Rishi Valley School Rishi Valley Education Centre is run by Krishnamurti Foundation, India. It is located in a sheltered valley in the interior of rural Andhra Pradesh, about 15km from the nearest town, Madanapalle, and about 140 km north-east of Bangalore. The site of the school, chosen by Krishnamurti for its remarkable atmosphere of peace and serenity, is an undulating landscape of fields, rain-fed streams and scattered villages, surrounded by ancient granite hills with striking rock formations. Located in a drought-prone area, the hill slopes are sparse in vegetation and the valley floor dotted with an occasional banyan or tamarind tree. Years

Rishi Valley School AIMS OF EDUCATION J. Krishnamurti's philosophy of education, reflected in the activities of Rishi Valley Education Centre, is best expressed in his own words: “The purpose, the aim and drive of these schools, is to equip the child with the most excellent technological proficiency so that the student may function with clarity and efficiency in the modern world. A far more important purpose than this is to create the right climate and environment so that the child may develop fully as a complete human being. This means giving the child the opportunity to flower in goodness so that he or

Rishi Valley School JUNIOR SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES The Junior School, which includes a preparatory section for campus children and classes 4, 5 and 6, is contiguous with the Middle School, which consists of classes 7 and 8. These are housed together in the same of complex of buildings and share the facilities of an open assembly hall, a well-stocked library, science laboratories and a mathematics-cum-computer laboratory. There are also audio-visual facilities, a yoga-cum-activity room and commodious sports facilities for cricket, tennis and football. SENIOR SCHOOL STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES The senior school is housed in a separate complex of buildings. The facilities include a separate, well-stocked

There are around 20 small hostels - which we prefer to call houses - each of which accommodates a number ranging from 12 to 22 students. Boys and girls belonging to classes 4 and 5 live together with older girls of classes 6 and 7 in the same house. Older boys and girls live in separate houses, usually with a mixed-age of two classes being together. Members of the teaching staff, who live in staff quarters within a house, act as house-parents. Life in the houses is meant to develop the values of co-operation, self-restraint, and sharing. The interaction between teachers

The school's location in a serene and beautiful valley creates a natural, pollution-free environment for children to grow up in. During their stay here students are encouraged to explore the surroundings through walks and hikes in the valley. An evening gathering of the whole school, termed 'astachal', is held whenever the weather permits. Students sitting together and observing the evening sky changing colours have an opportunity to experience their thoughts in quiet reflection and come upon a quality of silence. Students meet 6 days of the week for morning assembly: thrice a week the junior and senior schools meet separately. Whole school assemblies

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