Atomic Energy Central School - AECS-1 Kalpakkam

AECS-1 Kalpakkam

The Atomic Energy Central School, Kalpakkam – 603 102 (TN), is a unit of the Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES), Mumbai, an autonomous body of the Department of Atomic Energy, government of India, which educates to Senior Secondary level the wards of the workforce in the Department of Atomic Energy across the country (www.aees.gov.in).

AECS, Kalpakkam-603102(T.N.) is situated on the eastern shores of India, on the Bay of Bengal. It is 70 km from Chennai. The Atomic Energy Central School, Kalpakkam was inaugurated by Padmashri C.V.Sundaram, Director, IGCAR with Classes 1 and 2 with a total strength of 394 students on the 5th August, 1987. It is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi (affiliation no. 1930131).

The school has labs in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Computer Science. It has a library, sports, music and art room with teaching aids such as TV, VCR and audio cassettes, tape-recorder, overhead projector, Internet, K-yan, etc. A Satellite Interactive Terminal (SIT) room was inaugurated by Dr. S.K.Kulshreshtha, Chairman, AEES on the 20th of November, 2008.

With the introduction of CCE by CBSE, New Delhi, the school has updated its activities by opening debates, skits on CCE, organizing mock parliament, visit to industries and places of historical and cultural importance, interaction with neighborhood schools and NGOs, and sports and games, art and music.