Good Shepherd Kurianoor

Good Shepherd School, Kurianoor

Good Shepherd School at Kurianoor in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India, was founded by its patron, the late Professor V. A. Mathen Bose and Shanta Bose. Set in the pristine ecological-hamlet of Kurianoor village, the school offers education for boys and girls from kindergarten to grade 12. The school's motto is : Truth is beauty: beauty truth, and trains children to become competent, caring and responsible adults.

Affiliation and accreditation

The school is affiliated to the CISCE, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and its grade -10 students and grade 12 students appear for the exams under the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

Academic programs

The school has a play school and Kindergarten.

From the Primary to Middle school, the students study a combination of Languages, Mathematics, Sciences and Social Sciences.

At the high school level, the school offers a combination of English and the Mother tongue (Malayalam) and (Hindi) National Language. The Sciences are bifurcated into Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Maths is also offered along with electives, Commerce& Business studies and Computer Science. Students are challenged to undertake research activities in all the subjects they study.

At the higher secondary school level the school offers Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), Maths and Commerce and Business studies and English, Malayalam, Hindi and English as a special subject.

The school has had visiting faculty of teachers from abroad, especially UK and USA.

SUPW Socially Useful Productive Work

The students take up Socially Useful Productive Work involving gardening using eco-friendly fertilizers, and work with orphanages and old age homes.

Extra-curricular activities

The school promotes activities like dance, music and martial arts.

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