Reported by Rhea Banerjee
Lakshmi Swaminathan, a retired principal and teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya school, Adyar, has had a successful career. She has done Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Literature. She did her post graduation in Delhi University. After her marriage, she did her bachelor of education in Madras University.
She had originally done mathematics in pre-university but soon realised that mathematics was not her strong point, and switched over to literature after pre-university. "In those days, they taught trignometry only in pre-university and I was not familiar with the subject, and so switched over to literature," says Lakshmi Swaminathan.
She taught literature in SIET Women's College between 1958 and 1960. In 1964, she became a post graduate English teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya school. She was a teacher for ten years before becoming the vice principal of the school. Five years later, she became the principal, but continued teaching English.
Lakshmi makes this observation. "Nowadays, no one gets any time. The students are always pressurised to study, the competition has remarkably increased, and of course, the tutoring has also increased. Students nowadays start taking tuition at a very young age."
Lakshmi Swaminathan retired in 1991, at the age of sixty. She occupies her time by reading, knitting and doing embroidery on sarees and bed sheets.
Lakshmi Swaminathan resides at Besant Nagar. Her address is- H113/9, 18th cross street, Besant Nagar, Chennai- 600090.
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i remember lakshmi swaminathan madam i was a student of k.v.h.v.f avadi and i remember that she was my english teacher. i completed my schooling in the year 1984 i was from the commerce stream and she was the best english teacher i have ever seen and a very good principal
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