Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Vivekananda or SMKV, also known as SMK VIVE among the local students, is one of the oldest schools in

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, a neighbourhood of

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. It was previously known as Sekolah Menengah Tamil Vivekananda.

History

SMKV was officiated By

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ( ms, ‏تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 8 Febru ...

, the first

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Principals

# Mr M T Pillai 1960-1962 # Mrs I. G. Yogam 1962-1964 # Mr K. Purushotamam 1964-1979 # Mr G. Ramalingam 1980-1983 # Mr B. A. Deimudu 1983-1988 # Mrs Padmavathy Chee 1988-1989 # Mr R. Ganesan 1989-1998 # Mrs Suseela Nair 1998-1999 # Mrs Pushpa Leela Mahalingam 2000-2004 # Mrs Sumam Velayudhan 2005-2007 # Mrs Yogarathai C Nagalingam 2007-2011(May) # Mr. Mohgan Shamugam 2011(June)-2015 # Mrs. Krishna Kumarie Dr. BaskeraRao Shastri 2015- Oct 2016 # Mr. Thangaperumal Oct 2016 -

Buildings

There are 4 blocks in SMKV: Block A, B, C and D, and three halls. Block A comprises: * 12 Classrooms (Pre-Form/Remove to Form 6) * Chemistry Lab * Physics Lab * 2 Staff Rooms * Administrator's Office * General School Office * Principal's Office * Prefect Room * Band Room * 2 Sports Storerooms * 2 Kemahiran Hidup Workshops(Living Skills) * Setting Room * Store Room Block B comprises: * Single Classroom * Art Room * 2 Science Labs * Setting Room * Library * Computer Lab Block C comprises: * 3 Classrooms Block D comprises: * Classroom * Hall

Extracurricular activity

There are over 50 clubs in SMKV that students can participate in.

Sports

SMKV has several achievements in sports, notably in and

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. Other sports include soccer,

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, handball,

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

and

table-tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

Houses

Four sports (

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and

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) houses compete against each other on

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which is held annually since 1960.

Uniformed services

Examples include: * National Police Cadet (Malaysia) (Pasukan Kadet Polis Diraja Malaysia) *

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(The VSS Band) *

Malaysian Red Crescent Society The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) ( ms, Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia (BSMM)) is a voluntary humanitarian organization that seeks to promote humanitarian values, as well as provide service and public education in disaster management, as we ...

Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia (Scouts Association of Malaysia) is the largest youth organisation in Malaysia and member of World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). History Scouting in Malaya (now Malaysia) was first introduced in Penang ...

(Boy Scouts) *

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(Malaysia School Youth Cadet Corps) * Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia (Girl Guides) *

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Student Boards

Prefects

Vivekananda has the oldest prefects' board in Lembah Pantai. it was formed in 1n 1962 The maximum number of

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s in the board at any one time cannot exceed 20 in afternoon session and 40 in the morning session. There are Two Head of

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one in the morning and one in afternoon

Librarians

There are about 20 librarians in the afternoon and around 35 in the morning, where the Head of Librarians is present for both morning and afternoon sessions.

"Teknopen" prefects

There are about 5 "Teknopen" prefects from Form 4 and 5 only, whose job is to maintain school computers & sound systems for the school