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undara Puranik
Memorial Government High School, well-known as Pervaje School, is one of the highly regarded institutions in
Karkala. The fact that no private school in the vicinity finds such a student
rush for admission, is indeed a tell-tale evidence to its popularity. Parents
vie to get admission for their children in the school, albeit not all succeeding.
A chance visit to the school on a rainy
day recently was a kind of reality check. The tidiness and the discipline strike you the
most when you enter the premises. Students were amidst having milk as per the
government scheme. There was no rush or clamour
of any kind.
The school imparts education both in Kannada
and English mediums. It has a well-equipped science laboratory besides a fully
functional computer laboratory unlike other government schools. A computer
instructor has been appointed on an honorary basis. As all students of a class
cannot be accommodated at the computer lab at a time, they are taken on
rotation. There is a small library for other students at the class itself when
others go for computer practicals!
The school library has a good collection
of books. Students are advised to write reviews of the books they read. Reviews are compiled and the best fetches a prize
too! Selected poems written by students
on different occasions are brought out as Prakrti
Vaibhava. Gomathi is the monthly
magazine. The annual school magazine winning an award every year is a matter of
pride for the school.
The mid-day meal kitchen equipped with a
mixer and a grinder is maintained clean. The food is cooked through steam. The
plates and the tumblers are arranged neatly in shelves.
The school has a hall, though it is not
sufficient to accommodate all students at a time. The open air auditorium is
large enough to host special occasions. An indoor stadium is another much
needed facility in the school. The students have the facility of a covered
parking area for their bicycles.
Washrooms are kept clean, a stark contrast
to the stinking and ill-maintained toilets of a private school which I had
visited a few days earlier.
The tenth standard students get extra
coaching online. The school takes interest in training students in extra-curricular
activities like yakshagana, karate, theatre etc. With such facilities and guidance, no wonder
that the students have brought laurels to the school.
The school makes use of all the facilities
provided by the government, besides augmenting them with private contributions.
“Just because this is a government school,
our students should not be deprived of any facilities available at private
schools, “ says K Harshini, the Headmistress. This, in fact, sums up her
commitment to see to it that students are no less to any student at other
private schools when they pass out. Equally
dedicated is the whole band of enthusiastic teachers.
As I left the premises, not only convinced
I was, my opinion about the school was a notch high.
