Visakhapatnam: For understandable reasons, people look down upon government schools. What if there is an exception among government educational institutions; and that too, a high school that outclasses comparable private institutions in many respects?
The Chandrampalem Zilla Parishad High School is one government institution that is fully equipped to offer well-rounded education, thanks to the total commitment of its authorities and the government. The school has been registering excellent results in education as well as sports and extracurricular activities.
Since 2010, the school has been giving admission to at least 400 new students annually and presently it has a strength of 3,316 students --- the highest among government high schools in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State. Apart from education, the school has been nurturing promising students with the aim of making them sports personalities and artistes in various fields, including music and dance.
Although admissions in government schools have shown a decline, Chandrampalem ZP High School, located 9 km away from the city at Madhurawada, has bucked the trend. It is the only government-run high school with multiple specialties. The credit goes to the 88-strong teaching staff and five-member non-teaching staff of the school.
Madhurawada has many residential colonies and apartments, with majority of the people belonging to middle and lower middle classes. Many parents are now sending their children to this school from various pockets in the city.
The school, established in 1979 over an extent of 5.5 acres, continued till 2010 as just another government school without any special attention. However, after the government decided to make it a ‘model institution’, things started moving fast.
The Chandrampalem Zilla Parishad High School is one government institution that is fully equipped to offer well-rounded education, thanks to the total commitment of its authorities and the government. The school has been registering excellent results in education as well as sports and extracurricular activities.
Since 2010, the school has been giving admission to at least 400 new students annually and presently it has a strength of 3,316 students --- the highest among government high schools in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State. Apart from education, the school has been nurturing promising students with the aim of making them sports personalities and artistes in various fields, including music and dance.
Although admissions in government schools have shown a decline, Chandrampalem ZP High School, located 9 km away from the city at Madhurawada, has bucked the trend. It is the only government-run high school with multiple specialties. The credit goes to the 88-strong teaching staff and five-member non-teaching staff of the school.
Madhurawada has many residential colonies and apartments, with majority of the people belonging to middle and lower middle classes. Many parents are now sending their children to this school from various pockets in the city.
The school, established in 1979 over an extent of 5.5 acres, continued till 2010 as just another government school without any special attention. However, after the government decided to make it a ‘model institution’, things started moving fast.
