Gokuldham High School

Gokuldham High School and Junior College
Location
Gokuldham, Goregaon East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Information
Type	Independent co-educational secondary
Motto	विद्‌या विनयेन शोभते (Modesty Adorns Knowledge)
Established	2 July 1983 (2 July 1983)
Trust	Goenka & Associates Educational Trust
Faculty	200
Grades	1-12
Number of students	3,000+
Language	English
Color(s)	Blue, Green, Yellow, Red
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Website	ghs.edu.in

Gokuldham High School & Jr. College was founded on 2 July 1983. The school has a multi-storey structure with more than 5,000 students and 200 staff members. It is designed to accommodate a volume of 3,688 students. The school is affiliated to the ICSE board.

Infrastructure

Building

The school building has five storeys with 44 classrooms. The school has 5 halls for artists. The school has laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology. There are two computer laboratories with adequate computers to serve the entire school. The school auditorium is a hall fitted with a sound system to conduct co-curricular activities.

Playground

Students can play games like football, handball, hockey and cricket on the playground (Which is the bus parking area). Handball, football, basketball and hockey are included in the physical education (PE) classes of the school till standard VIII. The students can choose any one of these four sports to train for.

Library

The school has a library spread over an area of 2,034 square feet (189.0 m²). It contains about 22,184 books, periodicals and magazines, suitable for school students.

Additional facilities

The school campus houses a swimming pool, where students can train for aquatic competitions. A wide range of hobby classes are conducted over the weekend. However, swimming classes are not included in the extra curricular syllabus of the school.

Management

Secondary section

Principal

Dr.Mrs.Jayashree Narayanan

Vice-Principal

• Ms. Sushama Nagarkar

Coordinator

• Ms. Jayaram Bala

Supervisors

• Ms. Soni Singh
• Ms. Preeti Chawala

Primary Section

Principal

• Dr. Mrs. Jayshree Narayanan

Head Teacher

• Ms.Ashwini Parulekar

Supervisors

• Ms. Anita Fernandes
• Ms.Eti Rohatgi
• Ms.Kajal Sharma
• Ms.Irene Chettiar

Junior college

Principal

• Dr. Mrs. Jayshree Narayanan

Supervisor

• Ms. Abha Sharma

Admission process

The academic session of the school is from March to April. The admission process begins in mid-March and the admission procedure is done in the first week of May. Admission process is one and the same for all students and is purely on merit basis against vacancies available for each standard.

Academic promotion rules

The school holds two terminal examinations from Std. I to Std.VII and three terminal examinations from Std VIII to XII. Promotions are decided on the pupil's performance over the year assessed at all the three examinations. A student should secure 40% in English and 35% in each individual head of passing and on aggregate for promotion to higher standard. No condonation marks will be given in English.