Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School
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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 which runs a number of schools and colleges mainly in Vile Parle, Andheri and Mulund. The building has a hall suitable for marriage ceremonies.
(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.The school has four divisions for almost each standard up from three divisions per standard which was the case earlier.
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.
, 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.
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.
Mumbai
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, India
India
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. The school has Primary and Secondary Sections. The school produces merit list rankers in the Maharashtra State Secondary Board
Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is a statutory and autonomous body established under the Maharashtra Secondary Boards Act 1965 ....
examinations year after year. The school is part of the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya is an educational institution in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. It consists of four schools - the PTV English Medium School, the PTV Marathi Medium Secondary School, the PTV Marathi Medium Primary School and Paranjape Vidyalaya.The Marathi Medium School , was founded in 1921, as...
Association which runs a number of schools and colleges mainly in Vile Parle, Andheri and Mulund. The building has a hall suitable for marriage ceremonies.
History
The school derives its name from the Indian Freedom Fighter Sri Lokmanya Balgangadhar TilakBal Gangadhar Tilak
Lokmanya Tilak –, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer and independence fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities derogatorily called the great leader "Father of the Indian unrest"...
(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
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School is a school situated in Vile Parle, a suburb of Mumbai, India. The school has a building of Secondary section . The section runs in two sessions, grade 5 to 7 morning session and grade 8 to 10 afternoon session.-History:In The 1920s Vile Parle...
which had housed the latter's laboratories.The school has four divisions for almost each standard up from three divisions per standard which was the case earlier.
Culture
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
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
forms an important part of the school culture, and is considered to be the most important sport.. The school sends its cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team to cricket tournaments.
Extra-curricular activities
Clubs include the Nature Club (affiliated to the World Wide Fund for NatureWorld Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
, 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.
Sport
PTVEMS has teams for volleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and the school participates in competitions organised by the Mumbai School Sports Association. The volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team's victories include Tilak Trophy and MSSA competitions.. The school athletes participate in sports like badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, skating, football, swimming and track and field even though training facilities for these sports are not available in the school.