Education with a Rich Indian Flavour Comes to Shegaon.
The evolution from a small town to a big city happens with the advent of quality education. Even a commercially prosperous town like Shegaon & Khamgoan has still very few options for quality education that is on par with the best in the country. And then, that scenario changed with a series of events that was set off several years back.
The Bhattad family who own Shegaon’s Kesar Textiles have been looking for a credible educational institution for their family’s children for a decade now. Shri Rameshchandra Bhattad could not find such an option near Shegaon for his children and later for his grandchildren close. However, he did see his extended family attending the Chinmaya Vidyalaya in India as well as in America. He was impressed with the quality of education and the consistency with which Indian culture was merged with the education across countries. In the year 2013 a few conversations with Swami Tejomayananda, the Head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide, and Swamini Vimalananda, the Ex-Director of the Chinmaya Education Cell, led to a proposed initiative to bring a Chinmaya Vidyalaya to Shegaon.
On July 3rd 2014, the Chinmaya Vidyalaya was inaugurated in the Bhattad compound. In the meanwhile, construction of the main school building commenced on the land donated by the Bhattad family at Kanarkhed, strategically located to cater to the children of Shegaon and Khamgaon. Phase 1 & 2 of the construction is compleated with 25,000 Sq.feet .
The Chinmaya Vidyalayas provide high quality CBSE education with their own unique approach. The Four-Pillar vision of the Chinmaya Vidyalayas—Integrated Development, Indian Culture, Patriotism, and Universal Outlook—provide a blend of quality education and global alignment grounded in Indian values. With refreshing concepts and practices that teach the little ones in a powerful cross-discipline manner, the Chinmaya Vidyalayas have a rich history of enabling education across the world.
The Shegaon school building at Kanarkhed is being designed in line with the BaLa (Building As Learning Aid) model that approaches education right from the architectural level. Educational shapes and concepts are incorporated into the design of the landscape and the building itself to ensure that the environment enables education at all levels. The school is being designed and constructed with a long-term vision to provide one of the best educational experiences in the region without compromising on the quality and vision of the Chinmaya Vidyalaya brand.
The school currently caters upto std.10. In the year 2019 the 1st batch of class X appeared CBSE board exams and as expected, it was a 100% result. The highest marks scored by a student of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Shegaon was 97 %.
The Vidyalaya currently got CBSE affiliation for secondary leve+l. The first batch of grade 10 is appearing for their board exams in March 2019.