Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar 3.91

Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar is a Senior Secondary School affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It is a part of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a group of educational institutions and is situated in Girinagar, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.HistoryBhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar was founded in 1977 on 1.7acre of land donated by the Cochin Shipyard in the heart of Kochi City.The school functions under the purview of the Kochi Kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, which runs 7 schools in Kochi. Apart from the main subjects taught, the school also has judo, archery, basketball, karate and National Cadet Corps (NCC) coaching after school timings, which generally runs on Mondays–Tuesdays 3:00–5:00 PM. The school got the Best School Award 2011 in India. The school has 1,600 students and 85 teachers.TimingsThe school has three terms for Classes 1–5—first term is June–August, second term September–December, third term January–March.For classes 6–10 it has two terms—first term June–Early October (starting 2012–13, May–September), second term Mid-October–March (starting 2012–13, October–March). The school opens at the beginning of June for Class I to VIII, XI and May for Classes IX–X and XII), and closes in March.The summer vacation lasts from April beginning to May end for Class 1–8 and Class 11. For Class 9, 10, and 12, April alone is the month of vacation and May marks the beginning of their classes.The school timing is from 7:45 am to 1:30 pm for Primary section and from 7:45 am to 2:50 pm for the Secondary and Senior-Secondary Sections Mondays to Fridays. The school functions on third Saturdays, for the students of Class 6–12 only.