SRI GURU HARKRISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, ATTARI is a
co-educational institution offering education
from prc-Nursery to VIII Std. It is being run
in a Gurdwara complex donated by S. Harinderpal
Singh Sidhu and a family of Attari for establishing
an English medium Public School for the upliftment
of the educationally backward area of this Indo-Pak
border belt. With this objective in view, the
school was started on January 28,1997 by the Chief
Khalsa Diwan, Amritsar. The school is situated
near the famous railway station, Attari, known
as the 'Gateway of India' at a distance of 26
km. from Amritsar and 1 km short of Wagha Border.
At present, the school campus consists of 14 airy,
well-ventilated and spacious rooms, the Principal's
office and the Staff room. There is a Gurdwara
in the centre of the building which is dedicated
to the Sikh community.
The school has a spacious play ground for different
games and sports. Facilities for indoor games
like chess, ludo, carrom etc. are provided to
the students. Keeping in view that the teacher
is a torch-bearer for the students, the school
has appointed a team of 20 qualified and trained
teachers who are imparting education by adopting
the latest methodology and innovative techniques.
The total strength of students in the school is
430 and the number of students in each class/section
is kept within a manageable limit, so that each
student receives adequate and individual attention.
The school provides a conducive environment for
the harmonious development of the child's personality.
The school is to be affiliated to the Punjab School
Education Board, Mohali and the requisite minimum
facilities are being created for the same. It
is generally said, "A sound mind lives in a sound
body". So, outdoor activities i.e. games and sports
are an integral part of education, in order to
make a child physically and mentally sound. This
also involves team spirit, sportsmanship, co-operation
and discipline. Our students actively participate
in inter-school competitions. Facilities for the
development of art and craft to channelise the
creative ability are provided lo the students.
Mere accumulation of knowledge is not enough in
life. Proper and well-organized co-curricular
activities are just as important as the formal
educational instructions for the overall development
of the students.
The school provides various facilities for regular
co-curricular activities. Inter-school competitions
such as science quiz and science exhibition poetic
recitation and painting competitions etc. are
an integral part of the curriculum. Besides imparting
quality education, equal emphasis is laid on the
teaching of Sikh religion, history and culture
and teaching of Punjabi language. The school celebrates
the Gurpurbs of Sikh gurus, especially Guru Gobind
Singh Ji. During the Nagar Kirtan the students
and staff salute the Samadhi of great General
of Khalsa Raj S. Sham Singh Attari. The school
not only offers good education, but also undertakes
social service for the welfare of the people of
this area such as organizing medical camps and
mass marriages of poor girls. The school also
arranges "Chhabeels" of cold water for the pilgrims
coming from and going to Pakistan.
The school Management is trying to purchase 2
acres of land adjacent to the present site of
the school to provide a new building on modern
lines having spacious class rooms, a library,
well equipped laboratories, a high-tech computer
room and an audio-visual room. The school Management
is keen to make it a model Public School.
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