Lokmanya Tilak High School

Lokmanya Tilak High School

"Learning leads to light"
Location
41/1, Tilak Nagar, Chembur
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 089
India
Coordinates 19°04′N 72°53′E / 19.06°N 72.89°E / 19.06; 72.89 (Lokmanya Tilak High School)Coordinates: 19°04′N 72°53′E / 19.06°N 72.89°E / 19.06; 72.89 (Lokmanya Tilak High School)
Information
School type Co-education Affiliated school
Opened June 1967 (1967-06)
Status Open
School board Maharashtra State Board[1]
School district Mumbai Suburban District
Session Day
School number 022–25244453
School code 33 – 03 – 003
Number of students 1500
Classes offered Nursery to class X
Medium of language English
Campus type Urban
Houses Red, Yellow, Green and Blue                    
Color(s) Yellow and Brown         
Team name Lokmanyites

Lokmanya Tilak High School (often abbreviated as LTHS or LTES), is an English medium school located in Tilak Nagar, Chembur in Mumbai, India. It is affiliated to Maharashtra SSC Board,[2] began operating in 1967, drawing its students mainly from middle-class families in the area around Tilak Nagar. A semi-government School, it is owned by Tilak Nagar Education Society and managed by the Government of Maharashtra. The school is named after Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920).

Campus

The school building had two floors. The ground floor consists of 8 classrooms and Primary school Principal office. The first floor consists of Secondary Principals cabin and an office with around four class rooms. It also includes Audio visual class, Science laboratory, Computer lab, and a library.

The second floor includes seven class rooms, of which three are recently built. Grounds are not present within the school premises because of space limitations but it includes a long jump pit and high jump has been played in premises as well; the adjacent Municipal Ground is used for the Sports and Annual Sports Day activities. Tilak Nagar police station is adjacent to the school premises.

SSC curriculum

Subjects taught include English as a First Language, Marathi as a Second Language, Hindi, Sanskrit, History, Geography, Algebra, Geometry, and Science.

Activities

The school organizes Annual Day, Annual Sports Day, and sports events. Students represent the school in inter-school activities including sports, drawing competitions, elocution and essay writing competitions, dance and quiz competitions, and scouting & Guiding.

Motto

The school motto; "Learning leads to light" refers to enlightening the darkness in society through the medium of education.

Other schools

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Affiliation". Maharashtra Schools. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Affiliation". Maharashtra Schools.
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