Spring Valley School (Chathamangalam)
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| Type | High Senior Secondary school |
| Motto | Where There Is Light Of Knowledge And The Flowers Of Joy... |
| Established | January 13th 1992 |
| Locale | Chathamangalam |
| Principal | Prof:K.M Unnikrishnan Nambeesan (former); Mrs.Shyni A (principal); Mr. M.T Manikandan (vice-principal) |
| Faculty | 35+ |
| Grades | Kindergarten to XII |
| Number of students | 450+ |
| Sports | Football (soccer), Chess, Volleyball, cricket, Handball, Badminton, Shotput, Athletics |
| Affiliation | CBSE, New Delhi |
Spring Valley School is a higher secondary school, which belongs to National Institute of Technology Calicut at Chathamangalam in Kerala. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
The school is functioning in the space earmarked by the National Institute of Technology Calicut and is being promoted as a staff welfare measure of the institute and the Department of Electronics and Accreditation of Computer Classes centre in Kozhikode.
Campus
Spring Valley School is a senior secondary, co-educational, English medium school belonging to The National Institute of Technology Calicut campus since 1992. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It is managed by National Institute of Technology Calicut Spectra, a charitable society registered under the Societies Act (1860). The members of the society are the faculty members of The National Institute of Technology Calicut. The sole objective of the society is to run the school, making it a nonprofit organization.
Academics
At the primary level, classes I through IV- children are engaged to acquire knowledge and the teacher functions as a guide and facilitator in the process. They are introduced to social norms and moral values through instructions and indoor/outdoor activities. Attempts are made to identify the talents in them and training is given to develop these. Drawing, painting, dance, music, elocution, storytelling, recitation, writing, dramatics, display drills andsports are the main skill areas. Science projects, creative writing, clay modeling, craft work etc. form an important part of the activities at this level. These are aimed at developing creativity in children.
The classroom instructions involve mostly interactive works to develop the children's communication abilities. This forms the core of the educational process at this level and hence special efforts are made to develop the four language skills of learning, speaking, reading and writing.
In the middle school section – classes fifth to eighth –greater emphasis is given to students for self learning, logical thinking, analyzing and arriving at correct inferences by the children.
In the high school section – classes nineth and tenth – greater emphasis is given to acquire proficiency in specific subject areas. Development of higher cognitive skills is also emphasized.
In the senior secondary section-classes eleventh and twelfth- The students are elevated to further heights by narrowing down to specific fields and thrusting on the foundations for further higher studies to professional and non professional levels.
The school exclusively teaches the science stream for the senior secondary sections, although there are plans to provide other stream options in the future.
Facilities
The School contains all the adequate facilities required to continue its goal of providing education. The school boasts of a Chemistry lab, Physics lab, Biology lab and a recently revamped Computer Lab.
For Physical Training, the school has a football ground that is currently undergoing renovations and a multi-functional court for Badminton and Volleyball.
The school underwent renovations in 2025.
Celebrations
The school celebrates festivals such as Onam and Christmas every year by hosting events.
The school also hosts other events each year such as the Spring Fair, a yearly science fair where students can compete in different categories by submitting still models, working models and charts.
The school hosts its Annual Day every year in early January.
Achievements
The institution has been able to maintain the track record of academic excellence by securing 100 percent results in the CBSE X and XII examination for the past 14 years. The school was awarded the Sahodaya Award of Excellence for the Cent-percent result in the All India Secondary School Examination, and many students of this school have secured ranks ranging from 1 to 15 throughout the years. Even under the changed evaluation system, the students have exhibited spectacular performance by securing A+ and A grades.
Besides academic excellence, the school regularly participates in the CBSE Kalotsav conducted by the Malabar Sahodaya Complex, from the district to the state level yearly. The students have also won prizes in various Quiz competitions at the District, State and National level.
During the first decade of existence since 1992, the children had brought many laurels to the school and the same stands as the proof of commitment of the school to its objectives. Even though the school is situated away from the city with no residential facilities for the students, the challenges of keeping the moral high and maintaining high academic standards have been met to the greatest extent possible.