Rishi Valley School remains dedicated to bringing Krishnamurti’s challenging vision of education and insights on life into the daily transactions and practices of the school. It has 360 boarding students from all parts of India and elsewhere in the world and sixty faculty members, many of whom are highly qualified and committed to exploring an alternative vision of life and education. Regarded as one of the leading residential schools in India, the Rishi Valley School provides a distinctive educational environment that enables young persons to grow not only in intellectual capacities, but also in other dimensions of their being.
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 outlook. The junior and Middle schools, with around 190 students from classes 4 to 8, provide a flexible curriculum, free from the pressure of examinations. This creates and atmosphere conducive to innovative teaching and a rich range of learning.
The senior School, with 160 students from classes 9 to 12, is affiliated to the ICSE and ISC examination boards. The emphasis here shifts towards an in-depth preparation of students to meet the academic requirements of the prescribed syllabi. While developing the students’ intellectual faculties, there is aconscious effort towards creating a wider awerness of the world and giving space for the development of the aesthetic, moral and emotional dimensions. Students passing out from Rishi Valley School grow into self-aware, sensitive and responsible human beings, who remain as life long learners.
Facilities for the staff and students are simple but well maintained.
While the residential school is only one unit among others in the Education Centre, it functions as a resource base for other units by providing them with administrative support and broadly sharing with them its educational and human resources.
Contact: Risi Valley School, Chitoor.
Ph: 08751280044
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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 outlook. The junior and Middle schools, with around 190 students from classes 4 to 8, provide a flexible curriculum, free from the pressure of examinations. This creates and atmosphere conducive to innovative teaching and a rich range of learning.
The senior School, with 160 students from classes 9 to 12, is affiliated to the ICSE and ISC examination boards. The emphasis here shifts towards an in-depth preparation of students to meet the academic requirements of the prescribed syllabi. While developing the students’ intellectual faculties, there is aconscious effort towards creating a wider awerness of the world and giving space for the development of the aesthetic, moral and emotional dimensions. Students passing out from Rishi Valley School grow into self-aware, sensitive and responsible human beings, who remain as life long learners.