Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran ("Indian School in Tehran" Hindi: केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन; Persian: مدرسه هندی تهران) is an Indian co-educational International school in the Baharestan District, Tehran, Iran.[1] Affiliated with the Embassy of India, it serves grade levels LKG (3 years and up) through XII (18 years).[2] The school, one of several Kendriya Vidyalaya institutions, has roughly 120 students ranging from three years old to 18 with each class size being approximately 5-15 students. The school's primary taught languages are English, Hindi, Punjabi and French. Persian is taught in this school also.
The local school hosts children from several countries including the India, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to name a few.
It moved to its present location in central Tehran in 1952, as Indians had moved to that city. At some point its affiliation shifted to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The after-effects of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 reduced the school's enrollment as only 60 to 65 Indian families remained in Iran. It became a Kendriya Vidyalaya in 2004.
In a four-year period from 2008 to 2012 it had three grants, which kept the school in operation during a 2009-2010 financial crisis. The first was 81 lakh (81,00,000) rupees from the Ministry of External Affairs of India, the second was 2 crore (2,00,00,000) rupees from Meira Kumar, and the third grant was 2 lakh (2,00,000) rupees sent on August 29, 2012.[3]
The school was visited by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, who agreed to offer funds from the New Delhi government to fund the school.
| KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TEHRAN | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Tehran | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, Co-Educational International School |
| Motto | Tattvaṁ pūṣaṇa apāvr̥ṇu |
| Founded | 1952 |
| School board | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
| Authority | Embassy of India |
| Chairman | Mr. Rudra Gaurav Shresth |
| Principal | Seema Srivastava |
| Teaching staff | 23 |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Classes | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7 Hours |
| School fees | 450$ |
| Website | https://kendriyavidyalayatehran.ir |
