Pictures of Indian Schools and Colleges

First Online: November 04, 2006
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024

Introduction

We have created this section at Kamat's Potpourri to record the mood and ambience of classroom education in contemporary India. All of the photographs were taken in recent years, and one can see the mood of the students, lack of facilities in schools, and friendships the Indian students develop with fellow students during their education. 

The photographs span religions, economic background of the pupils, and agegroups, but form a consistent theme "Campus Life".

-Vikas Kamat

Table of Contents

  • Heard on Indian Campus
    A collection of commonly used slangs in college campuses in India. They all qualify as valid English expressions in India!



School Children Sitting on Floor
Channakeshava Highscool, Karki
Rural School, India
On Way to School
Crowded Rickshaw Carrying School Children
Uniformed pupils being driven to school in an auto-rickshaw

Pupils at Janata Vidyalaya
Village of Kasarkod, near Honavar, Karnataka, 2005
A Classroom in Rural India
A Co-Ed. Classroom
Engineering Students
SJCE Campus, Mysore, 1988

At the Lunch Break
Pupils running around during school break
Rural School of India
Boy at Homework
Indian Boy Studying
Many Indian homes do not have a desk or table, and it is common to study on the floor. Bangalore, 1980

Buddhist Education System
At the Buddhist Monastery, Mundgod, 1983
A Tibetan Buddhist School
Uniformed Boys
Boys at Kasarkod School

Teachers of St. Thomas High School
Town of Honavar, Year 2004
Saint Thomas High School
Buildings of Shantiniketan Campus
Buildings of Shantiniketan Campus
Shantiniketan is a open-air school developed by the Tagore family near Calcutta.

Indian Boys in Uniform
New English School
Kids on Way to School
School Girls Shopping with Candy Money
In front of M.L.A. School, Malleswaram

Cave Complex of an Ancient University
Remnants of a campus, Ellora
Education in Ancient India

See Also:

  • Institution of Madrassas -- Topic on the Islamic educational institution of Madrassas. Includes pictures of young pupils in a Madrassa.

  • History of Education -- Full text of Jyotsna Kamat's book documenting the tradition of education in Karnataka through the centuries; covers Buddhist, Jaina, Hindu, and Islamic educational systems.