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Seek admission in Rishi Valley School

21 February 2009 10 Comments

This post is especially written for those who want to seek admissions for their wards in Rishi Valley School. I keep getting innumerable queries about the school and its procedures.

I am in no way related to the school, nor am I promoting it by virtue of this post. I stayed there for a day and I am stating the facts which I saw there or made available to me.

Rishi Valley School – The over 350 acres school, a modern Gurukulam, a self-contained village is founded by Shri Jiddu Krishnamurthy. For detailed information, please refer to my post on this school. Here I’ll only describe the procedures.

How to reach – The school, Rishi Valley School, better known as RVS is near Madnapalle, Andhra Pradesh, 130 Kms from Bangalore. One can hire a private taxi from different points (airport, railway station, state bus depot) in Bangalore or take a state bus. The school has a tie up with private cabs and they can also arrange for you.

The buses for Madanapalle ply every hour. From Madanapalle, Rishi Valley School is another 16 Kms towards Anantpur for which one can take an autorickshaw for RS 150.00 as no cab is available there. For more details on this please refer to this post.

Admission Procedures – The school is from class 4th to 12th. It follows the ICSE Board syllabus. Admission tests and interviews are normally conducted on the Rishi Valley School campus from late February to early April. And generally a full week is reserved for one class’s admissions. You can make an appointment for a suitable date within that week. The schedules are quite flexible.

The junior classes have only interviews (just to see basic proficiency in English and Maths). They are conducted in a very relaxed or play-way manner.
The senior classes have written tests based on their choice of subjects followed by a non-academic interview, all to be completed in a single day.

The school is excellent for branches like arts and music etc. For those students who are preparing themselves for Engg/medical line as career through some coaching institutes in Bangalore, RVS takes them by school bus on such weekend day trips to attend to classes.

I also received feedbacks from ex-students of the school. For example read this “I studied in RV (and loved it). In response to the comment that students wanting to get into Engineering or Medicine might find it difficult to clear the exams…a bunch of my classmates (and kids from other batches before and after me) went on to become engineers and doctors and I don’t know of any that didn’t pass their exams.”.

Stay – You can stay in guest house of the school which has to be booked in advance. It can be done through phone. While in the campus you can also have a look around to have an idea of the school and facilities. You eat food in the school mess along with students and teachers. No special treatment for anyone.

The website of school is http://www.rishivalley.org/

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10 Comments »

  • manju rai said:

    we are getting lots of feedbacks from this site. As we are going to the School next week for ours son’s admission. this is going to help people like us.

    # 23 February 2009 at 1:13 PM
  • sandip ghose said:

    read my latest post on Rishi Valley and Krishnamurty Foundation Schools at : http://ghoses.blogspot.com/2009/03/masti-ka-pathshala.html#links

    # 21 March 2009 at 4:59 AM
  • Tejal said:

    Well, I am interested in completing my education from RVS. But, I want to know if my family could afford the fees and whether I will be able to develop a free thinking over there.Please contact me at my mail-id.

    # 26 March 2009 at 12:06 PM
  • Kirti said:

    We are thinking of getting our daughter studying in rishi valley in class 11 and 12. We want to know about the admission procedure for class 11, what the school is looking for in a student/ parents.

    # 2 August 2009 at 4:03 PM
  • Vidyasagar said:

    My son is in 7th standard at RV. The admission procedure for class 11 is more rigorous compared to junior classes in the sense that they assess the personality of the sutdent and parental outlook more objectively. They will specifically judge whether the student will enjoy their mode of education while taking personal responsibility for his/her academic performance. I am not sure about the whole procedure but this is what I understood looking at their prospectus.

    # 16 August 2009 at 2:10 PM
  • mansi said:

    it is good but i am not in mood to come

    # 13 September 2009 at 12:39 PM
  • Biju V. John said:

    We are thinking of getting our Son studying in rishi valley in class 11 and 12. We want to know about the admission procedure for class 11.

    # 3 December 2009 at 5:33 PM
  • Nisha said:

    Biju,
    It is slightly difficult to get admission in class 11 & 12 as they have very limited seats and like any other institution, preference is always given to those students who have been studied there.
    You can go thru this website and contact them thru phone. They are quite helpful.
    http://www.rishivalley.org/

    In any case I think you are late for next session. it is already December and I think they stop taking requests for next year’s session.

    Good luck!

    # 4 December 2009 at 2:38 PM
  • Rajashree said:

    I wish that my son gets admission in rvs. It is such a lovely school and I truly feel he deserves a school like that.

    # 10 December 2009 at 11:40 AM
  • ragu said:

    i just wanted 2 knoe wat questions do dey ask for d interview regarding the parents and the child…it’s a bit urgent.

    thanks,Ragu 4m Goa!

    # 26 February 2011 at 11:44 AM

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