Sheth Gopalji Hemraj High School is located in

Borivali Borivali (Pronunciation: oːɾiʋəliː is a suburb and is located at the north-western end of Mumbai and has a large Gujarati population followed by others. Traditionally the tribals and East Indians lived in Borivali. The attractions incl ...

(East),

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. It was established in 1933 and managed by Borivali Education Societies. The

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

offers teaching in three languages -

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...

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and

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

. This is one of the oldest schools in Mumbai.

History

The school is said to be inaugurated by The Father of the Nation. The old building of the school towards the southern part was a marvelous piece of architecture, it was a stone building of colonial times - 1935. But due to the trustee's decision it was demolished in 2002 in the name of a shopping complex and concrete construction of an old building. Before this demolishment there were four school buildings: * Kindergarten * Main building for the Gujarati and Marathi medium schools. * English medium school building * Administrative office building. But now the school building has been reduced to one concrete building.

Location

This school is located at one of the prosperous Western Suburban of Mumbai called

. It is at five minutes walkable distance from the railway station in the east zone. The school has an adjacent State Transport Bus Depot known as Sukurwadi.

Sanjay Gandhi National Park Sanjay Gandhi National Park, also known as SGNP, is an protected area in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was established in 1969 with its headquarters situated at Borivali. The 2400-year-old Kanheri caves, sculpted by monks out of the rocky basaltic ...

one of the tourist attraction in Mumbai is at a walkable distance from the school.

Architecture

The school has a Rented building. It has got 30 classrooms for instructional purposes. It has 2 other rooms for non-teaching activities. The school has a separate room for Head Master/Teacher. The school has a Pucca boundary wall. The school has a playground. The school has a library and has 1065 books in its library. The school has 6

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. The school does not need a ramp for disabled children to access classrooms. The school has 25 computers for teaching and learning purposes and all are functional. The school is all having a computer-aided Learning Lab.

References

External links

page at Wikimapia
Borivali High schools and secondary schools in Mumbai {{Maharashtra-school-stub