DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali
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| DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali | |
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| Established | 1972 |
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| School type | Public |
| Principal | Mr. Dharam Raj Singh |
| Location | Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Students | 5500 |
| Website | www.davjvm.com |
[edit] History
DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir is a prestigious educational institute in Jharkhand located at Shyamali Colony (also commonly known as Mecon Colony, previously known as H.S.L Colony), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Shyamali Colony is the residence to the officials and staff of MECON and SAIL, Ranchi.
The school imparts education from Prep to the Senior Secondary Level. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is managed by a School Managing Committee appointed by MECON, Ranchi.
[edit] Overview
The school has a strength of around 5,500 students and the schooling based on CBSE pattern is offered from Nursery to Std XII. There are 7 sections named A-G in each class till Class Xth. The school runs in two sessions- morning and afternoon for Class XI and XII. This is so primarily because of the large number of students who apply for admission in the Science stream in the school. The cut-off for admission in Science stream is well above 92%.The school also has well-equipped labs for physics,chemistry,biology,computers (each 2) and a maths lab for class IX-X which is one of its kind in Ranchi. The school also offers two well-furnished libraries-The General Library(for general use) and The Reference Library(for the students of class XI-XII). The school has a great history with a large number of alumni at important positions throughout the globe after pursuing higher education from institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian School of Mines,BIT Mesra, NLSIU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, National Institutes of Technology , Cochin University of Science and Technology, etc. The school gained much of its present pre-eminence under the administration of Mr. R.E.Singh, Principal(1983-2000). This was built upon by his succesor,Mr. D.R.Singh(2003Needs Validation-till date) under whose guidance the school made a greater impact in the national arena not only in academics but also in sports and extra curricular activities.
