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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Sri Atmananda Memorial School (Malakkara, Kerala)

Sri Adwayananda Public School, administered by Alliance Educational Foundation, is a private, English-medium school in Malakkara, Kerala, India, that conducts classes from kindergarten to twelfth standard and also offers nursery.

About the school

Sri Adwayananda Public School

Founded in 1987, the school is non-sectarian and accommodates children from varied socio-economic and religious backgrounds across two campuses for its kindergarten through twelfth standard. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and also to Cambridge (IGCSE/AS/A). The school is located in Malakkara village near Chengannur, Kerala, India.

Milestones

  • Inauguration of School by Sri Adwayananda (Sri K. Padmanabha Menon) (1987)
  • Described by Sir Bernard Ledwidge, Chairman of Britain Committee for UNICEF, as "the best school I have seen in all my career" (1991)
  • Invited to present teaching approach to Mikhail Gorbachev's State of the World Forum (USA), 1997, 1999, 2000
  • Received the KANFED 2000 Award for Best High School for Innovation
  • First graduating class (2001)
  • Rated by The Week magazine as “one of the top ten innovative schools in India” (2003)
  • Rated one of the top three schools in South India by Vishukani magazine (published by Malayala Manorama) (2007)
  • Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the School (2012)
  • Annual International Colloquium on the Teacher-Student Relationship in Education series launched in August 2013
  • Partnership with Decathlon India where senior students from the school have the opportunity to attend professional workshops and internships.

Training Programme

Sri Adwayananda Public School provides a three-year training program in its educational approach for its own teachers where teachers gain experience on each of the respective campuses: Lower Primary, Upper Primary, High School

Notes and references

  1. ^ See Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
  2. ^ Sri O. C. Vincent, District Collector, Pathanamathitta District, speech given on occasion of inauguration of the School, Malakara (5 October 1987); retrieved 19 July 2008.
  3. ^ Sir Bernard Ledwidge, KCMG, speech given 8 November 1991, at Sri Adwayananda Public School, India; retrieved 19 July 2008.
  4. ^ Mary Thomajan, "New Visions from Ancient Traditions" paper given at The State of the World Forum, San Francisco, 1997.
  5. ^ Kerala Association for Non-Formal Education and Development
  6. ^ “I-School, My School”, The Week (February 9, 2003), pp. 16-19.
  7. ^ Nisha Nair K. "They Learn Through Play and Play While They Learn," Malayala Manorama Vishukani (April 2007), pp. 72-76. See also "I-School, My School" The Week (9 February 2003), pp. 16-19.