Introduction
Gitanjali Devshala, sapper line, is one of the best schools in Secunderabad. The school was established in 1997 to provide quality education. The school provides education from Nursery to class X. It has a commendable journey; it started with 400 students, and now it has a student count of 1200 students. The institution follows a moderate student-teacher ratio of 1:16 to bring out the best in children, and each child's progress is monitored easily.
Campus
The school is located in a serene environment, and the school has well equipped separate labs for physics, chemistry and biology. There is a maths lab: English lab, STEM lab, AV lab, music and art rooms. The classrooms are equipped with proper ICt facilities. In addition to this, there's a library featuring several books, magazines and various reference books. There are computer encyclopaedias with internet access to support the research activities for the students.
Philosophy
The school believes that the value measures the success of an educational institution it adds to each individual.
Core values
The school aims to develop the child's total personality and make them better citizens for tomorrow by teaching qualities of Indian culture, leadership, and responsibility towards society.
Academics
Gitanjali's education system is designed to make all-around development of the children to build skills such as communication, collaboration and physical skills.
Pedagogies
Visual, audio and experiential learning is encouraged through the curriculum to multiple intelligences. In addition, the well-educated faculty of the school are aware of different pedagogies such as bloom's taxonomy, and they try their best to integrate that into teaching modules.
Mission
The mission of the school is to
1) engage students in teamwork
2) encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and community work
3) uphold ethical, civil and moral codes.
4) give appreciation to one and all
Extracurricular activities
Physical education, yoga, theatre, aft library general knowledge are considered very important by Gitanjali Devshala. The school also has 1 hour free for hobbies where children choose from western and Indian dances, robotics, karate, skating and table tennis etc. The school provides professional training for games such as throwball, cricket and tennis. The school launches a STEM program to encourage innovation and creativity in the students. Various inter-house competitions are also organised to inculcate values of competition and sportsmanship. Various excursions, trips, and picnics are organised every year for the students with the "know your country" motto. A special program was started by the school in 1997 to help mentally challenged students complete their education under NIOS.
Achievements
The school director was awarded the national award for best teacher in 2004 by Late APJ Abdul Kalam. The school has been ranked by many top websites such as education world survey, education today magazine, digital learning, times of India, careers 360. The school is well known for its best board results. The school includes special sections for mentally challenged children.