The school is established in 1978 and it is managed by the Department of Education. It is located in urban area. It is situated at a distance of about less than 1 k.m. from the Block Resource center. It is located in WARD1 block of Chandigarh (U.T.) district of Chandigarh. The school consists of Grades from 1 to 12. The school is co-educational and it has an attached pre-primary section. It has got one teacher for pre- primary section. The school is non-residential in nature and is using school building as a shift-school. During the previous academic year, the school functioned for 240 days. It had 12 academic inspections and was 25 times visited by the CRC Coordinator during the previous academic year. It was not visited by the BRC Coordinator. English and Hindi are the medium of instructions in this school. This school is approachable by all weather roads. In this school academic session starts in April.
The school has 3 building blocks which are housed in a Government building. It has got 19 classrooms for instructional purposes. All the classrooms are in good condition. It has 9 other rooms for non-teaching activities.
Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme, the school did not receive school Development Grant but received a sum of Rs. 5000/- against the TLM Grant. It has utilized 100 percent TLM Grant. The school did not collect any funds from students during the previous academic year.
The total enrolment of school is 1495, out of which boys� enrolment is 859 (57.5 percent) and girls� enrolment, 636 (42.5 percent). The SC enrolment is 60 (4.0 percent) ST enrolment, zero and OBC enrolment, 3 (0.2 percent). No student repeated elementary grades during the previous academic year. The school has 28 disabled children.
� The school is under the charge of dynamic principal, Mrs. Indra Beniwal. It has developed a niche in fencing and its vibrancy in punjabi dance had enthused us. We saw innovation their baking class. The discipline in the school is commendable. Pupils showed great respect for their teachers. We have learnt a lot from the exchange programme. We hope to have future collaboration with the school.�
- Mrs. Phua Seah Lee Hoon
HOD (Mathematics),
Yishun Secondary School, Singapore