You can get into this school only if no other will take you; and if you have failed more than once, you will be preferred.
AHMEDABAD: A class IX student Manan Trivedi was rejected by the prestigious Prakash High School after he failed. He then took admission in the Hariyala Gurukul and scored 71 per cent in the SSC exam in 2001. Ranji Bahaduriya, a Class VI student from St. Mary' School, had failed twice. His admission was terminated and other schools too refused admission. The Gurukul welcomed him. He has never scored below 60 per cent since then.
The Hariyala Gurukul, a boarding school for boys 40 km from Ahmedabad, has changed the lives of many who had fallen by the wayside. It is a school meant for weaker students. In fact, the admission logic is inverted here - the weaker you are in studies, the higher are your chances of securing an admission here!
This Gurukul currently has 450 students from Class I to X. It was founded in 1991 by 65-year-old Swami Bhaktajivan Das Shastri. "Students come here after many famous schools of Ahmedabad and other cities fail to improve their performance. Some are refused admission in these schools after they fail repeatedly," he said.
The Gurukul's results are among the best in the state. The school's pass percentage has never gone below 90. In 2001, the school had a 100 per cent pass record in the SSC exams. "All students are not born brilliant. It's the teacher's duty to make them brilliant. If a brilliant student scores well, then what is the role of his teacher in the student's success? But if a weak student scores well, then the teacher's work shows," he said.
"If an institute refuses to accept such students then it's the institute's weakness and not that of the student. We have proved that if children are provided a good educational environment and proper attention they can excel in studies," he explains. Shastri has nearly 45 years of teaching experience.
"We maintain strict discipline. Children wake up at 5 am and schooling starts after morning prayers. After school hours, they are coached in subjects they are weak in," says K J Majethiya, a primary teacher at the Gurukul.Majethiya said the school has weekly tests and regular physical training.
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