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| Bharathi Vidya Bhavan | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Erode, Tamil Nadu India | |
| Coordinates | 11°19′22″N 77°40′33″E / 11.322694°N 77.6758476°E / 11.322694; 77.6758476 |
| Information | |
| Principal | Mr.R.Sridhar |
Bharathi Vidya Bhavan is a co-educational residential senior secondary school in Erode in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The school is a blend of classrooms, beautiful greenery, and open playgrounds. It is run by the family of Bharat Ratna Chidambaram Subramaniam (also known as C. Subramaniam). The correspondent of this school is Dr. L.M. Ramakrishnan, first ENT doctor of Erode and elder son in law of C. Subramaniam. The President is Dr. Aruna Ramakrishnan, daughter of C. Subramaniam. It is the top school in Erode district focusing on both academics and sports. The school is administrated by its principal Mr.R.Sridhar and its vice-principal Mr.S.Ramesh Kumar.
It follows the State Board of Tamil Nadu. It has two branches in Erode which follows Central Board of Secondary Education - The BVB School and CS Academy.
Classes
There are separate buildings for each block (KG, Class 1 to Class 5, Class 6 to Class 8, Class 9 and Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12) adequately separated.
Primary Block
The Primary Block has labs for the subjects of English, Maths, Computer Science and Science. It has weekly classes for Music, Drawing, Hindi and GK. Class 1 to Class 3 deal with Crayons while Class 4 and Class 5 deal with Water Colours in their Drawing Classes. They also have 2 PT classes and 2 Swimming classes per week. They have an English Reading Class to improve their vocal skills. They have Computer Science as a supplementary subject to improve their technical skills. They also have Library periods to get them introduced with books. There is a hall having projector and AC facilities named the Gandhi Hall (in honour of Mahatma Gandhi)
Middle Block
The Middle Block has labs for the subjects of Physical Science, Biology, Social Sciences,Computer Science, Craft, English and Maths.The Middle Block introduces Crafts Period for Class 6 and Class 7. Class 6 and Class 7 deal with Water Colours while Class 8 is introduced to Acrylic Paint. The students in the Middle Block are taught the basics of coding in their Computer Science classes.
Secondary Block
The Secondary Block has labs for English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The Computer Science Class is suspended for these 2 years only to be re-introduces in Class 11. There is a mini-auditorium with digital screen, AC and stage facilities named the CS Hall (in honour of late C. Subramanium) and a hall for writing exams which can accommodate over 150 students named the Rajaji Hall (in honour of C. Rajagopaalachari).
Higher Secondary Block
The Higher Secondary Block has labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science. There are rooms equipped with projectors and AC for visual learning. There is hall for writing exams which can accommodate nearly 200 students named the Kamaraj Hall (in honour of Kamarajar). The student of Class 11 can opt between 3 groups - Biology Maths, Computer Science Maths and Commerce (Business Maths or Computer Applications). They can also choose their Second Language from Tamil and Sanskrit.
The school has 4 basketball courts (1 wood-floored, 1 cement-floored, 2 thar-floored), clay tennis court, 3 volleyball courts (1 thar-floored, 2 clay floored), swimming pool, 2 cricket nets, assembly area, mini stadium and a football ground.
Houses
The school students are divided into four houses and interhouse competitions are held each year. Students are nominated T as office bearers leading the houses in order to teach leadership qualities. The name of the houses are Gandhi, Tagore, Nehru and Vivekananda.
Extra-curricular activities
Here, the students are referred as Bharathians. Bharathians play inter-school matches in sports like basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, football and athletics. It has an indoor stadium for basketball, badminton, and volleyball.
Co-curricular activities include drawing, painting, handicraft, sewing and vocal and instrumental music.
