Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School

Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School
Location
Building 3, Ramabai Chemburkar Marg,
off Hanuman Road, Vile Parle, Mumbai
Maharashtra
India
Coordinates 19°06′12″N 72°50′52″E / 19.10345°N 72.84786°E / 19.10345; 72.84786[1]
Information
School type Private Primary, Secondary and High School
Motto There is nothing in this world as sacred as Knowledge
Established June 29, 1982 (1982-06-29)
Founder Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association[2][3]
Headmistress Mrs. Swapna Trailokya (Primary Section);
Mrs. Sadhna Sahastrabuddhe (Secondary Section)
Grades 1-10
Gender Co-educational
Age range 6 - 16
Language English
Campus type Sub-urban
Houses Kusumagraj (Red), Premchand (Yellow),
J. C. Bose (Blue)
and C. V. Raman (Green)
Colour(s)          Biscuit checks and Olive Green
Accreditation ICSE,[4][5][6] CBSE,[5][7] MH-SSC[8]

Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School ('P. T. V. E. M. S.') is an English medium school located in Vile Parle East in Mumbai, India. The school has Primary and Secondary Sections. The school produces merit list rankers in the Maharashtra State Secondary Board examinations year after year. The school is part of the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association,[3] which runs a number of schools and colleges mainly in Vile Parle, Andheri and Mulund.[9]

History

The school derives its name from the Indian Freedom Fighter Sri Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak (1856–1920). The English medium school was established on 29 June 1982 on a piece of land adjacent to the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School, which had housed the latter's laboratories.[10] The school has four divisions for almost every standard, up from the prior three divisions per standard.

Culture

The school uniform for girls is an olive green dress with a biscuit coloured chequered shirt, and for boys, a biscuit coloured with checks shirt with olive green shorts (up to the seventh standard) or trousers (standards eight to ten).

The majority of the pupils are Hindus. Morning prayers are also Hindu. Important days like Teacher's Day and Tilak Punyatithi are celebrated in the school with events and intra-school competitions. An Annual Function is held every year in December, at one of the biggest grounds in Vile Parle. The ground has a capacity of 2000 people though only 500 fill up every year. At the Annual Function prizes are given to meritorious students by a chief guest. A Send-Off Party for students who are passing out of the institution is held annually. Volleyball forms an important part of the school culture, and is considered to be the most important sport.. The school sends its cricket team to tournaments.[11]

Extra-curricular activities

Clubs include the Nature Club (affiliated with the World Wide Fund for Nature) , Science Club, Consumer Club(started by Kavita Kapoor teacher), Literary Club, Marathi Vangmay Mandal (Marathi Literary Society) and Sanskrit Sabha (a Sanskrit literary club). The school encourages students to participate in competitions organised by other associations like the Lions Club and the Rotary Club. PTVEMS students have won prizes at Azmaish inter-school competitions. PTVEMS is a member of the iNDUS Maths Club.[12]

Sport

PTVEMS has teams for volleyball and cricket and the school participates in competitions organised by the Mumbai School Sports Association. The volleyball team's victories include Tilak Trophy and MSSA competitions.Patil sir and Ipte sir have been the backbone of the sports team through theyears ,coaching the students and leading them to unparalleled success year after year. The school's athletes participate in sports like badminton, skating, swimming and track and field, even though training facilities for these sports are not available in the school.Football coaching has been started recently and the school has started participating in the inter-school tournaments.

References

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