Akal Academy Manawan is one of the most prestigious schools in Shahkot region founded in December 2011. It is a Private Institution run by THE KALGIDHAR TRUST, BARU SAHIB. The school started its first academic session in the year 2012 with just 70 students and now has nearly 400 students who are imparted value based education along with the CBSE curriculum. The School caters to rural population from 77 villages. The School is currently headed and run under the able leadership of Principal Ms. Istinder Malhotra who has a vast experience of 22 years in the field of Education.
Akal Academy Manawan was established in December 2011 under the aegis of Baba Iqbal Singh Ji,President of The Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib. It is a co-educational school based on CBSE curriculum.
Life in Akal Academy Manawan focus on commitment to academic excellence, intellectual growth, arts athletics, high standards of ethical awareness, sportsmanship, and community service. Novelty and variety are added to each students life by the schools countless efforts and accessibility to a board curriculum based on value based education.
All classrooms are equipped with multiple display monitors and big screens, which are digitally connected to the knowledge centre. Through the knowledge centre excellent teaching resources such as animation clips, videos, pictures, diagrams and working models etc are brought straight in all the classrooms for a better interactive learning experience.
Students have accessibility to a well equipped and stocked library with a variety of books, magazines, periodicals and newspapers.
The language Development Program supports students to remove their hesitation and improve pronunciation that the child may have in speaking a language. This program is designed to help the students have confidence when they speak with fluency.
To enhance the learning ability and skills and impart practical exposure about theoretical concepts, the school has a large number of modern laboratory systems including:- • Physics Lab • Chemistry Lab • Biology Lab • Language Lab • Composite Lab • Mathematics Room • Social Science Room • Art & Craft Room
The campus is spread over a lush green, pollution free area of 2.5 acres. The school has a good infrastructure consisting of spacious, airy and well lit classrooms, well equipped Science,Maths,EVS and Computer Labs. The big playgrounds have facilities for various sports like Basketball, Volley ball, Hockey, Football, Kho-kho, and Athletics.
The Music room has sufficient number of Harmoniums and Tablas of each child of a class coming for music classes.
The school has 14 buses which provide picking and dropping facility to the students.
The school considers education to be a lifelong process which should have a strong foundation. The Goal of the school is to inculcate in students a love for learning, humanity, God and a desire to excel at every level whether curricular or co-curricular and become an all-rounder.
The school also aims at equipping the students with the intellectual and practical skills that are necessary to meet the challenges in the future.