SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields

SMK Vivekananda
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia
Information
Type	Government co-education secondary School
Motto	Pengetahuan Kunci Kebahagiaan
Established	1958
Principal	Mrs Yogarathai Nagalingam
Grades	Form 1 - Form 5
Campus	Large School campus
Colour(s)	Yellow and Dark Blue
Affiliations	Malaysia Ministry Of Education
Abbreviation	VIVE

SMK Vivekananda

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Vivekananda or SMKV, also known as SMK VIVE among the local students, is one of the oldest school in Brickfields. It was previously known as Sekolah Menengah Tamil Vivekananda.

History

SMKV was officiated By Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Principals

Mr M T Pillai 1960-1962
Mrs I. G. Yogam 1962-1964
Mr K. Purushotamam 1964-1979
Mr G. Ramalingam 1980-1983
Mr B. A. Deimudu 1983-1988
Mrs Padmavathy Chee 1988-1989
Mr R. Ganesan 1989-1998
Mrs Suseela Nair 1998-1999
Mrs Pushpa Leela Mahalingam 2000-2004
Mrs Sumam Velayudhan 2005-2007
Mrs Yogarathai C Nagalingam 2007-2011(May)
Mr. Mohgan Shamugam 2011(June)-2015
Mrs.Krishna Kumarie Naidu 2015-(currently)

Buildings

There are 4 blocks in SMKV: Block A, B, C and D, and three halls.

Block A compromises:

12 classes (remove-Form 6)
A Chemistry laboratory
A Physics laboratory
2 staffs' rooms
An admin's room
An office
A principal's room
A prefect room
A band room
2 Sports stor room
2 K.H. workshops
A setting room
A stor room

Block B compromises:

A class room
An art room
2 Science laboratories
A setting room
A library
A computer laboratory

Block C compromises:

3 class rooms

Block D compromises:

1 class rooms
A hall

Extracurricular activity

There are over 50 clubs in SMKV that students can participate in.

Sports

SMKV has several achievements in sports, notably in cricket and athletics. Other sports include soccer, American football, basketball, badminton, Hockey, handball, volleyball, tennis and table-tennis.

Houses

Four sports (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow) houses compete against each other on sports day which is held annually since 1960.

Uniformed services

Examples include:

Police Cadet
school band, The VSS Band
Red Cross
Red Crescenekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (Boy Scouts)
School Youth Cadets Kadet Remaja Sekolah (KRS)
Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (Girl Guides)
Renjer puteri
Prisoner Cadets (Kadet Banduan)
Taekwando

Prefects

Vivekananda has the oldest prefects' board in Lembah Pantai. it was formed in 1n 1962 The maximum number of prefects in the board at any one time cannot exceed 20 in afternoon session and 40 in the morning session. There are Two Head of prefects one in the morning and one in afternoon

Librarians

There are about 20 librarians in the afternoon and around 35 in the morning, where the Head of Librarians is present for both morning and afternoon sessions.

"Teknopen" prefects

There are about 5 "Teknopen" prefects from Form 4 and 5 only, whose job is to maintain school computers & sound systems for the school