Vivek Public Senior Secondary School

is located in Village Nangal Bihalan, Teh Mukerian, Dist Hoshiarpur, Punjab, closer to the foothills of Shivalik Mountain Range. The school was established by the Managing Committee Vivek Public Sr Sec School in 1984. It was the time when there was not a single private educational institute in the area and the people were in the dire need of quality education. This school was like a missing piece in the puzzle.

Vivek Public Sr Sec School got its affiliation from Punjab School Education Board, SAS Nagar Mohali 10 years later in the year 1994 and It proudly announced to be the first school in the 13 KM radius of the area which was officially Affiliated to PSEB Mohali. The school started with mere 27 students with an average of 8 rupees in tuition fees per month was now taking care of around three hundred students on its campus. The school finally got its Senior Secondary Affiliation three years later in 1997.

The student strength of the school kept rising. The area was sheerly lacking job opportunities being a Kandi area. Those students who passed the Senior Secondary examination from the school were given free aptitude training to compete in different competitive exams. The result was overwhelming. Alumni started to get recruited in different Army streams and other Government jobs. In the year 2016, out of a total of 23 students, 7 got recruited into the Indian Army just after 5 months of clearing their 10+2 exam. 

2020 was the year when this institute was hit enormously hard by the Covid pandemic wave. It tried to take the pressure off of the pockets of the parents. Tried to give free education during the pandemic time via different online platforms. Countless people lost their jobs and so did the school. It lost its students despite offering free resources.  School strength fell from 427 to only 67.  But the school management and staff never lost hope. We worked hard both on improving our educational standards as well as peer-to-peer relations with parents. We are now a family of 241 students. We hope to make it bigger next year.

This school is still fulfilling the educational needs of the lower middle-class people. The average expenditure of students per year is around 12000 which is very much pocket friendly. Yet the administration and staff are committed to providing a challenging and supportive learning environment where all students can succeed and reach their full potential. Every member participates in cycles of continuous learning and improvement that include establishing high morale, goal setting, planning, and action. We at Vivek Public Sr Sec School, Nangal Bihalan try to develop a culture of transcendence among students which includes humanity, positive competitiveness, equality, sympathy, and appreciation by establishing a strong yet amiable educational culture and climate.

Vivek Public Sr Sec School gives its aspiring student a window of opportunity by participating in various competitive events. Our students have won prizes in the competitions organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad’s Hajipur Shakha. These Competitions include “Bharat Ko Jaano Pratiyogita”, “Ramayan Ko Jaano Pratiyogita”, “Speech Competition”, “Group Song Competition”, “Guru Vandan Chaatra Abhinandan”.

The school campus is equipped with solar panels which are very eco-friendly. It has the capacity to generate 3 KW of green energy.  The school campus is lush green where a lot of herbal plants are planted and maintained by different Houses of the school. We have planted herbal plants like green cardamom, lemon grass, parijaat, garam masala, cloves, Amla, and many more in the campus area.  This June, the vacation task of the students was to plant and maintain a tree. It was a reward-based activity where students were to be awarded 5 marks in the first term exam. Students took this challenge and the plants are growing tall and strong. Again, in August this year, every student, as well as staff members of the school, enthusiastically took part in Mision Haryali, conducted by Apna Punjab Organisation, and planted a tree sapling.

Vivek Public Sr Sec School gives its aspiring student a window of opportunity by participating in various competitive events. Our students have won prizes in the competitions organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad’s Hajipur Shakha. These Competitions include “Bharat Ko Jaano Pratiyogita”, “Ramayan Ko Jaano Pratiyogita”, “Speech Competition”, “Group Song Competition”, “Guru Vandan Chaatra Abhinandan”.