Rishi Valley School

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Rishi Valley Education Centre

Nestling among ancient hills (altitude: 2500 feet) that form the south-eastern fringe of the Deccan plateau, the Rishi Valley Education Centre (RVEC) derives its name from Rishi Konda, a hill which marks the west face of the valley. The area enjoys salubrious climate. The campus (about 250 acres) with its gardens, orchards, fields and woods, has an extensive green canopy of trees planted since the Centre's inception. The Rishi Valley Land Care Project involves the staff, students, and interested visitors in afforestation, water conservation and soil regeneration programmes, besides protection and documentation of the plant, bird, and animal life of the valley.

The RVEC comprises the Rishi Valley School (RVS) and the Rural Education Centre (REC).

The Rishi Valley School is a residential, co-educational, English medium school affiliated to the ICSE/ISC Board, New Delhi. The school has about 350 students from standard IV to XII, and a teacher-student ratio of 1:9. It has a well-developed fine arts section, and a sports department which offers a range of activities and regular coaching.

The dormitories, which are for about 20 students each (vertical age grouping), are managed by resident house parents/teachers who oversee the children's physical and emotional needs.

A guest house accommodates visiting parents and guests of the school.

School sessions: Mid-June to mid-October; late November to late March.

The Rural Education Centre is located on fourteen acres of land adjacent to the RVS campus. It has a free day-school for around 100 students from the surrounding countryside, a teacher-training programme for rural youth, and a small rural dispensary. REC also runs satellite schools; each is a one-teacher-one-class school of about thirty students, vertically grouped, situated in small hamlets around the valley and run by teachers trained at the REC.

Environment regeneration schemes have transformed this corner of the drought-prone Chittoor district into a green zone. The REC nurseries distribute saplings to the villagers. Students from the RVS and the REC undertake tree planting every monsoon.

Weather: Rishi Valley enjoys good weather all through the year-- summer (March-June), monsoons (July-Sept./Nov), winter (Dec-Feb).

How to get there: Rishi Valley lies on the Madras-Bombay trunk route, 17 km from Madanapalle towards Anantapur. Madanapalle is well connected to the important towns and cities of the region.

1. By air: Reach Madras and Bangalore.

2. By rail: Reach Bangalore; or Anantapur (on Bombay/Hyderabad-Bangalore line); or Madras; or Katpadi (on Bangalore/Kerala-Madras line); or Cuddapah/Renigunta (on Madras-Bombay line); or Madanapalle Road railway station (on Dharmavaram-Tirupati metre gauge line).

3. By road: Buses regularly ply from Bangalore, Madras, Tirupati, Cuddapah, Katpadi and Anantapur to Madanapalle.

4. From Madanapalle: A two-hourly shuttle (Madanapalle-Thettu-Madanapalle) from the Government bus stand comes on the campus. Autorickshaws are also available. On prior request, the school vehicle can be arranged for pick-up from Madanapalle.

For details, write to
The Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre.
The Principal, Rishi Valley School.

Address:
Rishi Valley P.O.,
Madanapalle, Chittoor District,
Andhra Pradesh-517352. India
Tel: (08571) 280622, 280582, 280044
Fax: (08571) 280261
E-mail: office@rishivalley.org