Joy Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, India, was established in 1986. The Joy Education Society, Jabalpur, runs it. It is a co-ed, English medium Senior Secondary School. It conducts classes from Primary to Senior Secondary Level.
History[edit | edit source]
Joy Primary School was established in 1986 with 177 students and was run by the Joy Education Society. Gradually the education offered grew from Primary to Middle and finally to Senior Secondary School Level. The Primary School in its embryonic stage began in Agrawal Colony and as the school climbed every successive level it shifted to Napier Town, Wright Town and finally stationed itself in Vijay Nagar. ‘JOY’ was affiliated to Board of Secondary Education M.P. from 1986–2003, but after shifting to Vijay Nagar in 2003 it switched over to the Central Board of Secondary Education.
Awards and achievements[edit | edit source]
Cultural[edit | edit source]
In 1998 1200 students of the school sung 'Ranbheri', a patriotic song written by Lt. Shri Ram Kumar Bharatiya (a.k.a. Lt. Shri Ram Kumar Seth) in 1930 during the Savinay Avagya Movement against the Britishers, who levied a tax on the peasants. The video song was recorded in the Limca Book. It was telecasted on Indian entertainment channels and can be viewed on YouTube.
The cultural group, composed of fifteen girls, participated in the 4th National Balrang organized by the Department of School Education Government of Madhya Pradesh and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal. Performers of 26 states including two students of International Schools performed in Bhopal on 21 December 2008. Joy won first prize for their folk display of "The Rai" dance. The group has been adopted by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal to project the culture of M.P. in other states and abroad. The group performed on the Founders Day of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on 21 March 2009.