SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields

Infobox Secondary school
name = SMK Vivekananda

motto = "Pengetahuan Kunci Kebahagiaan"
established = 1958
type = Government co-education secondary School
affiliations = Malaysia Ministry Of Education
principal = Mrs Yogarathai Nagalingam
founder =
chaplain =
ashram chairman = Tan Sri Datuk Dr K.Ampikaipakanan
p&t Chairman = Mr Renganothon
enrolment = 1000
grades = Form 1 - Form 5
free_label_1 = Abbreviation
free_1 = VIVE
colours = Yello & Dark Blue
campus = Large School campus
city = Kuala Lumpur
state = Wilayah Persekutuan
country = Malaysia
website =
ashram =

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-present

Buildings

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

Block A compromises:
*12 classes
*A Chemistry laboratory
*A Physics laboratory
*2 staffs' rooms
*An admin's room
*An office
*A principal's room
*A band room
*A Sports stor room
*2 K.H. workshops
*A setting 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:
*3 class rooms
*A hall

Extracurricular activity

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

ports

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 Crescent Society "Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah" (PBSM)
*Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (Boy Scouts)
*School Youth Cadets "Kadet Remaja Sekolah" (KRS)
*Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (Girl Guides)
*Renjer puteri
*Prisoner Cadets (Kadet Banduan)

Prefects

Vivekananda has the oldest prefects' board in Lembah Pantai. it was formed in 1n 1962The 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 220 librarians in the afternoon and around 30 in the morning, where the Head of Librarians is present for both morning and afternoon sessions.

"Teknopen" prefects

There are about 10 "Teknopen" prefects from Form 4 and 5 only, whose job is to maintain school computers.

See also

* List of schools in Malaysia