| Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School | |
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| Location | |
| Building 3, Ramabai Chemburkar Marg, off Hanuman Road, Vile Parle, Mumbai Maharashtra, India |
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| Coordinates | [1] |
| Information | |
| School type | Private Primary, Secondary and High School |
| Motto | There is nothing in this world as sacred as Knowledge |
| Established | June 29, 1982 |
| Founder | Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association[2][3] |
| Headmistress | Mrs. Amita Bhide (Primary Section); Mrs. Sita Subramanium (Secondary Section) |
| Grades | 1-10 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age range | 6 - 16 |
| Language | English |
| Campus type | Sub-urban |
| Houses | Kusumagraj (Red), Premchand (Yellow), J. C. Bose (Blue) and C. V. Raman (Green) |
| Colour(s) | Sky Blue and Grey |
| Accreditation(s) | ICSE[4][5][6], CBSE[7][5], MH-SSC[8] |
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School ('PTVEMS) is an English medium school located in Vile Parle East in Mumbai, India. The school has Primary and Secondary Sections. The school produces merit list rankers in the Maharashtra State Secondary Board examinations year after year. The school is part of the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association[3] which runs a number of schools and colleges mainly in Vile Parle, Andheri and Mulund. The building has a hall suitable for marriage ceremonies[9].
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The school derives its name from the Indian Freedom Fighter Sri Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak(1856–1920). The English medium school was established on 29 June 1982 on a piece of land adjacent to the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School which had housed the latter's laboratories[10].The school has four divisions for almost each standard up from three divisions per standard which was the case earlier.
School uniform is sky blue shirt and grey pinafore for girls and a sky blue shirt with grey shorts (up to the seventh standard) or trousers (standards eight to ten) for boys.
The majority of the pupils are Hindus. Morning prayers are also Hindu. Important days like Teacher's Day and Tilak Punyatithi are celebrated in the school with events and intra-school competitions. An Annual Function is held every year in December. At the Annual Function prizes are given to meritorious students by a chief guest. A Send-Off Party for students who are passing out of the institution is held annually. Volleyball forms an important part of the school culture, and is considered to be the most important sport.. The school sends its cricket team to cricket tournaments.[11]
Clubs include the Nature Club (affiliated to the World Wide Fund for Nature, Science Club, Consumer Club, Literary Club, Marathi Vangmay Mandal(Marathi Literary Society) and Sanskrit Sabha (a Sanskrit literary club). The school encourages students to participate in competitions organised by other associations like the Lions Club and the Rotary Club. PTVEMS students have won prizes at Azmaish inter-school competitions. PTVEMS is a member of the iNDUS Maths Club[12].
PTVEMS has teams for volleyball and cricket and the school participates in competitions organised by the Mumbai School Sports Association. The volleyball team's victories include Tilak Trophy and MSSA competitions.. The school athletes participate in sports like badminton, skating, football, swimming and track and field even though training facilities for these sports are not available in the school.