About Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Lower Bazaar,
Learn in the Hindu way Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Lower Bazaar, is located in the heart of the town and it was there since the last 114 years. The school was set up in 1886, during the days of the Raj. They believed that education of girls is the only way to improve the backward Indian society. And felt that it will improve the society. To meet this challenge, they first started with a primary school for girls, and was the only school of its kind to be started by an Indian society. The school gradually became a higher secondary school.
The school though, exclusively catered to girl students, also provides education to boys till the Class V. It is managed by the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Sundernagar. A day scholars school, it is affiliated to the HP Board of School ments are made for instructing students in Vedic philosophy. Vedaacharya's and rishis are invited twice or thrice a year to facilitate such teachings. Every morning, 7am to be precise, the school begging with a havan preformed by the members of Arya Samaj. Apart from that there are yajna performed twice a week. Children participate in this and learn about the ancient Indian culture. Every Sundays and Saturday there is a havan. On Sundays, parents and outsiders participate in it. The school has a temple in its premises and a separate hall for performing yajna. Havan etc.
The school assembly prayer is conducted teachers who chant mantras. The school has a library dance, cultural classes are also held here. The school is divided into four houses to promote healthy competition amongst student. Regular inter-house competitions such as, debate, declamation, elocution, painting contests are being held in the premises. The annual function, cultural programmes, Nari Sammalan, Kavi Sammalan etc are the regular features of the school. The school has its own band which has students from class VII to X participating in it. They take part in the annual shobha yatra of the Arya Samaj.
Apart from this, the students actively take part in the inter-school competitions conducted by the government and local bodies. The summer festival, the Independence Day, Republic Day celebrations are other places where one can see them participating. The motto of the school is krinvanto vishva Aryans. It means make the entire Universe, the best.
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Arya Govt Senior Secondry School, Lower Baazar
Shimla, himachal Pradesh, India.
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