्रीय विद्यालय तिरुमालागिरी,सिकंदराबाद
KVT
Location
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirumalagiri

Secunderabad
,
Telangana
,
500 015

India
Coordinates17.4766337°N 78.5192858°E / 17.4766337; 78.5192858
Information
School typeCentral Government (Defense)
MottoTattvaṃ Pūṣanapāvṛṇu Sanskrit: तत्त्वं पूषनपावृणु
("The face of Truth is covered by a golden vessel, Remove Thou, O Sun, that covering, for the law of Truth to behold.")
Established1963
Sister schoolAll Kendriya Vidyalayas across India
School boardCentral Board of Secondary Education(CBSE), KVS
AuthorityMinistry of Human Resource Development (India)
ChairmanCommissioner Avinash Dikshit
PrincipalG Rama Rao
LanguageEnglish and Hindi
Classrooms58
CampusUrban
Campus typeCo-educational
SportsFootball, cricket, volleyball, handball, table tennis, throwball, Kabaddi and Kho-Kho
AffiliationsCentral Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
Highest gradeXI and XII (Science, Commerce and Humanities)
AcronymKVT
Affiliation No100003
Websitekvtirumalagiri.org

Genesis

The area where the school is built was earlier an Army area. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan took over the Army Regiment and started the school on that place on 16 December 1963. The school has stayed at the same place.

The name board of the school

Infrastructure

Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri was established in 1963. Spread over 15 acres, the Vidyalaya has three separate blocks for Primary, Secondary, and Senior Secondary with a football court, a volleyball court, an athletic track, Multipurpose Hall and two large playgrounds.

The school has classes I to XII, affiliated to CBSE, with five sections each in classes up to X and four sections each in classes XI & XII. The Vidyalaya offers Science, Commerce & Humanities streams at XI and XII levels. It has 2500+ students and 90 staff members. The school has coached for games and sports, craft teachers, computer instructors and spoken English teachers on their staff. There are labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, and a Junior Science lab. There are five computer labs on the campus. There is one yoga room.

School Building

Expansions

The following is the list of expansions that took place in these 49 years:

  • 1963 - Vidyalaya started in a single British officer's accommodation. Classes VI and VII are accommodated there.
  • 1965– Present Army school Barracks were given to KVT to run the primary section, till 1968.
  • 1966 - Labs and library were constructed.
  • 1967 - The present Higher Secondary Block was constructed.
  • 1968 - Upstairs building was constructed over the single British Officers Accommodation where at present yoga classes for children are held.
  • 200 8– Present primary Block was inaugurated.

See also

References
  1. "Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. "The Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirumalagiri, is organising an exhibition of greeting cards and paintings".
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