The concept of Residential Schools goes beyond the time of the British Public Schools. This is an ideology that dates back to the age of the ancients. From the teachings in Mahabharat and Ramayan, we learn about the Gurukul system of education.

Pupils, whether a prince or peasant, would leave their homes after a certain age and live in the ashrams or gurukuls, with their Gurus. Guru means Teacher and kul or kula means domain or place of living. The Shishya (pupil /disciple) would live with the Guru (Teacher), spending years gaining education.

Living in close proximity with each other, would ensure high quality value-based education and the all-round development of the student as an individual. This was the true form of education, practised in the ancient ages.

The British Empire brought to India, their style of school education. The concept of Boarding Schools was a lot similar to the Gurukul system, even though they had their cultural dissimilarities.

Teachers and Students stay on the same campus. Precious hours, that are otherwise lost in travel and other activities, are spent gaining useful knowledge.

The students learn to live by a routine, inculcating a sense of discipline that will benefit them for life. They learn to take up responsibility, starting with managing their own daily lives.

These are but a few advantages that the residential school system of Heritage Valley – The Indian School, scores over conventional educational institutions.