Seth C. N. Vidyalya
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Seth C. N. Vidhyalay is a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in the Ambavadi area of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, Gujarat, India
India
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One of the largest and the oldest schools of the state Gujarat and is also famous by the name "Shantiniketan of the Western India"

The Campus is 72 Acres in area. It contains kindergarten to 12th grade schools, a Fine arts College, a GBTC and PTC college (college for training teachers) a Derasar (Jain place of worship) as well as various farms and hostels.

The School is named after Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas, father of Shree Indumatiben who were Education Minister of India in 1968 and founder of this school.

About the school

At the entrance of the spacious two-storey building of the High School, stand two beautiful sculptures of the Goddess Saraswati and Pragna Paramita.

A co-educational K through 12 educational institution:
Separate buildings for Kindergarten, Junior-High and High School

The school was selected as a multipurpose school for fine arts under the Government of India scheme.
Students at early age are encouraged to learn personal discipline and responsibility to the society. The school is based on Gandhian values and require students to wear Khadi clothes as their uniform. Children in all classes are encouraged to sweep and clean their own classrooms and mingle with fellow-students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

The school is one of the top school in state of Gujarat that consistently ranks high in topping state exams. Apart from exams, the school encourages "sarvangi vikas", that is, an all-round development of a student's personality through different cultural and sports activities within its huge campus. The school is particularly famous for the activities in the Prayer Hall, named after the great Gujarati poet and one of the founders of the school, Jhinabhai Desai or 'Sneh-Rashmi'.
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