Amchi Shala, Chembur
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) |
| Amchi Shala Chembur | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| J K Karmalkar Marg Tilak Nagar (Mumbai) Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400089 India |
|
| Coordinates | 19°04′10″N 72°53′59″E / 19.069358°N 72.899737°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Government Aided, Coeducation, Private |
| Founder | Shri Janardan Krishna Karmalkar |
| Principal | Mrs Neelam Vikas Karmalkar |
| Number of students | ~ 2500 |
| Education system | Secondary School Certificate |
| Teaching Staff | 69 |
| Non-Teaching Staff | 22 |
Amchi Shala is a Marathi Medium School, founded by Shri J K Karmalkar in Tilak Nagar Chembur, India, in 1961.
[edit] History
In the 1960s, Tilak Nagar (Mumbai) situated between Chembur and Ghatkopar was a township colony constructed for industrial workers, working in and around Chembur. There were no schooling facilities for the workers and their children. The population mainly consisted of financially lower middle class Maharashtrian families.
Shri Janardan Krishna Karmalkar, a teacher with experience of founding schools like Chembur High School, shifted his attention to this needy area. The Housing Board gave him part of building no 26 in Tilak Nagar to start his endeavor. He founded a trust Gareeb Vidyarthi Sahayyak Mandal (GVS Mandal) in 1958. The aim of the trust is embedded in the name itself A trust to help poor and needy class of society. He started a school under the auspices of the trust on 19 June 1961, which was called as Amchi Shala.
19°04′10″N 72°53′59″E / 19.069358°N 72.899737°E[1] shows exact location of Amchi Shala in Chembur area.
Throughout the formation of the trust and the school he was supported by his wife Indira Karmalkar also a teacher and later Principal of Amchi Shala. In the beginning there were 310 students with seven divisions and 11 teaching staff.
