Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School

Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School (also known as PTVEMS) is a reputed English medium school located in Vile Parle East in Mumbai. The school has both Primary as well as Secondary Sections. The school is particularly famous for producing numerous merit list rankers in the Maharashtra State Secondary Board examinations year after yearFact|date=July 2008. The school is part of the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association which runs a number of schools and colleges mainly in Vile Parle, Andheri and Mulund..

History

The school derives its name from Sri Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak, 1856-1920. He was the most famous Indian freedom fighter who campaigned tirelessley against the British rule. His freedom slogan was 'Swaraj (freedom) is my birthright and I shall have it'.It is hoped that the generations of students that pass through the halls of this school carry this man's principles of truthfullness, fearlessness and hardworkFact|date=July 2008.PTVEMS was established on 29th June 1982. The new school building was built right next to the PTV Marathi Medium School on a piece of land which had earlier housed PTV Marathi Medim's laboratories. The school has grown over the years and now has four divisions for almost each standard up from three divisions per standard which was the case earlier. Mrs. Bhide has been the Principal of the Primary section since the school's establishment. Mrs. Bijoor who was the first Principal of the secondary section was later succeeded by Mrs. Limaye. The school celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007.

Culture

School uniform is sky blue shirt and grey pinafore for girls and a sky blue shirt with grey shorts (up to std 8) or trousers (std 8-10) for boy. The new PT uniform that was recently introduced has drawn a mixed response from the students. PTVEMS is a cosmopolitan school, however the majority of the pupils are Hindu by religion. Important days like Teacher's Day and "Tilak Punyatithi" are celebrated in the school by arranging events and intra school competitions. An Annual Function is held every year in December. In the Annual Function prizes are given to meritorious students by a specially invited chief guest. A Send-Off Party for students who are passing out of the institution is also held annually. Volley Ball forms an important part of the school culture and is considered to be the most important sport. Both boys as well as girls play Volley Ball. Getting into the Volley Ball team is difficult, especially for boys as there is a lot of competition to get into the 'special six' who represent the school. School is always immensely proud of its Volley Ball team.

Extra Curricular Activities

In PTVEMS a lot of importance is given to extracurricular activities and there are various clubs in the school including - The Nature Club, The Science Club, The Consumer Club, The Literary Club, "Marathi Vangmay Mandal"(Marathi Literary Club) and "Sanskrit Sabha" (Sanskrit Literary Club). School also encourages students to participate in competitions organised by other associations like the Lions Club and the Rotary Club. Traditionally PTVEMS students have always won a huge number of prizes at "Azmaish" interschool competitions.Group Dance and Elocution are the two events in which PTVEMS students always excel.

ports

PTVEMS has teams for Volley Ball & Cricket and the school participates in various competitions organised by the Mumbai School Sports Association. School Volley Ball team has a large fan base and whenever they play in PTVEMS itself a huge crowd is always present to cheer them on. The Volley Ball team has won numerous competitions including Tilak Trophy and MSSA competitions. In 2007 the PTVEMS teams won the Tilak Trophy in both both boys as well as girls categories. The students have requested the school to form a football many times but have always been turned down. The school has numerous Badminton, Skating, Swimming and Track and Field athletes even though the training facilities for these sports are not available in the school.

Outstanding sportspersons who are currently in PTVEMS -

* Tejal Bedade (Swimming)
* Supriya Joshi (Chess)
* Omkar Bapat (Chess)
* Sanket Sukhtankar (Volley Ball)
* Bhakti Desai (Volley Ball)
* Anuja Bandiwadekar (roller skating)
* Saloni Kalsekar (Volley Ball)

The House System

The secondary school strength is divided into 4 group houses namely - Kusumagraj House, J.C. Bose House, C.V. Raman House and Premchand House. Each house has its own colour-
Kusumagraj - Red
J.C. Bose - Blue
C.V. Raman - Green
Premchand - Yellow
The Head Boy and the Head Girl are in charge of the house system.

Elections

Members of each house elect their House Commander and Vice-Commander through an electoral process. Members of the houses from the ninth standard can contest these elections. However, from all the candidates who wish to contest teachers select four who are then actually allowed to contest the election. These four are usually 2 girls and 2 boys. This method which restricts the number of candidated to 2 boys and 2 girls from each house has always drawn a lot of criticism from the students who believe that every person who wants to contest the election should be allowed to do so. The candidate getting the highest number of votes is the house commander and the candidate getting the second highest number of votes is the vice-commander.

Inter House Competitions

Various interhouse competitions are held by the school. These include Project Making,Debate, Group Singing, Quiz, Group Dance, Drama etc. Group Dance and Drama are the most popular competitions. For winning each competition the house gets the points, the house with the highest points then wins the House Shield.

tudent Leaders and Office-Bearers

The Head Boy and the Head Girl of the school are the student representatives and they are selected by an interviewing process, these students are from the ninth standard. House Commanders and Vice-Commanders elected by the house members are also from the ninth standard. The Commanders, Vice-Commanders, Head Boy and the Head Girl together ensure smooth working of the House System in school. The Commanders, Vice-Commanders, Head Boy and the Head Girl wear special shoulder badges. Captains of the sports teams are selected by the teachers in charge of the sport. Teachers in charge of the clubs select the club office bearers, they generally wear pin-badges. There was a slight controversy in 2006-2007 when Literary Club Office Bearers were given shoulder badges which looked similar to the badges of the Head Boy and the Head Girl.

Ex-Head Boy for the year 2007-08 is Mihir Tamhankar.
Ex-Head Girl for the year 2007-08 is Tanya Athavle.

Ex-Commanders for the year 2007-08 are as follows-

* PREMCHAND HOUSE - COMMANDER - Anuja Abhyankar. VICE COMMANDER - Ameya Kulkarni.

* KUSUMAGRAJ HOUSE- COMMANDER - Soham Gokhale. VICE COMMANDER - Aditya Sawant.

* J.C. BOSE HOUSE- COMMANDER - Shrirang Sinkar. VICE COMMANDER - Rutuja Pande.

* C.V. RAMAN HOUSE- COMMANDER - Adwait Bapat VICE COMMANDER - Prajakta Deshpande.

THE ELECTIONS FOR THE YEAR 2008-09 WERE HELD ON 28TH JUNE AND THE COMMANDERS FOR THIS YEAR ARE-

* PREMCHAND HOUSE - COMMANDER - Mugdha Sathe. VICE COMMANDER - Parth Kinage.

* KUSUMAGRAJ HOUSE- COMMANDER - Chaitanya Sapre. VICE COMMANDER - Anuj Aras.

* J.C. BOSE HOUSE- COMMANDER - Aditya Lele. VICE COMMANDER - ShMABHAVI Mulgaonkar.

* C.V. RAMAN HOUSE- COMMANDER - Nachiket Paranjape VICE COMMANDER - Chinmay Shidore.

Staff

Teachers

Primary

Secondary

Non-teaching staff

Canteen Facilities

There is a canteen facility in the school. The canteen is not owned by the school. Students can enjoy maharashtrian foodstuffs like "vada paav, kothimbir vadi, kokam sherbet" etc. in the canteen. The canteen owner is fondly called 'Babu' by the students.Babu's vadapav is recognised as the best vadapav in mumbai
Fact|date=June 2008