Bhavans Vidya Mandir (Elamakkara)
Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara is the first school of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan to be established in Kochi, Kerala, India, in 1972. It has classes from Std. I to XII and is affiliated to the CBSE, New Delhi. The school is spread across eight acres.
The school functions under the purview of the Kochi Kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, which runs seven schools in Kochi. It has a football ground, two basketball courts, a cricket pitch (including nets), volleyball court, and a Kho-Kho court.
Timings
The school has three terms for The Primary section and two terms for the Secondary section. The school starts at 7.45am with a morning assembly. There are seven periods for the primary section and nine periods for the secondary section, each periods is 45 minutes long.
The primary and the secondary section have lunch break from 11.35am to 12.05pm. The primary and secondary section have a short break at 9.30 am. The Secondary have a seond short break after the primary leaves at 1.35pm. The primary leaves at 1.30pm and the Secondary leaves at 2.50pm.
Academics
The school is open from Grade 1 to Grade 12 [1st standard to 12th standard] and the age group is from 6 years to 17 years. The school is divided into Primary [1-5], Secondary [6-10] and Senior Secondary [11-12] classes.
Apart from the main subjects taught at school, the school also has football, cricket (coaching by Varma Cricket Club), basketball and NCC coaching after school timings.
Facilities
- 60 Digital classrooms with TeachNext ACTIVE Board..
- Air-conditioned labs.
- Library with magazines, newspaper and books.
- Music, dance, tabla, keyboard, jazz, yoga, sports, NCC, drawing, work experience and Art and Craft room.
- Air conditioned Audio-visual room.
- Sports courts.
- Canteen and four Language Rooms.
Notable alumni
- Tinu Yohannan, cricketer
- S Sreesanth, cricketer
- Anand Jon, fashion designer
- Meera Nandan, actress
See also
- List of schools in Ernakulam
- Bhavan's Vidya Mandir (Girinagar)