The School of the Good Shepherd, affiliated to The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE-Affiliation No. 930703) was started in 2002 as a co-education school attached to the Good Shepherd Kindergarten. The School at Lakeside Akkulam, Trivandrum is situated on a panoramic hill slope by the side of the Akkulam Lake, a beauty spot with in the city limits and just a kilometre away from the famous children’s Park at Akkulam and from the Kazhakoottam – Kovalam bypass Road. The foundation stone for the School of the Good Shepherd was laid at Lakeside, Akkulam on 19th May, 2005. Construction was completed by November and Classes I to VI were shifted to this present venue on 23-11-2005. Classes VII and VIII were added in 2006. The CBSE accorded affiliation to the School in January 2007 (Code No.930703). Students to Class IX were admitted during the Year 2007-2008. The very first batch of 25 Class X students appeared for the Board Examination in 2008-2009 and produced result of Cent percent pass. Affiliation to the senior Secondary level was obtained in April 2009 and Std. XI was started in 2009. Presently we have Science, Commerce and Humanities streams in the Senior Secondary classes. OUR SCHOOL EMBLEM We adopted the new emblem for our school in the beginning of the academic year 2005-2006. The Emblem is symbolic of the ideals for which the school has been founded. The hooked staff inside the emblem stands for the long staff shepherds carry when they take their sheep to feed. It symbolises love, care, and discipline. The burning lamp at the top and the open book inside are popular symbols of sacrifice and knowledge. The motto “Lead Me On” is a prayer to the Good Shepherd to seek divine wisdom, guidance, care and protection to choose the right path to go forward in life. AFFILIATION DETAILS AFFILIATION NO. – 930703 AFFILIATION STATUS – PROVISIONAL NOC NO. & DATE OF ISSUE – 47547/N3/2005/G.Edn dated 24/08/2005 NAME OF TRUST : GOOD SHEPHERD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
