MET Rishikul Vidyalaya
[1] MET Rishikul Vidyalaya (MRV) is a private co-educational LKG-10 registered International Cambridge day school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India which is managed by the Mumbai Educational Trust (MET). The school was established in 2002 and offers the Cambridge Primary Programme, and the Cambridge Curriculum at Secondary 1 and 2. It prepares students for the International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE)). Chhagan Bhujbal is the chair-person of the school.
System of Education
Pre-School
The pre-school comprises the Mother Toddler, Nursery, Jr. Kindergarten and Sr. Kindergarten.
Primary School
The primary school comprises Grades 1-5. The school is a part of the Cambridge International Primary Programme.
Secondary School
The school follows the Cambridge curriculum at Secondary 1 (Grades 6 to 8) and Secondary 2 (Grades 9 and 10). The school prepares the students for the International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE] programme.
Facilities
The school building is 9-storied. It shares the building with the Mumbai Education Trust (MET) masters college.
The campus includes a basketball court, tennis court, and a large playground for sports such as football and cricket, to cater to the physical education programme of the school.
Every classroom has a public address system, display and writing boards, and air conditioning. There are laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology and teaching rooms for Art, Music, Information Communication Technology (ICT), and Mathematics. The school also has a massive library.
The school has a cafeteria which offers healthy, nutritious meals all five working days of the week.
Student Council
The school has four houses: Shivaji (Red), Tagore (Green), Gandhi (Yellow) and Ashoka (Blue) which compete for the house cup throughout the year. Each house has one captain, one vice-captain, one sports captain and a house teacher.
The council core positions are : Head Boy and Head Girl. The council is democratic, and changed in July every year.
Events
Annual Day
The school has a highly anticipated annual day which is known as 'Anandvan', translating to 'the festival of joy'. It is divided into 2 sections: the Primary Anandvan( for primary students) and the Secondary Anandvan (for Secondary Students).
Green Mela
The PTA members of the school host an annual Green Mela, which is a carnival based around eco-friendly activities and games.
Achievements
The school is very environmental-friendly and has won the 'Best Performing School Award' by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and the World Education 'Green Campus Award'. It has won the International School Award from the British Council from 2014-2017.