About Our School
The School was started in the year 2001, by Vasireddy Educational Society, with a vision to impart quality and value based education to children; to improve the ethical standards in the field education; to adopt a futuristic approach to promote traditional values amongst the younger generation.
An untiring, uncompromising journey!
It’s been a long journey! A journey spanning 23 long years in earnestly making a qualitative difference to the lives of tens of thousands of children and their aspirational parents. Slate – The School is a result of Vasireddy Amarnath’s intense soul searching and stirring of the conscience at the crass commercialization and defunct education system, devoid of values and relevance for the present/future. Slate – The School was started in the year 2001, by Vasireddy Educational Society, with a vision to impart quality and value based education to children; to improve the ethical standards in the field of education; to adopt a futuristic approach to promote traditional values amongst the younger generation Relentlessly driving his spirited lieutenants and leading from the front is Amarnath himself, who breathes, thinks, dreams, slogs nothing but Slate and its student.
The Chairman of Slate – The School, Mr. Amarnath is a renowned academician who has helped thousands to become IAS, IPS, Group-I and other officers. He is an amazing multi-faceted personality who has donned many hats effortlessly, viz. Educations, media analyst/panelist, child psychologist, humanist, reformist, columnist and thought leader. Prior to establishing Slate – The School, Mr. Vasireddy Amarnath, M.A., M.Phil (Sociology, Anthropology) was
- Selected for RAW (Research Analysis Wing) in the Civil Services
- Feature Writer for Eenadu and Andhra Jyothi publications
- Respected Career Counselor
- Founder Director of Apex (coaching center for Civil and State Services examinations)
That Slate has grown in strength year-on-year with the unflinching support of parents stands testimony to his passion and dedication. Over the years, neither has he deviated from what he believed in as the true path of education nor has he diversified into any other activity other than spreading value-based education. Not known to cut corners or compromise when it comes to delivering quality education to children, his attention to detail in every aspect of schooling, from recruiting and re-orienting teachers to evolving processes for effective imparting of holistic education has been truly remarkable.
His unwavering intensity and passion to transform the schooling and his unquestionable integrity in walking the talk has endeared him to lakhs of parents across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Mission Statement
SLATE-The School is changing the meaning of "Education" by providing world-class, quality holistic education to every child that walks its gates.
Development of the complete individual:
• By freeing children of the conditions that restrict them and facilitating them to grow as fully integrated human beings.
Nurturing leadership:
• Identify and encourage the unique aspect in every child and help them grow as confident leaders in fields of their choice.
Preparing for life:
• To go beyond academic excellence and impart Life Skills to students so that their life at school becomes a model for their life beyond the campus.
• Channelizing learning efforts toward developing the 'Head' (intellectual faculties and spiritual dimensions), the 'Heart' (feelings, emotions and attitudes) and the 'Hand' (talents and skills).
• To help students inquire and understand the meaning and purpose of life.
• To help them imbibe the right attitudes and values in keeping with the Indian ethos, while staying relevant to the global context.