Rishi Valmiki is a school with a cause; regardless of class, caste and creed, Rishi Valmiki takes children under its wings, draws them out of their humble homes and encourages them to get quality education. This brings about a small but impactful change to the society we live in.

Rishi Valmiki Eco School is an English medium school nestled amidst Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s school at Goregaon West. It provides quality education to students from lower socio economic groups. The School aims to help children develop into intelligent, confident and empathetic human beings.

Rishi Valmiki Eco School was started in 2010 by Dnyansadhana Education Society (DES), founded by Mr. Prakash Pimple. DES also manages a Marathi medium school based at Manori in Malad since 1990.

Yes, Following are the details.

Public Trust Regd no. F­10276 (Mumbai)
IT exemption u/s.80­G No.­ CIT(E)/80G/2362/2017­18.

No, the school does not have resources to provide education to children with special needs. However, Children with learning disability are scrupulously identified and put through a systematic academic instruction. Individual personal care is taken to assess them, taking into consideration each child’s unique ability to learn at a higher level. Remedial measures are used to bring them to the expected level as achieved by their peers.

Yes, the school follows Maharashtra State Board syllabus as well as continuous and summative evaluation methods of the state government.

Yes, Primary section( grade 1 to grade 4) has got government recognition and it has got the UDICE number as well. Udice number of primary section is ­ 27220300405. Secondary section’s (grade 5 to grade 10) recognition is in process.

Apart from the regular education the school has designed a nature syllabus where children learn in depth, about different aspects of nature & environment. The syllabus comprises of regular nature walks, marine walks and wildlife camps along with biennial wildlife festival. This ‘Nature­based Learning’ has not only developed love for education & art among the children but also has induced benefitting behavioural changes such as care, empathy & concentration; to name a few. The students among various activities also conduct nature walks and environment talks in Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Our aim is to create environmentally sensitive citizens & future naturalists who may be able to lead sustainable lifestyles.

The school has designed their own ‘Story­based Teaching Module’ in which every possible lesson of every subject is transformed into story. Hands on activities are designed for all the classes for better understanding concept for all the three types of learner visual, auditory, kinesthetic. The school has unique programme of ‘Young Teachers’ in which higher standard students teach lower standards for reinforcement of knowledge.

Rishi Valmiki started with 9 students in 2010, and now has 500 students in the academic year 2017­18 from Nursery to Grade 8.

Students at Rishi Valmiki Eco School come from lower economic strata of the society. Most of the parents are daily wagers working in wide range of profession like carpenter, painter, vegetable vendor, rickshaw drivers etc. Annual family income ranges between 60,000 to 1,50,000.