Within the short span of five years, Litera Valley Zee School, Hosur has earned a sound reputation for offering well-balanced primary-secondary education – Paromita Sengupta Spread over 3.47 green acres in the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border town of Hosur (pop. 260,000) ” an industrial hub which hosts several automobile and manufacturing blue-chips including Hindustan Motors, Taneja Aerospace, Bata, Nerolac among others, and a mere 20-minute drive from Bangalore’s Electronics City ” within the short span of five years Litera Valley Zee School (LVZS) has earned a sound reputation for offering well-balanced primary-secondary education. This CBSE-affiliated K-X co-ed day school, which admitted its first batch of 220 students in 2010, currently has 767 ” including 331 girl ” students mentored by 70 highly qualified teachers on its muster roll. Promoted by the Hosur-based Sharada Educational Trust (estb. 2009), LVZS is a franchisee of Zee Learn Ltd ” the education arm of the Mumbai-based Essel Group Ltd (annual revenue: Rs.14,928 crore), a conglomerate with interests in media, real estate, infrastructure, etc ” which has established over 100 K-12 Litera Valley Zee schools countrywide under the owned and franchise models. œLVZS™ mission is to provide a world-class learning-by-doing education experience integrating new information technologies such as tablets and interactive white boards in a state-of-the-art learning environment. Our curriculum is contemporary and experiential, with well-trained teachers mentoring students to learn cognitively rather than by rote. Our institutional objective is to nurture future-ready leaders rooted in Indian traditions and values and equipped to take on the work and life pressures of the 21st century, says Bhuvaneswari Chandrasekar, an alumna of Bharathiar University and go-getting principal of the school. As per the school’s franchise agreement with Zee Learn, content is provided by the latter. The K-class VIII curriculum ” designed by academic experts of Zee Learn ” is activity-based, shaped to stimulate the multiple intelligences of students, while in classes IX-X the focus is on developing students self-learning and study skills. To fulfill the institutional objective of delivering holistic education, the LVZS management has liberally invested in contemporary academic and sports facilities. The school’s cluster of white and yellow pillared buildings house the kindergarten, two primary and secondary blocks and the Knowledge Tower. Together, they offer 30 spacious and well-ventilated classrooms fitted with CCTV and Smart boards, state-of-the-art science, math, innovation and robotics laboratories, music and art rooms, an open-air amphitheatre and a food hub with a self-contained kitchen. The academic and administrative blocks are wi-fi enabled, and the junior and senior libraries house 8,000 volumes with 35 journal subscriptions. A fleet of seven buses equipped with custom-made Velcro seat belts and speed tracking systems transport children to and from school. Unsurprisingly, LVZS compact campus offers numerous sports and games options including throwball, basketball, volleyball, international standard lawn tennis and badminton courts, a cricket ground and swimming pool, indoor chess, table tennis, carom and yoga rooms. Seven coaches ” three of them trained at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala ” mentor and prepare students for state…
