Sree Rama Varma Music School

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Sree Rama Varma Music School
Location
Trissur
,
Kerala

India India
Information
School typeMusic, Girls.
Established1910
FounderRama Varma XV


Sree Rama Varma Music School (Malayalam: ശ്രീരാമവർമ്മ സംഗീത സ്കൂൾ) is a music school situated in Thrissur city in Kerala, India and it is the first music school in Kerala state. The school is also known as S.R.V. Music School[1].

History

The school was established in July 19, 1910 by Rama Varma XV, Maharaja of Cochin aiming to teach Indian classical musics to the ladies of Cochin Royal Family and it was later taken over by the government. Of late, it was attached to the Government Model Girls’ Higher Secondary School[2].

Courses

The school offers the Senior Music Certificate course. Girls who have passed SSLC examination or its equivalent are eligible for the course. Those who pass are eligible for appointment as music teachers in government schools. The syllabus for the certificate course is equivalent to that for the B.A. Music course. Thousands of alumnae of the school have been posted as teachers in schools across the State.

Termination

In this modern days, according to the education department, the school and its syllabus was totally become gratuitous. They pointed out that there are more another facilities for the higher studies of music in the state than here. Finally, government of Kerala decided to close the school in 2012[3].

Resistance

Against the termination, Digital Film Makers’ Forum trust conducted a foreclosure (Dharna) at Thrissur D.E.O office on 19th February of 2013 under the leadership of Prof.K.B.Unnithan, a notable social activist, politician and chief patron of the trust. Vidhyadharan Master, the famous music director of Malayalam films inaugurated Dharna and a mass number of musicians, art-cultural-social activists and leading politicians were participated. The students and patrons of the school were the main participants of the strike[4][5].

Several memorandums are submitted to the all members of Kerala Assembly, including chief minister Oommen Chandy and education minister P. K. Abdu Rabb, all other ministers of Kerala, all members of Parliament by Sathish Kalathil, the trust chairman[6]. And He also suite a file to Human Rights Commission, Kerala State. The Human Rights Commission Justice R.Nadarajan produced a notice to government to consider the issue[7]. Adv.Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA, had raised in the Assembly the issue of upgrading the school as a college, and the Education Minister had promised to take steps[8].

Upgrading

All of these circumstances the government appointed a commission to report about the issue[9]. The commission, Prof.M.Balasubrahmanyam reported to the government to upgrade the school. Finally the order of the termination of S.R.V Music School was Withdrawn and the school was upgraded as a music college[10].

See Also

References

  1. ^ "Music school celebrates centenary". The Hindu. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  2. ^ "Thrissur music school celebrates centenary". The Hindu. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  3. ^ "Education Department faces the music over move to close school". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  4. ^ "DFMF Dharna Against SRV Termination".
  5. ^ "News about DFMF Dharna".
  6. ^ "Fighting Against Social Heinousness". D.F.M.F Trust. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  7. ^ "SRV Music School: Swaram Nilakkunnu". Mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  8. ^ "Music show for school upgradation". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  9. ^ "Prof.M.Balasubrahmanyan, The Special Officer". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  10. ^ "S.R.V.Music College Upgraded". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

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