TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School

TVS Laksmi Matriculation Hr. Sec. School was founded in the year 1972. It provides good education to the inhabitants of Madurai and its surroundings. It is governed by an expert council named 'Lakshmi Vidya Sangham' constituted by the elite descendants of the much celebrated veteran industrialist turned philanthropist, Mr. T. V. Sundram Iyengar. The Present Chairman is Shri Ramachandran and Ms. Shobhana Ramachandran is the Correspondent of the School. This school is currently one among the top ten schools of Tamil nadu.

Location

The school is located in Madurai city, (South) Tamil Nadu, India. Exact location is at TVS Nagar near Palanganatham.

About the school

The school has a strength of about 4,400 pupils and 200 faculty members. The school functions in two shifts for all the classes from the lower kinder garden to Std XII.Transport Facilities : Fifteen Buses ply in all directions in and around the city.Infrastructure : Commodious buildings spread over fifteen acres of terra firma. Now recent scoring in 12th public (2008) by the tvs school student is 1174 by balaji.

About the curriculum

The Curriculum till 1980s was CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) up to X std. and Hr. Sec. (2 years after Std X) - State Govt curriculum. After 1982 CBSE was replaced with the Matriculation stream.The Montessori system is in place at the pre-school and kindergarten levels.

The extra curricular activities include music, taekwonda, art & craft, clay - modelling, yoga, gymnastics, theater arts, classical dance, piano, school band and guitar.The school always supports extra curricular activities with involvement.

The school has a spacious playground where various sporting events are held throughout the year. All outdoor and indoor games preferred by students like volleyball, basketball, cricket, etc. are encouraged.

Other activities

The computer is used effectively as a teaching tool right from Std I. A large number of educational CDs on a wide range of topics are made available for the students.

A 'Quality Circle', with teams comprising of teachers & students, works on unearthing solutions for innumerable problems, besides identifying scope for further improvement. The QC teams have presented their case study at National & International conventions of QCFI and have bagged numerous awards.

Audio-Visual lab : Is equipped with all teaching aids like TV, VCR, Slide Projector, OHP, LCD, Film Projector, Working Models, Preserved exhibits.

Teacher Training Centre

A full time Teacher Training Centre called LTTC (Laksmi Teacher Training Centre) is available.

Purpose : To organise training sessions for all the teachers of the school on various topics of academic interest for consistent academic reinforcement. Besides teaching, methodology courses and workshops are organised throughout the year on areas like attitudes, values, communication skills, reading habit etc. Probably the only centre of its kind functioning in a Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in the state.

Mission

Aiming at total education which would equip a student with sound knowledge as well as skills in all possible fields besides the urge to appreciate human values and traditional cultural traits of our great nation - Mother India.

LOSA

LOSA - Lakshmi Old Students Association, has taken the role of conducting inter-school cultural and sports competitions amongst schools, from the city and around the state.

Fee structure

There are two types of fee structure: One is for Non-TVS Students & Another one is for TVS Students.If your parents are working in any of the TVS Group of companies, then they will have Half of the FEES, when companred to NON-TVS Students.For Example: If TVS Student pays Rs.6000, then Non-TVS Student should pay Rs.12,000.

External links

* [http://www.tvslakshmischool.org/ School website]