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School Name: RISHI VALLEY EDUCATION CENTRE
Location: RISHI VALLEY EDUCATION CENTRE CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 517352 INDIA , 517352, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Phone: n/a
Email: OFFICE@RISHIVALLEY.ORG
website: www.rishivalley.org
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RISHI VALLEY EDUCATION CENTRE

Rishi Valley Education Centre is run by Krishnamurti Foundation, India. It is located in a sheltered valley in the interior of rural Andhra Pradesh, about 15km from the nearest town, Madanapalle, and about 140 km north-east of Bangalore.

The site of the school, chosen by Krishnamurti for its remarkable atmosphere of peace and serenity, is an undulating landscape of fields, rain-fed streams and scattered villages, surrounded by ancient granite hills with striking rock formations. Located in a drought-prone area, the hill slopes are sparse in vegetation and the valley floor dotted with an occasional banyan or tamarind tree.

In 2008, the Andhra Pradesh government declared Rishi Valley and its environs a ‘Special Development Zone’, with the mandate to ‘protect and conserve its rich and diverse environment from becoming degraded through unchecked growth’ (G.O.Ms.No.97, 24/01/08).

 

Features


In this section we feature articles written by our teachers on various school-related issues.

Their scope will include:

  • Mainstream curricular material;
  • Enrichment material;
  • Material suitable for slow learners, or those with some learning disability; and
  • Krishnamurti’s views on education, and how they can find expression within a school context.

School level

Sr. Secondary School

Board

ICSE

School type

Boarding

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New students to the school are chosen from an annual pool of applicants on the basis of character, talent, academic ability as well as parental background. The Junior and Middle School, with around 190 students from classes 4 to 8, provides a flexible curriculum, free from the pressure of examinations. This creates an atmosphere conducive to innovative teaching and a rich range of learning.

 

 

OTHER FACILITIES


OTHER FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS

The school's location in a serene and beautiful valley creates a natural, pollution-free environment for children to grow up in.

During their stay here students are encouraged to explore the surroundings through walks and hikes in the valley.

An evening gathering of the whole school, termed 'astachal', is held whenever the weather permits. Students sitting together and observing the evening sky changing colours have an opportunity to experience their thoughts in quiet reflection and come upon a quality of silence.

Students meet 6 days of the week for morning assembly: thrice a week the junior and senior schools meet separately. Whole school assemblies are musical; students either sing from a large collection of songs drawn from the regional languages of India or smaller groups perform for the assembled students. The 3 other days are dedicated to talks by students and teachers; to debates and inspirational readings.

Bird-watching is a regular activity for interested students. The school houses an Institute for Bird studies and Natural history that runs a correspondence course which is well-known all over the country.

A General Studies Programme for Class 11 is designed to extend students' intellectual horizon and acquaint them with the neighbouring world of marginal farmers, shepherds and daily wage earners. Students teach in the Rural Education Centre, visit villages and work in the Outpatient Clinic.

Biology students of classes 11 & 12 are involved in various projects relating to collecting data, assessing the nutritional and health status, looking at living conditions and economic status of surrounding rural communities.

ishi Valley Education Centre is run by Krishnamurti Foundation, India. It is located in a sheltered valley in the interior of rural Andhra Pradesh, about 15km from the nearest town, Madanapalle, and about 140 km north-east of Bangalore. The site of the school, chosen by Krishnamurti for its remarkable atmosphere of peace and serenity, is an undulating landscape of fields, rain-fed streams and scattered villages, surrounded by ancient granite hills with striking rock formations. Located in a drought-prone area, the hill slopes are sparse in vegetation and the valley floor dotted with an occasional banyan or tamarind tree. Years of sustained reforestation and water conservation measures have transformed the school campus into a veritable forest area and the once-barren hillside bordering the campus is now covered with a green cover of young trees.