Kendriya Vidyalaya Rourkela (Hindi for Central School) is a system of central government schools under the

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. It is in the steel city of

Rourkela Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surro ...

. The system came into being in 1982 under the name "Central Schools" and has been affiliated with CBSE.

History

The school initially started with class from ''one'' to ''five'', but later on it grew with class 10. Now the school has classes up to class 12.

Academics and facilities

The school has over 650 students from class I to XII, having with science at Senior Secondary level. It prepares the students of Class X and XII for CBSE examinations AISSE and AISSCE. The school has a Primary Resource Room, Art and Craft room, Audio Visual Aid room, Science Laboratories, Computer rooms with

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and OHP facilities, playgrounds, gardens and a library.

Co-curricular activities

Students participate in activities that enhances their skill in the field of education. They participate in English Debate, English Poem Recitation, English Elocution/Creative English, and many more.

Learning aids

The school has a library of over 3,000 books. It subscribes to over 30 magazines and periodicals of educational and literary nature. Kendriya Vidyalaya provides computer education from Class I to Class XII. The school has two computer laboratories with a total of 39 computers. Internet access is available to the students in the library and the computer laboratory. The approved staff strength is 60 with 31 teachers.

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