Sowdeswari Vidyalaya Coimbatore

10°59′47.29″N 76°56′1.76″E

Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary school
Entrance
Address
Arul Garden Ramamurthy Road, Selvapuram Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu , 641026 India
Information
Type	Self financed
Motto	உள்ளுவதெல்லாம் உயர்வுள்ளல் (All thoughts be lofty)
Established	1 June 1977 (1977-06-01)
Founder	Nachimuthu Chettiar
School board	Samacheer Kalvi
Principal	Mr. Balamurugan
Teaching staff	94
Number of students	3080
Classes	LKG to 12th std
Affiliation	Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Board

The Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore or SSV Matric, is in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The school is run by Sri Ramalinga Sowdeswari Charitable Trust.^[1] The school educates students from LKG to Standard 12. It offers education as per the Samacheer Kalvi and Higher Secondary board or Tamil Nadu State Board syllabus. It is an English medium school. On Annual Day each year important personalities are invited.^[2]

History

The school was started on 1 June 1977^[3] in a rented building at D.B.Road R.S.Puram. In 1997 the school shifted to its own building at Chokampudur, Coimbatore where the present campus is located.

Sports

Sports facilities available are:

• Basketball court
• Football ground
• Throw ball
• Handball
• Ball badminton
• Table tennis
• Shuttle badminton
• Kho-Kho
• Volleyball court

Students won two gold medals in the 200m running race and the javelin throw in the SDAT National women's sports festival district level competition 1held at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore.^[4] In 2015, L.B. Nivetha, student of this school was one of the state topper in the Higher Secondary Examinations with a total of 1192 (out of 1200) marks and Tamil as their first language.^[5][6]

Facilities

• Computer Lab
• Science Lab
• Communication Hall
• Student Teachers Canteen
• School Library
• Edu comp
• Physical Education Room
• student's Health room
• Separate Kinder Garden block
• CCTV protected

Extra curriculars

• Yoga
• Music
• Quiz club [Cryptex quiz club]
• Scouts & Guides
• JRC[junior red cross]
• RSP[road safety patrol]
• Abacus
• Karate
• Silambam
• Hindi

References

1. Directorate of matriculation schools ^{[dead link‍]} -Possibly requires login
2. "Sri Sowdeshwari Vidyalaya celebrates annual day". The Hindu. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
3. M Saravanan (28 September 2011). "நாச்சிமுத்து செட்டியார் Founder of "Sri Ramalinga Sowdeswari charitable trust"". Retrieved 20 December 2011.
4. "Subhashini from Sowdeswari Vidyalaya clinches double gold". The Hindu. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
5. KAVITA KISHORE (8 May 2015). "Girls from Tiruppur, Coimbatore shine". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
6. R. SAIRAM (8 May 2015). "Plus Two results: a historic high and several lows for Coimbatore". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2016.