The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur

Grade 1-12 state school in Hyderabad

17°23′59″N 78°32′11″E / 17.3996045°N 78.5362976°E / 17.3996045; 78.5362976InformationTypePublicMottoBe VigilantEstablished1972PrincipalDr.Narsimha ReddyFaculty100Number of students2300Area40 acresAffiliationCentral Board of Secondary EducationEmblem"Shaheen" - The EagleSchool SongGod Bless The SchoolSchool Magazine"Shaheen" (Annually)School Newsletter"Eaglet" (Quarterly)Online Magazine"Musings"Websitehttp://hpsramanthapur.org

The Hyderabad Public School is located in Ramanthapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

The school was established in 1972. It is a branch of Hyderabad Public School located at Begumpet. It has over 2300 students in grades PP1 through 12; teaching is in English. The teacher student ratio is 1:23. The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is a member of Indian Public Schools’ Conference. Admission into the school is through a recently introduced system of drawing lots. The school is an ethical, non-profitable, co-educational institution.

History

In 1972, The Hyderabad Public School Society realized the need for another public school. By resolution of the Board of Governors, the society decided to start a new unit. The Late Sri T.B.V. Subhramanyam was entrusted with the project and was appointed the founder principal. Thus a new unit of the Hyderabad Public School came into existence in a rented building at Panjagutta. Later, the Osmania University leased out 40 acres (16 ha) (+20 acres for conservation purpose) of land in at Ramanthapur and the school was shifted to its present site.

Facilities

The school has nine main buildings: the administrative block accommodates the accounts office and the clerical staff, a two storied main academic block, the Principal’s academic office, the Vice-Principal’s office, the staff room, the assembly hall, laboratories, workshop areas, activity rooms and class rooms.

The school is co-ed (since 1986). The boarding facilities are offered for boys only.

There is a 25-bed dispensary, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer laboratories alongside a Mathematics lab.

Divisions

Pre-Primary Wing - Classes: PP1 and PP2
Primary Wing - from Class 1 to 5
Secondary Senior Wing - Classes 6 to 12

Each class has five sections A, B, C, D,E and F(Only till 5 class)

Sports and extra-curricular activities

The school in a 40-acre (160,000 m²) closed campus has playgrounds for cricket, hockey, basketball, football, volleyball, badminton, kabaddi, tennis, tennikoit and table tennis. There is a children’s park near the primary wing and parallel bars adjacent to the boarding house.

Societies include the Science Club, the History Society, the Geography Society, the Debating Societies in English, Hindi and Telugu, the Quiz Contest Conclave and Gyaneshwar the Dramatics Society. The children function as the secretaries of the societies under the guidance of the teachers as chairman.

Investiture ceremony and Sports Day are held annually.

School ceremonies and traditions

Annual Sports Day
Children’s Day
Cultural Day
Independence Day
Investiture Ceremony
Model United Nations
Republic Day
School Exhibition
Teachers Day
Hindi Divas
Telugu Divas

Management

The Hyderabad Public School is managed by the Hyderabad Public School Society through its Board of Governors. The Board of Governors comprises:

Six elected representatives of the Hyderabad Public School Society
The Vice Chancellor, Osmania University, Hyderabad
The Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
Two Nominees of Education Department of Telangana State Government.
The Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
The Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad.

The Executive Body of the Managing Committee of H.P.S. Society also constitutes the Executive Body of the Board of Governors of H.P.S.

The House system

The student body is divided into four houses named after famous Empires:

Vijayanagara - Yellow
Nalanda - Blue
nagarjuna - Red
Taxila- Green

The prefectorial system

The prefectorial system is a tradition of the school. A body of students is invested (in a grand investiture ceremony which includes a parade) with its powers and privileges. The heads of the student body are the Head Boy and Head Girl.