Rishi Valley School

Rishi Valley School is an Indian boarding school, founded by the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. The school has a holistic approach to education in the spirit of Krishnamurti's pedagogical vision. Community service and extracurricular activities are part of a student's schooling, as are discussions, assemblies and club meetings. EducationWorld ranks the boarding school as the best residential school in India.Rishi Valley's setting is spectacular - some 375 acres of an independent valley, surrounded by ancient hills, and tiny villages. It is located close to the town of Madanapalle, Krishnamurti's birthplace, in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Rishi Valley is a three-hour drive from Bangalore and five hours from Chennai.OverviewThe school follows the ICSE board for the ninth and tenth grades and the ISC for the eleventh and twelfth grades. The school accepts students from the fourth through the twelfth grades (ages nine–eighteen). Twenty boarding houses accommodate students across campus with 20 students in each house. The school is divided into a junior (fourth through eighth) and a senior (ninth through twelfth) school. The school is known for the way Krishnamurti's teachings inspire its curricula, which includes developing an appreciation for the environment, art and music, and athletics in addition to traditional subjects. The school runs the Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER) program and a rural school (Rural Education Centre) and a health center (Rural Health Centre).