RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYALAYA HIGH SCHOOL
The suffix ‘Vidyalaya’ attached to the Coimbatore Centre of the Ramakrishna Mission is indicative not only of its origin as a school, but also of the vision of its founder that over the years the centre would grow into a veritable ‘alaya’, abode or complex of knowledge, vidya. And that indeed is what it is today, with 15 educational institutions beginning from the kindergarten to middle school to highschool, higher secondary school, 4 post-matric technical institutions and 3 colleges. The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya High school was the pioneer institution of the Coimbatore Centre founded in 1930.
Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, laid the foundation stone of the Vidyalaya in 1934. On that occasion, a picture of Gandhi was given by a teacher of the Vidyalaya to him with a request for autograph, wherein he wrote the following lines: “I hope the boys of the Vidyalaya will be strong in truth and faithful to God”, a dictum which the students and staff in the Vidyalaya strive to follow even today.
DETAILED PROFILE OF THE SCHOOL TO BE IDENTIFIED AS HERITAGE SCHOOL
THE DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOL AND ITS BRIEF HISTORY
Year of Establishment : 03.02.1930
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IMPORTANT STATISTICS: |
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| Name of the school | Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya High School |
| School District | Coimbatore |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Address | Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya High School, SRKV Post, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu – 641020. |
| Year of establishment | 03.02.1930 |
| Founder of the school | Sri T.S. Avinashilingam, Freedom Fighter. |
| Foundation – stone laid by | Mahatma Gandhiji |
| Initial capital | Rs. 5.75 only |
| First student admitted | A harijan boy Upgraded as high school : 1937 |
| Nature of the school | Tamilnadu Government Aided High School |
| Permanent recognition no | 5875/39, dated 28.11.1939 |
| School committee president | Swami Garishtananda |
| Name of the secretary | Swami Tamoharananda |
| Name of the headmaster | Sri S. Veerakumar (Present) |
| No of students present now in our school | 225 (from VI to X standard) |
| Aims of the school |
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