Mumbai: Saraswati Vidyalaya, Chembur, is coming up with a new building to offer better services to its students including bigger classrooms, a community hall, yoga centre and a ground to conduct various sports activities within the campus.
The school shifted its campus six months ago from Mahadeo Wadi to Kukreja Infopark in Chembur east and currently the works have started to construct a new campus at the old site. According to a top official, the new building is being constructed as per current regulatory requirements on school infrastructure and it is going to boast enhanced services for the students including more digitised classrooms, upgraded computer labs with additional facilities.
“The new building will have larger classrooms to accommodate children. The area for each classroom is going to be increased from 350 square feet earlier to 500 square feet in the new complex. At the same time, the school’s carpet area will go up from 18,000 square feet to 40,000. The campus will have a community hall for school functions and students’ gatherings,” the official informed.
"Apart from that, a yoga centre, girls self-development centre which will cater to just the female students, and a big ground for conducting various sports activities within the campus will come up when the new campus is inaugurated,” the official added.
The school management is hopeful of completion of the construction of the new building by September 2025 and hopes to admit students into the campus from academic year 2026. “The building will have further scope for growth in phase two of redevelopment, two more floors will be added,” the official noted.
Nothing academically, however, will change in the school, including the board of education which will remain to be Maharashtra Board. “We strive to provide quality education to our students and that will forever remain intact,” the official said.
The number of students being enrolled in the schools will also remain more or less the same in the coming years. “Except for normal accretion to the numbers, no major changes are expected in the number of children enrolled in the present curriculum. However, as and when phase two for increasing two more floors is initiated and completed, various options to increase the intake will be evaluated,” the school management said.
