Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar (B.V.M. (G)) is a Senior Secondary School (Std. I–XII) affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. It is a part of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a group of educational institutions and is situated in Girinagar, Ernakulam (Cochin), Kerala, India.

History

Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar was founded in 1977 on 1.7 acre of land donated by the Cochin Shipyard in the heart of Kochi City. The school functions under the purview of the Kochi Kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, which runs 7 schools in Kochi. Apart from the main subjects taught, the school also has basketball and National Cadet Corps (NCC) coaching after school timings, which generally runs on Mondays–Tuesdays 3:00–5:00 PM. The school got the Best School Award 2011 in India. The school has nearly 2000 students and 100 teachers.

Timings

The school has three terms for Classes 1–5—first term is June–August, second term September–December, third term January–March. For classes 6–10 it has two terms—first term June–Early October (starting 2012–13, May–September), second term Mid-October–March (starting 2012–13, October–March). The school opens at the beginning of June for Class I to VIII, XI and May for Classes IX–X and XII), and closes in March. The summer vacation lasts from April beginning to May end for Class 1–8 and Class 11. For Class 9, 10, and 12, April alone is the month of vacation and May marks the beginning of their classes. The school timing is from 8.30am to 3pm for classes 1 to 12 and functions from Monday to Friday.

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 basketball, volleyball, cricket and NCC coachings after school timings.

Notable alumni

Facilities

An Add-On Facility: The "INTERACTIVE PANEL BOARD"

Intelligent Interactive Panels for classrooms. The education sector is not an exception to its skyrocketing advancements in the field of technology. The school classrooms now have become highly digitalized, incorporating technology and teaching. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is always at the forefront to experiment, filter, and accept novel ideas with the changing scenario. As the school has reopened after two years of online classes, it has reached a step ahead by opting for a senses board in all the classrooms, from Std 1 to 12. This new initiative enables visual stimulation and helps the students to understand even complicated concepts into bite-sized ones that are easy to memorize. The major attraction is that as it is a touch screen, the conventional method of using chalk has been replaced by a stylus to write on the smart board.

Launching of the School Website

The school website was formally launched in June 2012. The website URL is: http://www.bhavansgirinagar.ac.in

The PEACE Programme

The school has a yearly exchange programme called the PEACE (Programme for Educational and Cultural Exchange) with the students of The Judd School and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Kent, England. This is an exchange programme in which 28 students and five teachers are hosted by students and teachers of one of the member schools for approximately 3 weeks in an academic year; the next year, the students and teachers who hosted during the previous year travel to be hosted by those who visited them the prior year. This program was started in the year 1995 and has been very successful. The programme has been halted since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subjects and Periods

The school has eight periods of 40 minutes each in a day.

Academics

2C jyothy ===CLASS I to X===

All subjects and languages are to be studied compulsorily unless said below.

CLASS XI and XII

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 AI has also been provided as an additional skill subject, accessible to any group. Students can choose any one from these 5 sets.

Co-Curricular Studies

Co-curricular studies have been given utmost importance in the school. The school promotes al types of extra-curricular activities through periods given especially for them. All students must study all these fields compulsorily, unless otherwise indicated. Most of these fields apply only to Students of Class I-VIII, but some of these apply to everyone (i.e. Class I to XII). They are indicated below.

Work Education Initiative

Work Education course was embarked as a Co-Curricular, yet an assessed kind of activity in the school from the academic year 2011-2012 onward. Unlike the first year when it was introduced on a temporary basis, from the academic year 2012-2013 onward, specially trained staff for the job have been employed on a part-time basis in the school. This is a compulsory period for the students of Classes VI, VII, VIII, IX and X, the classes being for 2 hours (approx.) on the First, Third and Fifth Saturdays of a month. The course teaches the following subjects for students of these classes, out of which ANY ONE section mus be opted for the entire academic year, by the student.

Cultural Fests

Awards and recognitions

Heads of the school

Principals

Vice Principals

Asst. Vice Principals

Heads of the management

Office Bearers

Besides, all Houses are headed by Captains (Class 10), Vice Captains (Class 9) and Prefects (Class 8).