Sri Ramanuja Vidyalaya
Sri Ramanuja Vidyalaya
Project Brief: A primary coeducational school run by Yatheendra Educational Trust. The school began in 2006 with 24 students in pre-KG through Grade I, and now has 195 students upto Grade VI. The students are from mostly by poor and economically backward community
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Los Angeles
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: TribalSupporting Chapter Contact:
Los Angeles
Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: P. K. Subramanian
Project Partner(s): M. S. Rangachari
Project Address: Sri Ramanuja Vidyalaya
10/2 Thiruvenkatam Nagar,
II Street,
Little Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 631501
Tel: 044 2726 9050
Stewarding Chapter: Los Angeles
Project Steward: P. K. Subramanian
Project Partner(s): M. S. Rangachari
Project Address: Sri Ramanuja Vidyalaya
10/2 Thiruvenkatam Nagar,
II Street,
Little Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 631501
Tel: 044 2726 9050
Stewarding Chapter: Los Angeles
| Jun 2010 | Los Angeles | USD 1000 |
| Sep 2009 | Los Angeles | USD 1000 |
Total = $2000
The support goes towards teacher's salaries of the school. There are currently teachers for all grades up to VI, part time teachers, and four administrative staff.
The city of Kanchipuram consists of ‘Big’ Kanchipuram and ‘Little’ Kanchipuram. The former has seen much growth due to its famous silk trade and has sufficient educational infrastructure. Earlier, due to lack of good transportation, children had to walk about 6 km to go to school in the ‘Big’ area. To alleviate this, and to give the children of Little Kanchipuram good educational opportunities, The Yatheendra Educational Trust was founded and which runs the school. The school follows the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum (which many consider superior to others) and aims to grow into a high school. Currently there are no schools that follow the CBSE curriculum within a radius of 20 miles from the school.
Limiting attention only to the educational needs of Little Kanchipuram, a Trust was formed in 2006 and named as "Yatheendra Educational Trust". Yatheendra is one of the names of the philosopher Ramanuja whose formative years were spent in this part of India. The name was chosen also having in mind his reformative social philosophy and concern for the down-trodden. The Trust aims at even a University projecting the cultural heritage of India and in particular, Kanchipuram. As a beginning, a primary school with pre-KG, LKG, UKG, and I standard classes began functioning from 6 June 2006 with 24 students in all.